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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27TH NOVEMBER, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. IV. No. 184.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
"THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 112.
PROCLAMATION.
JOHN BOWRING.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Her Majesty's Pardon is hereby granted unto GEORGE HENRY FOREST, at present confined in the Common Gaol at Victoria, under Sentence of Transportation,-on condition that he do not return to this Island or the Waters thereof.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 24th Day of November, 1858.
No. 110,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for general information, that His Excellency Governor SIR JOHN BOWRING, having had under consideration the high Price of Provisions exposed for Sale at the Government Markets, has been pleased to approve of a reduction of the average Scale of Rates hitherto paid Monthly by the Lessees of the Shops and Stalls in those several Markets, in the following proportions, that is to say: Western Market, varying from Fifty-five to Twenty Dollars per Month, has been reduced to ratos varying from The Rent Roll of Thirteen Shops in the Twenty-eight to Twenty Dollars per Month.
And the Rent Roll of Fifty-five Shops in the Central Market, has been modified from an average Rate of Seventy-five to Twenty-eight Dollars, to one varying from Twenty-eight to Twenty-four Dollars.
The letting of the Stalls at the several Markets averaging from Two Dollars Fifty Cents, Two Dollars Twenty-five Cents, and Two Dollars, have been reduced to rates varying Two Dollars Fifty Cots, Two Dollars, and One Dollar Twenty-five Cents.
His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING has further been pleased to exempt the Lessees of the Shops and Stalls in the several Markets, from all Police and Lighting Rates.
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By Order,
FRED. FORTH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th November, 1858.
No. 111.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Honourable WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Colonial Secretary, having returned to the Colony, has Dis day resumed the duties of his Office, and also his functions as a Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hongkong.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th November, 1858.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.