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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH OCTOBER, 1869.
VOL. XV.
No. 41.
No. 116.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH, Esquire, having reported his return to the Colony, has this day resumed his duties as Registrar General.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th October, 1869.
No. 117.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, by Additional Instructions under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, dated Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 16th of August, 1869, and addressed to His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has been pleased to appoint CECIL C. SMITH, Esquire, to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Colony of Hongkong.
The Honorable CECIL C. SMITH has been this day sworn in accordingly.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th October, 1869.
No. 118.
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 30th September, 1869, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th October, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,.....
750,201
250,067
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
581,584
250,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,..
364,650
125,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
1,168,938
800,000
TOTAL,.......
...$
2,865,373
1,425,067