THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH MARCH, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 143.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby Firen, 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,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
By Order,
Ja 22.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Eight Returns connected with the Shipping, Emigration and such portion of the Trade at the Port of Victoria, Hongkong, during the year 1857, as could officially be ascertained, in the absence of a Custom House, by the Harbour Master's Department, are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th March, 1858.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 1. -RETURN of Sures arrived at HONGKONG, during the Year 1857,
FROM
FROM
FROM
FROM GREAT BRITAIN, BritishColoNIES UNITED STATES, FOREIGN STATES, No. of TONS. NO. OF TONS. No. of TONS. No. of TONS.
TOTAL NUMBER OF TONS.
Fth General Cargoes, Coals, &c.,
Sydney, Port Philip, Hobart Town, "Adelaide, Labuan, and New Zealand, with Sundries, and in Ballast,
Ti India, with Opium, &c.,
om New York, Boston, Baltimore, and California,
with General Cargoes and Chinese Passengers, Fra South America, Sandwich Islands, Manila,↑
Macassar, Lombock, Siam, Sitka, Japan, Nether- lands, &c,, Formosa, and Copenhagen,
•
Free East Coast, Canton River, &c., with Sundries
and in Ballast,
18,416
18,416
33,997
99,140
93,997
99,140
· 141,114
141,114
92,726
155,670
92,726
155,670
Total,
$41,063
Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th January, 1858.
E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master.
No, 2.-RETURN of VESSELS, TONNAGE and FLAG, anchored, at HONGKONG, during the Year 1857.
FLAG.
NUMBER OF VESSELS,
TONNADE.
540
260,044
Fetish,
198
141,815
d'States of America,
5
2,450
tremen,
450
3 in,
112
bama Ayres,
8,219
Many
51,119
10,840
23
12,236
French
23.253
Hamburg,
Flenoverian,
Balenburg,
1,243
527
1,181
* Graundian,
rpegian,
426
1,759
Jesburg,
irapuese,
Fruvian,
2,967
1,123
340
35
18,098
15
4,185
Panish,
6
1,924
**edish,
bandwich Islands,
1,603
Total,
*
£ 1,070
80
541,063
Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th January, 1858.
E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master.