Bongkong
THE
Government
NEW SERIES.
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. II. No. 63.
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 Scoretary.
No. 94.
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. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th September, 1856.
Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending
30th August 1856, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED............$185,102,
exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st September, 1856.
WM. LAMOND, Acting Sub-Manager.
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.
Victoria, Hongkong, 6th September, 1856.
No. 48.
H. REINHARD,
A Member of the Colonial Treasury Commission.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office for the conveyance of Two Military Convicts to England.
By Order,
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W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office Victoria, Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.
In the Estate of JOHN BROWN, deceused
Master Mariner.
ALL Perons having Claims against que being indebted to the above Estate are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned
forthwith.
FRED. H. BLOCK, Administrator.
Hongkong, 11th September, 1856.
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NOTICE.
ПHE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Port, between the undersigned, under the Style
of
by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORE under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co.
C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, JR., G. L. HASKELL
Hongkong, 1st September, 1856.
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NOTICE.
ANA, the Firm of WETMORE & Co. of CANTON, FOOCHOW, and SHANGHAE, CHINA, having been duly made on the 12th July, 1856, to the undersigned, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, and recorded in the United States Consulate at Canton: I hereby give notice to all concerned to make payment to me of all Sums due to, and to present to me any Claims against, the said Firm.
OLIVER H. PERRY. Conton, 7th August, 1856.
NOTICE. HEREAS the Firm of NYE BROTHERS & Co. of Canton, China, did, on the 11th day of March, 1856, at the Office of the UNITED STATES CONSULATE in Canton, execute an Assign- ment of all their Property, real and personal, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, to the undersigned: We hereby give notice to all concerned to make payment to us of all sume due to, and to present to us any claims against, the said Firm.
N Assignment of the Property, Real and Per-
W |
RUSSELL & Co. JAMES PURDON & Co.
Canton, 18th March, 1856,
NOTICE.
R HENRY MURRAY is a Partner in our
MR Firm.
NEAVE, MURRAY & Co. Canton, 26th August, 1856.
NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL £1,259,760.
THE undersigned are authorized, to grant POLICIES
covering Risks from FIRE, on BUILDINGS in this Colony owned by Europeans, though the Pre- mises may be in the occupation of Chinese. They are further authorized to grant POLICIES Upon LIVES of EUROPEANS resident in Chin
TURNER & Co., Agents in China for the "Northern Assurance Company."
Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.
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