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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 394.
There is a vacancy for a temporary Clerk in the Sanitary Department.
Salary,........
.$60 a month.
Qualifications, .........Good handwriting and ability to keep accounts. Further particulars may be obtained from the Medical Officer of Health.
Applications stating age, nationality and experience will be received at this Office up to Noon on Wednesday, September 21, 1898.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th September, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 395.
The following further List of Persons licensed to shoot and take Game within the Colony is published for general information :-
18. JAMES M. FORBES.
19. H. P. WADMAN.
20. G. MILLWARD.
21. H. BURTON.
22. T. E. GRIFFITH.
By Command,
23. N. A. GONSALVES. 24. J. G. DOS REMEDIOS. 25. A. BROOKE SMITH. 26. G. STEWART.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. --No. 396.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 31st August, 1898, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.
National Bank of China, Limited,...
TOTAL,....
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
2,917,093
2,000,000
5,747,676
3,000,000
444,905
150,000
.$
9,109,674
5,150,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 397.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Friday, the 16th of September, 1898, for making Tree Pits and Planting Trees.
For form of tender apply at this Office.
For specification and further particulars apply at the Office of the Botanical and Afforestation Department.
No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $25 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such person shall refuse to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.