THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH DECEMBER, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. II. No. 76.
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 iustant, 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,
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that the Crown Rents due for the current Half-year will be payable on the 25th Instant, and for Twenty-one days following.
W. T. MERCER,—President,
J. HYNDMAN,
H. REINHARD,} Members,
of the Colonial Treasury Commission.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th December, 1856.
No. 133.
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, 10th December, 1856.
Account of the average Amount of the Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 30th November, 1856, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED...
$214,191,
! exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st December, 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 December, 1856.
Vó. 134.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
H. REINHARD,
A Member of the Colonial Treasury Commission.
It is hereby notified, that in consequence of the lamented Death of CAPTAIN COWPER, Commanding Royal Engineer, and Acting Surveyor General of this Colony, while employed on service at the Canton Factories, it has een necessary to make provision for the conduct of the Surveyor General's Department, and His Excellency The Governor has accordingly been pleased, with the advice of the Executive Council, to appoint THOMAS L. WALKER, Esquire, to be Acting Surveyor General from this date until further notice.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th December, 1856.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary."