DIE
DROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 51.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH DECEMBER, 1876.
VOL. XXII.
No. 216.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th November, 1876, is published for general information. By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th December, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,
230,280
100,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,...
589,914
200,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
475,465
175,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
1,408,902
500,000
TOTAL....
2,704,561
975,000
No. 217.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, in accordance with "The Rating Ordinance, 1875," His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1877, at Seven-and-three-quarters per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria, and at Five per cent for Houses in British Kowloon and the outlying Villages of the Colony; and the Lighting Rate at One-and-a-half per cent, the Fire Brigade Rate at Three-quarters per cent, and the Water Rate at Two per cent per annum, for Houses in the City of Victoria.
The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.
These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.