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Item Open Access Government gazette, colony of Lagos February, 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat,, 1886-04-27) COLONY of Lagos• Rules for the Custody of Public Money in the Colonial Treasury • Circular regarding Government Property Inventories • Notification of the reading of Letters Patent and Royal Commission • Proclamation of the separate Colony of Lagos • Re-appointment of Officers for the Colony of Lagos • Alien Children returns; Animals slaughtered/impounded; February Assize calendar; Auctioneers' Licenses. • Circular on "Cats" and Birch Rods; Constabulary changes; Foreign Consuls; Customs notices. • Departmental Instructions regarding official correspondence and stationery requisitions. • Hospital returns; Vaccination records; Meteorological observations. • Letters Patent reading; Administrator’s Levee; London Gazettes receipt. • Ordinance No. 1 of 1886; Re-appointment of officers for the Colony. • Rules for the custody of public money in the Colonial Treasury.Item Open Access Government gazette, colony of Lagos July, 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat,, 1886-07-31) COLONY of Lagos• Estates of deceased persons (Abuduramanu, alias F. Martins); Prison rules regarding alcoholic stimulants for prisoners under sentence of death; Escaped prisoners (Ikodu Sule and Amoshan). • Births, Marriages, and Deaths returns; Butchers' licenses. • Census of 1881; Civil Service examinations; Consuls for foreign nations. • Education Board meetings and Grant-in-aid regulations. • Hospital and vaccination returns; Meteorological observations. • Land acquisition notices; Lagos Houssa Constabulary changes. • Ordinances and Orders-in-Council. • Shipping intelligence; Spirit licenses. • Index to Government Gazette No. 7 of 1886. • Official notification regarding the separation of the Customs Department from the Treasury. • Establishment of the Lagos Treasury Savings Bank. • Standing Orders for the Powder Magazine. • Departmental Instructions for Treasury, Customs, and Post Office guidance. • Judicial and administrative appointments, including the Acting Judge of the Supreme Court. • Proceedings of the Royal Commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London.Item Open Access Government gazette, colony of Lagos December, 1886(Lagos stsate: Colonial Secretariat,, 1886-12-31) COLONY of Lagos• Alien Children returns, Animals impounded or slaughtered, and Anonymous letters to the Governor. • Christmas and New Year's holidays, Constabulary changes, and Consuls of foreign countries. • Hospital and prison medical returns. • Land requirements for government service and Lagos Races schedules. • Ordinances No. 9 and 10 of 1886. • Post Office statistics and Prison administration updates. • Shipping intelligence and Spirit licenses. • Treasury Savings Bank Ordinance and Telegraphic message protections.Item Open Access Government Gazette, Colony of Lagos April, 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat,, 1886-04) COLONY of Lagos• Official Notices and Ordinances • New Colony Status: The Gazette references Letters Patent dated January 13, 1886, which erected the Settlement of Lagos into a separate colony known as the Colony of Lagos. • Ordinance No. 1 of 1886: Extends existing Ordinances, Rules, and Orders of the Gold Coast Colony and the Settlement of Lagos to the new Colony of Lagos. • Ordinance No. 2 of 1886 (Supply Ordinance): Authorizes an expenditure of £55,317 12s 0d for the service of the year 1886. • Departmental Instructions: • Gazette Distribution: Establishes a regular free distribution list for Gazettes and Ordinances to various heads of departments, religious denominations, and foreign consuls. • Government Property: Instructions for Heads of Departments regarding the care of property and the formation of a "Board of Survey" to inspect unserviceable articles. • Private Use of Labor: Explicitly forbids using government employees or prisoners for private purposes. • Printing: Sets standard printing quantities: 250 copies for Ordinances and Gazettes, and 100 copies for notices. • Appointments and Personnel Changes • Henry Higgins: Appointed as Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Lagos; he arrived from England and assumed duties on April 7, 1886. • Captain Shuttleworth: Appointed Acting Harbour Master while the permanent Harbour Master was on surveying duty. • Americo Marco: Appointed as a Second Class Prison Officer on a three-month probation, replacing Joseph Simmonds. • Joseph Simmonds: Dismissed from the public service for absenting himself from duty without leave. • T. A. D. Cole: Resigned from his post as Public Vaccinator. • Civil Establishments: £14,671 12s • Constabulary: £12,292 2s • Public Works: £4,073 • Medical: £2,647 • Marine: £1,464 • Education: £950 • Judicial: £2,500