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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24тH APRIL, 1869.
VOL. XV.
No. 17.
No. 47.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has been pleased to appoint Mr. JOHN MARTIN ARMSTRONG to be Government Auctioneer from this date, vice Mr. NORRIS, resigned.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st April, 1869.
No. 46.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, until Noon, on Tuesday the 27th instant, for the supply of 1,500 yards of Khakee Drill for Summer Clothing for the Indian and Sikh Police.
Samples to be produced at the time of the opening of the Tenders.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th April, 1869.
No. 45.
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 March, 1869, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
AVERAGE
BANKS.
AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
1
Oriental Bank Corporation,..
394,037
131,346
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
361,815
150,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
399,305
135,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
926,279
400,000
TOTAL,........
2,081,436
816,346