THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH NOVEMBER, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 431.
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Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 12th instant, for constructing new streets and side channels in the village of Hunghom.
For form of tender, specification, and further particulars, apply at the Surveyor General's Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By. Command,
FREDERICK STewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th November, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 432.
The following Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 31st October, 1885, as supplied by the respective Banks, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th November, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
247,884
90,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
968,626
500,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
2,321,274
1,200,000
TOTAL,...
3,537,784
· 1,790,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 433.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th November, 1885.
Government of Japan.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(No. 5.)
RED AND BLACK BUOY.
Moji-Wan Shimonoseki Straits.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that a Buoy has been moored to mark the shoal in Moji-Wan (Whitshed Bay) in the Straits of Shimonoseki, Province of Nagato, which shoal is marked on the charts as having 3 fathoms of water, but has lately been discovered to have only 14 feet of water at Low Water, Spring Tides.
The cross bearings from the Buoy are as follow:--
Telegraph Office,
Extreme Point of Moji-Saki,.
Yoji-bei Red Beacon,
.N. 65° 30′ W. true.
.N. 31° 15′ E. true.
.S. 30° 30′ W. true.
The Buoy is made of iron, conical in shape, painted Red with Black horizontal bands, and surmounted with a spherical cage, the top of which stands 10 feet above the sea level. It is moored on the shoal in 14 feet of water at Low Water, Spring Tides.
COUNT SASAKI TAKAYUKI, Minister of Kobusho.
Tokio, October 15th, 1885.
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