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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Wanted a passage to Penang for twenty eight Chinese Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 10th February, 1855.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Wanted a passage to England for five European Convicts.

Sealed Tenders will be received addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and particulars may be learnt on application at the Harbour Master's Office.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 10th February, 1855.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury having, by Warrant, made several alterations in the regulations of the "Colonial Book Post," the subjoined is a statement of the Chief Provisions of the Warrant.

1. A book packet may contain any number of separate books, almanacs, maps, or prints, and any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment, (to the exclusion of letters whether sealed or open); and the books, maps, paper, &c. may be either printed, written, or plain, or any mixture of the three.

2. The name and address of the sender, or anything else not in the nature of a letter, may also be written or printed upon the envelope or cover of the packet, in addition to the name and address of the person to whom it may be forwarded,

3. All legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of the same, or of a portion thereof, will be allowed, whether such binding &c. be loose or attached; as also rollers in the case of prints; markers (whether of paper or otherwise) in the case of books; and in short whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of literary or artistic matter or usually appertains thereto.

4. The rates of postage on Book packets will remain as at present, viz :~-~

For cach packet not exceeding 4lb.

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above Ilb, and not exceeding 2lbs.

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5 The following regulations, however, must be observed.

Every packet must be either without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides.

It must not contain any letter, open or sealed, nor any sealed enclosure whatever.

No packet must exceed two feet in length, breadth, or width.

The postage of book packets must be paid in advance, and if within the United Kingdom by means of stamps.

Should a book packet be posted unpaid, or with a prepayment of less than eightpence, or be enclosed in a cover not open at the ends or sides, or should it exceed the dimensions specified, such packet will be sent to the Dead Letter Office and treated as at present.

But when a book packet shall have been posted and insufficiently prepaid, and it shall appear that the single rate of eightpence at least has been paid, such packet will be forwarded, charged with an additional postage, equal to the deficiency, plus another single rate as a fine.

Should any letter, whether closed or open, or any enclosure sealed or otherwise closed against inspection be found in a book packet, such letter or other enclosure will be forwarded charged not only with the postage due upon it as an unpaid letter, but also with an additional sum of eight- pence, being the single book post rate. The packet itself, however, in such case will be forwarded (provided the postage shall have been duly paid,) without any extra charge.

By Command of the Post-Master General,

THOMAS HYLAND,

ADVERTISEMENT.

HE interest and responsibility of MR ALEXANDER MCCULLOCH in our Firm ceased on 31st De- cember, and MR ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN became a partner on 1st January, 1855.

TURNER & Co. Canton, 6th March, 1855.

Printed and Published by ROBERT STRACHAN, at the Hongkong Register Office, Victoria, Hong- kong,