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MON
ROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 34.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH AUGUST, 1876.
VOL. XXII.
No. 150.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st July, 1876, is published for general information.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th August, 1876.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,
255,131
150,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,....
521,803
180,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
486,881
175,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
1,376,548
500,000
TOTAL,...
2,640,363
1,005,000
No. 151.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
In consequence of Mr. STEWART'S appointment to be Acting Police Magistrate, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make, provisionally and until further notice, the following appointments in the Central School:-
A. FALCONER, Esquire, to be Acting First Master. Mr. W. T. GAIR, to be Acting Second Master. Mr. J. D. BALL, to be Acting Third Master.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th August, 1876.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
The Rates of Postage to and through the United Kingdom vià Marseilles will in future be the same as those viâ Brindisi.
The Table of Charges on Letters (from oz. to 50 oz.) for the United Kingdom viâ Brindisi, which was issued on the 3rd July, will now apply to either route indifferently. Copies can be had on application at the Post Office.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 12th August, 1876.
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General.