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The Wongkong Government
In re JAMES W. CURTIS, deceased.
EMAUM ALI, *OTICE.—All claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- STRATOR, before the 11th day of April, 1857, therwise they will not be included in the Scheme of sion. All Persons indebted to the said Estates ste requested to make immediate payment to
WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar-Official Administratur.
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES,
& SOUTHAMPTON;
Also,
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ROMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- THE
TION COMPANY'S Steam-ship MALTA, Captain PURCHASE, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas rs. Specie, and Cargo for the above Places, leave this on WEDNESDAY, the 15th October, at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 13th, SPECIE until Noon on the 14th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 14th.
For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office Hongkong.
CONTENTS, AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE
REQUIRED.
Gazette.
POT-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. THE next GENERAL MAILS, per Steamer
"Malta," will close on TUESDAY, the 14th October, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual Sup PLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning,-LETTERS received from 9 to 10 o'clock A.M., for a late Fec of 6d.; and from 10 o'clock A.M. to o'clock P.M. for a late Fee of 1s.
Letters posted between the hours of 10 and 1 o'clock must be Prepuid.
WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Muster.
Hongkong, 2d October, 1856.
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NOTICE.
Y order of the Consular Department of the Foreign Office at Copenhagen, it is hereby no- tified, that the Office of DANISH CONSUL at Canton
having become vacant, applications from Resident Merchants of that place who may desire to fill the said Office, will be received by the MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, at Copenhagen, until the 1st February, 1857.
FRED. H. BLOCK,
H. D. M. Consul
Danish Consulate, Hongkong, 1st October, 1856.
NOTICE.
A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value[T]HE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this of the Packages for the Overland Route is required Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day Ly the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered
The outstand- by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the by lapse of time and mutual consent, Bill of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company doing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER,
Superintendent,
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,
Hongkong, 29th September, 1856.
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.
NOTICE
N Assignment of the Property, Real and Per- sonal, of the Firm of WETMORE & Co. of CANTON, FOOCHow, and SHANGHAɛ, 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 114 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 sums due to, and to present to us any claims against, the said Firm.
RUSSELL & Co.
JAMES PURDON & Co.
Canton, 18th March, 1856.
FOR SALE.
At the Office of the “ China Mail.” TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with ull CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
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Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Coples, Thirty-siz Cents.
TERMS OF ADVERTISEN ENTE,-Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Conte-One half of these charges for each Repetition.
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