THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH OCTOBER, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 329.
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The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th September, 1883, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th October, 1883.
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE
SPECIE
AMOUNT.
IN RESERVE.
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,.
894,087
300,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
1,195,070
400,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
910,193
310,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
1,783,567
600,000
TOTAL...
.$
4,782,917
1,610,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 330.
Separate tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Friday, the 12th October, 1883, for :-
1. Preparing 350,000, more or less, Tree Pits in Hongkong and Kaulung.
2. Preparing 250,000, more or less, Seed Sites in Hongkong.
For form of tender, specification, and further particulars, apply to the Superintendent of the Bota- nical 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 $50, 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 Cominand,
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART,
for the Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th October, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 331.
The time for receipt of the tenders referred to in the following Notification has been extended to Friday, the 26th instant.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th October, 1883.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 299. Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Friday, the 28th instant, for the erection of a permanent sea-wall and marine embankment, to extend from Marine Lot 182, near the Gas Works at Shek-tong Tsui, to Marine Lot 246 situated at the extreme West end of Kennedytown (Lap-sap Wán). Separate and distinct tenders must be made for each section of wall, corresponding to the frontage of each Marine Lot.
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,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th September, 1883.
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART,
for the Colonial Secretary.