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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH MARCH, 1896.
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No. 10.
VOL. XLII.
號十第
日四十二月正年申丙 日七初月三年六十九百八千一
簿二十四第
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 78.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and subject to Her
Majesty's pleasure, Ho KAI to be an Un-official Member of the Legislative Council on the expiration
of the period of his former appointment.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd March, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 79.
His Excellency the Governor, with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been pleased to appoint ARATHOON SETH to be Deputy Registrar and Appraiser of the Supreme Court with effect from the 21st February, 1896.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th March, 1896.
J. H. STEWArt Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 80.
The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 29th February, 1896, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th March, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary,
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.
National Bank of China, Limited,..........
1,992,112
1,000,000
6,172,288
2,500,000
438,437
212,000
TOTAL,..............
..$
8,602,837
3,712,000