MON
ROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 35.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH AUGUST, 1869.
VOL. XV.
No. 101.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has been pleased to appoint provi- sionally, until Her Majesty's pleasure may be known, RICHARD ROWETT, Esquire, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, vice The Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL, absent on leave.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th August, 1869.
No. 99.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Government Notification No. 75 of the 7th ultin, it is hereby made known that His Excellency IR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, has granted to Hü ü of the Ping-Ki Shop, No. 25 Jervois Street, and Ip-Tsing, of the Chun-Un Shop, No. 36 B. Bonham Strand, the exclusive Privilege of preparing and selling prepared Opium within the Colony of Hongkong and the Waters thereof, for the period of One Year from the 1st of August, 1869.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th August, 1869.
No. 98.
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 July, 1869, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th August, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,..
782,043
260,681
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
656,185
250,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,..
375,250
130,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
1,095,511
800,000
TOTAL.........
2,908,989
1,440,681