THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 29TH NOVEMBER, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. II. No. 74.
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. 124.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel FRANKLIN DUNLOP, Command- ing the Forces, to a provisional Seat in the Executive Council of this Colony, pending the pleasure of Her Majesty's Government.
The Honorable Lieutenant-Colonel Dunlop has been this day sworn in accordingly.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th November, 1856.
No. 125.
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 Secretury.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th November, 1856.
Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending
31st October 1856, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
$180,505,
NOTES ISSUED exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st November, 1856.
WM. LAMOND, Acting Sub-Manager.
I jaspected 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, 27th November, 1856.
No. 126.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
H. REINHARD,
A Member of the Colonial Treasury Commission.
D. R. CALDWELL, Esquire, has been duly sworn in to the Offices to which he was recently gazetted, and has also this day taken the Oaths as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th November, 1856.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.