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 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,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
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.
Hale. Female.
Male. Female.
February 23 March 12
12
Stephen Baldwin,... Bertha, John Calvin,...
500 Bremen
14
14
Cornelis Smit,
24
"
Jacoba Cornelia,
S
25
Euterpe,
504
***
634 Philadelphia
510 Hongkong 719 Alblaperdam 492 Rotterdam
Dordrecht
D. Klamp A. Thomhill
H. H. Ruhaak
T. Rosenboom
A. Knipers
G. Downer
San Francisco
230
Adelaide
231
12
Havana
81
Adelaide & Port Phillip
384
2
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,...
570
Liverpool
W. M. Ball
Adelaide & Sydney
317
12
April
1
Duke of Portland,
528
Greenock
G. F. Seymour
Havana
334
2
Jamestown,
**
***
1,151
New York
Rufus G. F. Candage
Adelaide & Port Phillip
399
3
Labuan,
547
Macao
***
LOO
4
Sumatra,
778
Dort
↑
Tuskina,
420
San Francisco
11
Kenau Hasselaar,...
698
Rotterdam
11
Alfred the Great,
649 London
}}
Alfred,...
780❘ Hongkong
14
*
Nicoline,
***
14
Golden West,
17
Christina,...
21
*
Kit Carson,
29
Sirocco,
***
30
Tartar,...
573
...
670 Hamburg
1,500 Boston, U.S.A.
272 Sydney
997
Dennis (Mass: U.S.A.)] 1,135 Philadelphia
New York
J. F. Grill
Henri Grivel Edmund Jones O. Lindeman Peter M'Intyre W. R. Browning C. H. Vallessen W. E. Putnam Lewis Truscott Seth Crowell
San Francisco
San Francisco
Adelaide & Port Phillip
252
Adelaide & Melbourne
374
Adelaide & Port Phillip
294
12
Sydney & Port Phillip
354
230
Sydney
385
234
San Francisco
344
Port Phillip & Sydney
157
San Francisco
370
W. H. West
San Francisco
480
May
10
Jan Hendrik,
611
Amsterdam
E. A. Mix
H. de Jong
Adelaide & Sydney
378
***
San Francisco
250
12
Star King,
1,170
Boston
G. H. Turner
San Francisco
370
10
B
17
Sarah Warren,---
188
San Francisco
A. W. Gove
San Francisco
57
37
Hamilton,
438
Hongkong
James Fair
San Francisco
219
17
Black Warrior,...
1,900
Baltimore
T. J. Murphy
San Francisco
457
1
***
24
Carribean,
874 London
John Winchester
San Francisco
422
4
June
13
Wilhelmsburg...*
1,119
30
Caesar,...
438
Hamburg
July
7
John Stuart,
...
9
Edith Rose.
*
19
Henry Miller,
September 12
Meteor,
17
Excelsior....
1,653
Hamburg
New York Boston
610 433 London
1,067❘ Boston
682 Stockton
John Sturge
II. F. Crowell Robert Putt S. W. Pike Alexander Jones
II. C. Muller
San Francisco
415
San Francisco
74
W. M. Chamberlin
San Francisco
150
Melbourne & Sydney
40
Havana
191
San Francisco
260
Melbourne
GR