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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 7.
No. 3.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH FEBRUARY, 1872.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.
VOL. XVIII.
By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Bachelor, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-
No. 6 of 1871, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Eight thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1870: Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 12th Day of February, 1872.
No. 25.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st January, 1872, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th February, 1872.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,....
740,863
250,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
571,038
250,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,..
369,205
150,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
1,004,715
500,000
TOTAL,.........
.$
2,685,821
1,150,000