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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 52.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 1868.
VOL. XIV.
No. 137.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL has been pleased to direct that the Holidays customary at the approaching Season shall be kept from Thursday, the 24th, to Saturday, the 26th Instant, inclusive, and on New Year's Day.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, rongkong; 19th December, 1868.
No. 136.
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 November, 1868, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th December, 1868.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary,
BANKS.
AVERAGE
AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
S
Oriental Bank Corporation,...
463,289
154,430
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
360,425
150,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.....
324,590
125,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
842,706
400,000
TOTAL,..
1,991,010
829,430
No. 134.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at Peling, enclosing correspondence with The Prince of KUNG and the Inspector General of Customs, together with a Revised Set of Pilotage Regulations, as communicated to this Government by Her Majesty's Consul at Canton, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd December, 1868.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.