THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 115.
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. 136.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th September, 1857.
Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the_Bank_of_the_Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month
ending 31st August, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED.............$358,794. SPECIE IN reserve, » 200,000.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st September, 1857. .
P. CAMPBELL, Manager.
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I inspected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that I found the necessary Amount
of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.
J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
No. 137.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
The Police Rate Assessment for the Year 1858, having to be made in the Last Quarter of the Current Year, Two Assessors of such Rate will be appointed previous to the First of October. Gentlemen desirous of acting as Assessors, are requested to forward their Applications in Writing to this Office, before the 20th instant,
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th September, 1857.
No. 138.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is bereby notified, that Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN has been pleased to approve and confirm the Appointment of The Honourable WILLIAM THOMAS BRIDGES, Esquire, D.C.L., Acting Colonial Secretary, to a Seat in the Executive and Legislative Councils of this Colony, during the absence of W. T. MERCER, Esquire, Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th September, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.