ROITS
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 17.
No: 59.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST APRIL, 1866.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XII.
By direction of His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., Governor, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, the following Modifications of Government Notification No. 193 of 20th December last, are published for general information:-
1. The Hongkong Royal Mint will be opened on Monday, the 7th May next, at 11 a.m.
2. Dollars of all kinds, Sycee, Bar Silver, and Bullion will be received for Coinage into British
Dollars free of Seignorage for the period of One Month from that date.
3. In the case of Dollars requiring Melting previous to Assay, there will be a charge of i per
cent.
4. Where the Dollars brought for recoinage prove on premelting to be below the cngkong
Standard, a charge of per cent will be made, and the Metal returned.
5. No quantity under 5,000 oz. will be received.
6. Delivery must be made at the Mint, Causeway Bay, East Point, and priority of application
will be the rule followed.
For forms of application and further particulars, reference must be made to T. W. Kinder, Esquire, Master of the Mint.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 60.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Esquire, Registrar of the Supreme Court, having been granted Twelve Months' leave of absence from the 15th instant, His Excellency the GOVERNOR has been pleased to continue N. R. MASSON, Esquire, Deputy Registrar, in the acting Office of Registrar till further notice. By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 61.
GOVERNMENT NOTIMICATION. -
At the request of the Government of India, the following Notice to Mariners, regarding the Position of the Andaman Islands, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.