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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5тn DECEMBER, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 464.
It is hereby notified that information has been received from Her Britannic Majesty's Minister in Japan to the effect that the enforcement of the Medical Inspection Regulations has been discontinued at all the Ports in Japan against vessels arriving from the following places :-
The whole of the Nagasaki Prefecture.
The whole of the Kumamoto Prefecture.
The Province of Sakuma in the Kagoshima Prefecture.
The Province of Hizen in the Saga Prefecture.
The Province of Chikuzen and Chikugo in the Tuknoka Prefecture:
And that the Medical Inspection Regulations referred to above will be enforced at all the Ports in the above localities against all vessels arriving thereat, which may have cleared from any of the infected ports in Osaka City, or Hyogo Prefecture, or which may have touched at any of those ports, or which, after clearing from any such port, have called at any intermediate port.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th December, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. --No. 465.
A competitive examination for the post of Clerk and Interpreter in the Botanical and Afforestation Department will be held on Thursday, the 10th instant, at 2 P.M., in the Council Chamber, Govern- ment Offices.
Duties. To take charge of the correspondence and accounts of the department.
Qualifications. Good handwriting, accuracy in calculation, ability to translate English into Chinese and vice versa.
Salary.-$240 per annum.
The examination will be held in accordance with the Regulations made by the Governor in Council, and published in Government Gazette No. 26 of 1883.
Applications, with copies of testimonials as to character, and certificates of age and health, tỏ be sent to the Colonial Secretary not later than Tuesday, the 8th instant, at noon.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th December, 1885.
FREDERICK STEwart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 466.
The following Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 30th November, 1885, as supplied by the respective Banks, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th December, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
215,535
80,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,..
1,029,007
400,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
2,255,000
1,200,000
TOTAL,.........
3,499,542
1,680,000
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