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POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
FAILS for BOMBAY, EUROPE, &c., per Steamer “CADIZ;" will close on the 23d inste, at 6 o'clock г.M.
A SUPPLIMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following moning, LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock am.. for a late fee of Gd.; and froin 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock r.M., for a late fee of 1s.
to the home of 11 and lialf- Letters posted her v past 12 o'clock musi te prepaid,
WM. CHAPMAN,
Post-Master.
Hongkong, 18th September, 1857.
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADUN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;
Also,
ROMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. [THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “CADIZ," Captain A. R. ALDHAM, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on THURSDAY, the 24th September,
at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 224; SPECIE until Noon on the 23d, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 23d.
For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE
REQUIRED.
A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels ; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 18th September, 1857.
In re CHARLES ALBERS, deceased.
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J. J. ALDRIDGE,
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J. B. ELLIOT,
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No OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS or CODICILS of the above Parties that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on THURSDAY, the 24th day of September, 1857; if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court.
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By the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
By Order of the Military Storekeeper, the following GOODS; (ex Violet, Admiral,
Of the vienam and Mooresport,, all more or
less damaged by Sea Water, viz :—
A
NOTICE.
FR THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a
Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo, MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm.
F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 24th August, 1857.
In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to
JOHN WISE, Executor.
Hongkong, 17th September, 1857.
NOTICE.
THE Copartnership hitherto carrying on Business as MERCHANTS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS in Glasgow and London, under the Firm of MORGAN, MCEWEN & Co., and in Singapore, Butavia, and Manila, under the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., was dissolved on the 30th April last, by consent of the Subscribers, the sole surviving Partners.
FRANCIS RICHARDSON,
Marquees, P. 2,-Valises for do., 2,-Blankets, Single, 2; P. 06,-Feather Pillows, 2,--Rugs, P. 1, -Sheets, White Cotton, 2,-Waterproof, do., 3, -Cases, slip, Bed waterproof, 3-Comforters, blue, 33.Jackets, hip, 1,-Greatcoats, privates, 7,- ript, 15-reat, hair, 19, Gowns,
Blue Serge, 12,-Striped Cotton do., 56,--Waist- | coats, Blue Serge, 4,-Sheets, White Cotton, 9,— Casks, 3,-Shirts, White Cotton, 19,-Trowsers, White Cotton, 100,-Rug, P. 1,-Summer Frocks, 64,-Blankets, P. 1,-Empty Gun Cartridges, of sorts, 382,-Forms, printed, 264,-Mops, thrum, 90,-Covers, pack-saddle, 9,-Collars, breast, 2, Neck, 7-Breechings, 2,-Back Bands, 6,-Breast Bands, 1,-Bridles, 3-Straps, Saddle, 3,-Head Collars, 1,-Drag Ropes, pairs, 30,-Bazils Brown, 17,-White Serge, 4-yards,—Web Girth, 2,- Thread Collar, 1b,-Hemp, 141b,--Pocket, tubes, 1, -Straps for do., 3, Tents, Circular, 2,- Valises
for do., 67,--Bags, tent-pin, 27,-Blankets, Grey, 2,
-Buckets, Leather, 1,-Covers, Blankets, water- proof, 2,-Squad Bags, 5,-Hogsheads Pale Ale, 5, Bbls., each 4-dozen of Pale Ale, bottled by Friend & Co., 19.
The above named GOODS will be sold on the W. D. Premises, Queen's Road, late CROSBY's, on TUESDAY, the 22d instant. Sale to commence at 2 o'clock in the Afternoon.
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G. DUDDELL, Auctioncer.
Hongkong, 19th September, 1867.
for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY, and JOHN HARVEY, W. B. HODGE, MATTHEW BROWN,
Glasgow, 4th June, 1857.
Witnesses.
ITH Reference to the above Advertisement, W Manila Business of the late Firm of MCEWEN & Co. the Subscribers beg to intimate, that the will continue to be carried on by them, in conjunction
with Mr WILLIAM MARTIN, and Mr ROBERT V. GRAHAME, under the Firms of RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co., in London and Glasgow, and
FINDLAY, RICHARDSON & Co., in Manilu.. FRANCIS RICHARDSON,
for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857.
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[SEPTEMBER 19, 1857.
NOTICE.
ON the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Fi m
at SHANGHAE.
MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partne in our Firm from the same date,
FLETCHER & Co.
Hongkong, 29th July, 1857.
NOTICE.
THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTO HEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our Firm, ceased on the 30th April last.
T
REISS & Co.
China, 20th August, 1857.
NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.
BOTTOMRY. JENDERS will be received at the Office of the undersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA,” until Noon of the Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceeding TWELVE THOUsand Dollars, ($12,000.)
TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chili, Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr RICHARD NEIL, of Victoria, deccused. ́OTICE.-All Persons having Claims on the said.
Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to Mr H. W.,HYATT; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to pay the respective amounts thereof to the said II. W. HYATT.
H. W. HYATT, Executors.
J. MURPHY,
Hongkong, 5th September, 1857.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased.
́OTICE.-All Persons having Clains on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti-
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is hereby intimated, that the Business here- tofore carried on at Singapore and Batavia, under the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., is now carried on in these places by the "BORNEO COMPANY LI-culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; MITED,under the management, at Singapore, of and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- Mr JOHN HARVEY, Managing Director of the quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said Company in the East, and at Batavia of Mr said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
D. LAPRAIK, JOHN BLACK, who is authorized to sign for the said Company,
The "BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED" have also opened a Branch of their Business Ro GENERAL MERCHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS at Bangkok, in Siam, under the management of Mr SAMUEL GILFILLAN, who is authorized to sign for the said Company.
The Business of the "BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED" will, for the present, he managed in Glasgow, by Messrs RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co.
For the BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED,"
JOHN HARVEY,
Director.
Singapore, 31st July, 1857.
MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of the
TARRANT, Solicitor, &c.
Hongkong, 3d August, 1857.
NOTICE.
HE business hitherto carried on by the under- signed, under the style of TRAUTMANN & Co., is hereby declared closed.
All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co.
J. F. H. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857.
NOTICE.
WE Canton to SHANGHAE, and have admitted
have removed our Establishment from
Firm from this day.
Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our
HARKORT & Co.
Shanghae, 1st July, 1857.
NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
A. S. DIXSON,} Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.
Executors,
In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased.
NOT
OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the
ment to
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ADAM SCOTT, AND. S. DIXSON,
Hongkong, 29th August, 1857.
FOR SALE.
Executors.
YOMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TH EDITION; William's DICTIONARY in the CANTON
DIALECT; also
William's MAP OF CHINA, in English and in
CHINESE
Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON'S, Gough
Street, Hongkong.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1857.
FOR SALE.
At the Office of the “China Mail.” LANK Forins of-POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE.
si 130,
SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN;
And,
A Table, showing the COST OF TEA, with ull CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Prcul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
19th March, 1857.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per dunum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,-Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Centa-One kalf of these charges for each Repetition.