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No. 83.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1867.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
HENRY JOHN BALL, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th May, 1867.
Account of the average amount of Notes in Circulation at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, for the
month ending 30th April, 1867.
NOTES ISSUED,..
SPECIE IN RESERVE,.
$894,440. ..,$350,000.
V. KRESSER, Manager.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1867.
I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and found the necessary amount of Specie as required by "The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance," No. 5 of 1866.
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A. F. ALVES,
Accountant.
Victoria, Ilongkong, 14th May, 1867.
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FRED. FORTH,
Colonial Treasurer,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Inspectors being now stationed at No. 3 Station, Wanchai, and No. 7 Station, Sai-ying-poon; Notice is hereby given that charges can be taken against prisoners at cither of the above-named Stations, as well as at the Central Police Station.
Police Department, Hongkong, 18th May, 1867.
No. 73.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Superintendent.
It is hereby notified that henceforth all Public Offices under this Government, with the exception of the General Post Office, will be closed, as a rule, at half past 1 P.M. on the Saturday in each week.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th April, 1867.
NOTICE
to Consignees, Masters and others in charge of Merchant Vessels.
1. On or before the 1st June proximo all Ships, with the following exceptions, shall be moved over to the North side of the Harbor mooring them properly with 45 fathoms on each chain, the anchors lying in an E.N.E. and W.S.W. direction from each other.
2. The Southern line of this anchorage is the North extremity of Hongkong shut in with the South extremity of the Kowloong Peninsula bearing E. by S.; the Top Gallant Masts and Yards are to be on deck and flying Jib-boom in, a spare anchor should be ready for letting go, and the hawse kept clear.
3. Vessels discharging or taking in cargo, Hulks and receiving Ships may, with permission, lie on the South shore.
NOTE. The Masters of Ships taking advantage of Article 3, and those alongside wharves and jetties are to understand that they do so at their own risk.
Harbor Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1867.
11. G. THOMSETT, Harbor Master, &c.