THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. II. No. 84.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 34th 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. 19.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer during the Year 1856, is published ⚫ for general information.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857.
RETURN of PASSENGER SHIPS, to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, during the Year, 1856.
ADULTS.
CHILDREN.
DATE OF CERTIFICATE.
SHIP'S NAME.
TONS.
OF WHAT PORT.
MASTER'S NAME.
WHITHER BOUND.
Mais. Female,
Male. Fimals.
February 23 Stephen Baldwin,...
634
March 12
Bertha,
500
12
"
John Calvin,...
510
14
"
Cornelis Smit,
719
24
Jacoba Cornelia,
...
492
25
Euterpe,
504
Dordrecht
Philadelphia
Bremen Hongkong Alblaperdam
Rotterdam
D. Klamp A. Thornhill
T. Rosenboom
A. Knipers
G. Downer
San Francisco
230
Adelaide
231
12
Havana
81
H. H. Ruhaak
Adelaide & Port Phillip
384
20
Adelaide
263
...
Adelaide
282
2
26
"
Lady Hayes,
...
384
Hongkong
R. Williamson
Port Phillip
175
26
Cornwall,
580
London
W. Dawson
Adelaide & Port Phillip
317
**
28
Juno,
441
Rotterdam
J. O. Kluin
Adelaide & Melbourne
226
6
...
...
31
Everdine Elizabeth, 615
Rotterdam
C. J. Tonjis
Adelaide & Melbourne
375
31
Anglia,...
***
•
April
1
Duke of Portland,
2
Jamestown,
***
570 529 1,151
Liverpool Greenock
W. M. Ball
G. F. Seymour
Adelaide & Sydney Havana
317
12
334
New York
Rufus G. F. Candage
Adelaide & Port Phillip
399
3
Labuan,
547
Macao
J. F. Grill
Adelaide & Port Phillip
252
4
Sumatra,
778
Dort
A
-
8
Tuskina,
420
San Francisco
11
Kenau Hasselaar,...
698
Rotterdam
11
Alfred the Great,
649
London
11
Alfred,...
...
...
780
Hongkong
14
Nicoline,
570
COR
Hamburg
14
Golden West,
1,500
Boston, U.S.A.
Henri Grivel Edmund Jones O. Lindeman Peter M'Intyre W. R. Browning C. H. Vallessen W. E. Putnam
San Francisco
Adelaide & Melbourne
374
Adelaide & Port Phillip Sydney & Port Phillip
294
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12
354
230
Sydney
385
San Francisco
234
San Francisco
344
17
Christina,...
272
Sydney
Lewis Truscott
Port Phillip & Sydney
157
21
Kit Carson,
997
Dennis (Mass: U.S.A.)| Seth Crowell
San Francisco
370
29
Sirocco,
...
***
1,135
Philadelphia
W. H. Weat
San Francisco
480
...
- 30
Tartar,...
New York
May
10
Jan Hendrik,
Amsterdam
12
Star King,
Boston
...
17
Sarah Warren..........
San Francisco
17
Hamilton,
17
Black Warrior,...
1,900
24
Carribean,
June
I
13
Wilhelmsburg....
30
Caesar,...
...
July
7
John Stuart,
9
帅
Edith Rose....
19
W
Henry Miller,
433
...
September 12
17
Meteor,
Excelsior,...
***
...
---
573
611 1,170 188
438 Hongkong
874 1,119 438 1,653
. 510
Baltimore London
Hamburg
Hamburg New York Boston
London
1,067❘ Boston
682 Stockton
T. J. Murphy
John Winchester H. C. Muller John Sturge
Robert Putt
S. W. Pike
Alexander Jones
E. A. Mix
Adelaide & Sydney
378
...
H. de Jong
San Francisco
250
G. H. Turner
San Francisco
370
10
A. W. Gove
San Francisco
57
James Fair
San Francisco
219
San Francisco
457
1
San Francisco
422
4
San Francisco
415
San Francisco
74
W. M. Chamberlin H. F. Crowell
San Francisco
150
Melbourne & Sydney
40
Havana
191
San Francisco
260
Melbourne
66