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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH DECEMBER, 1877.
In the Goods of WONG-YAU, late a Passenger
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per S.S. Belgic, deceased. JOHN HAGGART, late Second Engineer S. S. Yesso, de- ceased.
CHUN-TSIP-NU, late Master of the HON-HING Shop, 161, Queen's Road West, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given to the next of Kin,
and all other persons, to produce any Wills or Codicils of the above named parties, de- ceased, that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, in its Probate Jurisdiction, be- fore Friday, the 14th day of December, A.D. 1877; or, if none, that the next of Kin do accept, or refuse, Letters of Administration, failing which, Letters of Administration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court, or such other person as the Court may think fit.
By the Court,
C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY,
Victoria, in
Colony of Hongkong, Trader, having been adjudged a Bankrupt under a Petition for adju- dication of Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong on the 15th day of No- vember, in the Year of our Lord, 1877, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination, and make application for his order of discharge, will be held before the Honourable Sir John Smale, Knight, Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Vie- toria, aforesaid, on Monday, the 31st day of December, 1877, at Eleven o'clock in the fore- noon of that day precisely.
The Honourable Charles Bushe Plunket is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy.
Dated the 7th day of December, 1877.
WILLIAM H. BRERETON, Solicitor, acting in the Bankruptcy, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong.
IN THE GOODS OF
JAMES SMITH FERRIES, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby, having any claims or
́OTICE is hereby given that all Creditors
demands upon or against the Estate of JAMES SMITH FERRIES, late Master of the steam-ship Zealandia, who died at sea on board the said vessel, on the 8th day of February, 1877, and whose Will was duly proved, and Letters of Ad- ministration with the Will annexed, of whose per- sonal estate were duly granted to John Fairbairn, of No. 27, Queen's Road, in the Colony of Hongkong, by the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Probate Jurisdiction, on the 22nd day of September, 1877, are hereby required to send in writing the particulars of their claims or demands to the said John Fairbain at his address aforesaid, or to the undersigned Willian Henry Brereton, the Solicitor of the said John Fairbairn, at the office of the said William Henry Brereton, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong, on or before the 15th day of January, 1878.
And notice is hereby given that at the expira- tion of the last mentioned day, the said John Fairbairn will proceed to distribute the assets of the said James Smith Ferries amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which the said John Fairbairn has then had notice; and that the said John Fairbairn will not be liable for the assets, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person of whose claim the said John Fairbairn has not had notice at the time of the distribution.
Dated this 3rd day of October, 1877.
W. H. BRERETON, Solicitor of the said John Fairbairn.
THE
NOTICE.
THE interest and responsibility of CHARLES AUGUSTUS WILD, EDMUND HENRY LAVERS, HUGH FRANCIS RAMSAY, and FRANCIS GILMAN in our Firm at Hongkong and Foochow ceased on the 39th April, 1877.
The Firm now consists of WILLIAM STEWART YOUNG, and EDWARD TOBIN.
GILMAN & Co.
Hongkong and Foochow,
22nd September, 1877.
CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT EIGHT PER
CENT. LOAN OF 1877, Authorised by Imperial Edict, dated the 2nd Day of the 9th Moon, of the III Year of KWONG-SU, (8th October, 1877.)
£1,604,276. 0. 10 STOCK,
IN BONDS OF £100 EACH, Bearing Interest from 31st December, 1877, the first Coupon of £16.8 being payable on 28th February, 1878, and Coupons of £1 being payable thereafter on 31st August and 28th February in each Year, until 14th June, 1884, when the last Coupon of £2.6.8 will be payable.
The Bonds are redeemable at par within seven years (1884) by half-yearly drawings.
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN LONDON, HONGKONG, AND SHANGHAI.
PRICE OF ISSUE 98 PER CENT.
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THE HONGKONG AND SHANGILAI BANKING CORPORATION, 31, Lom- bard Street, London, as Agents for the Chinese Government, hereby invite Subscriptions for £1,601,276.0.10 of 8 per cent. Bonds at the issue price of £98 per cent. payable as follows :—
£10 per cent. on application.
allotment.
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48
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£98
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15 days after allotment.
The Bonds will bear interest at the rate of £8 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly on the 28th February and 31st August at the offices of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in London, Hongkong, and Shang- hai. The first Coupon for £1.6.8 for interest from 31st December, 1877, to 28th February, 1878, will be payable on the latter date, and Coupons of £4 will be payable thereafter on 31st August and 28th February in each year, until 14th June, 1884, when the final Coupon of £2.6.8 will be payable.
The Bonds will be redeemed at par within Seven years (1884) by Thirteen half-yearly Drawings of £114,600 each, the balance of the Loan, £114,476.0.10, being paid off on 14th June, 1884.
The Drawings will take place in London in December and June in each year, and the Bonds so drawn will be paid off at par on the succeed- ing 28th February and 31st August at the offices of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in London, Hongkong, and Shang- hai, after which dates interest on the Bonds so drawn will cease.
The Loan has been authorised by an Imperial Edict, dated 8th of October, 1877, which has been communicated to the British Legation at Consul at Shanghai dated 20th October, 1877. Pekin, according to a dispatch from the British
The Loan, principal and interest, is specially secured by the hypothecation of the Imperial Maritime Customs' Revenue of the Ports of Shanghai, Canton, Ningpo, and Hankow-the four Ports which have the largest Customis' Revenue of the Empire-to the extent neces- sary for the due payment of interest and repay- ment of principal of the said Loan.
The total Customs' Receipts at the Ports £2,005,500 per annum, and the total Customs named for the past three years have averaged
Revenue for the same period at all the Ports in China has averaged £3,560,000 per annum.
The indebtedness of the Imperial Government only amounts to about £700,000, of which about £250,000 mature next year, The amounts of the outstanding Loans and the pro- posed Loan are therefore, together, only £2,200,000, or about two-thirds of one year's Customs' Revenue. The payments both of interest and principal on account of outstanding Loans have been duly and punctually met by the Chinese Government.
The special hypothecation of Customs' Re- venue to meet the charge of the present Loan is constituted by the deposit with the Hongkong
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The Customs' Revenue available to meet these obligations, and for which they are spe- cially charged, is £2,100,000 per annum.
Certified translations of the official documents authorising the Loan, may be inspected at the office of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, London.
Applications in the annexed form, accom- panied by a deposit of £10 per cent., will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation, 31, Lombard Street, London.
Applications from China, Japan, and Manila will be received and forwarded by the Hong- kong and Shanghai offices of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Those from the Straits Settlements and India to be sent to London.
Default in payment of any instalment at the due date will render all previous payments liable to forfeiture.
If no allotment is made, the deposit will be returned in full; and if only a portion of the amount applied for is allotted, the balance of the deposit will be applied towards the payment of the amount due on allotment.
Scrip Certificates to Bearer will be issued against Allotment Letters and Bankers' Receipts, and Bonds to Bearer, when ready, will be ex- changed for fully paid-up Scrip.
Forms of Application can be obtained of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR- PORATION, at their offices in Londou, Hong- kong, and Shanghai.
Hongkong, 24th November, 1877.
To be retained by the Bankers.
CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT EIGHT PER CENT. LOAN OF 1877, FOR £1,604,276.0.10 STERLING.
No.
To THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION,
I request that you will alloi me £. of Bonds of the above Loan in accordance with the Prospectus issued by you dated upon which I have paid the Deposit of pounds, being at the rate of £10 per cent., and I engage to accept the said Bonds or any less number you may allot me, and to make the re- maining payments thereon in accordance with the Prospectus.
Name at full length. Address Occupation
Date.
1877.
Bankers Receipt to be retained by the Applicant.
CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT EIGHT PER CENT. LOAN of 1877, FOR £1,604,276.0.10 STERLING.
Received this 1877, from.. the sum of..
No.
pounds, being a Deposit ...of Bonds.
made on application for £. of the above Loan.
-£
For THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION,
APPLICATIONS will be RECEIVED ITH reference to the foregoing Prospectus,
by the Undersigned until the 15th of DECEM- BER NEXT, on which Date the Allotments. will be made, and the final instalment of 48
per cent, will be PAYABLE on the 31st of Decem- ber, 1877. Exchange on Applications received in Hongkong will be calculated at the rate of 4. per dollar.
and Shanghai Banking Corporation of Customs? MR
Bonds, signed by the Chinese authorities of the respective Provinces in which the Ports referred to are situated and by the European Commis- sioners at the same Ports, which Bonds will be held by the Bank in trust for the holders of this Loan. These Customis' Bonds will be received, in case of need, in payment of Chinese Customs' Duties.
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking. Corporation,
Agents issuing the Loan.
NOTICE.
R. CHARLES DAVID BOTTOMLEY was. admitted a Partner in our Firm on the. 1st July, 1877.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Hongkong, 22nd September, 1877.
Printed and Published by NORONHA & SONS, Printers to the Hongkong Government, OSWALD'S, TERRACE, WELLINGTON STREET, Hongkong.