MAY 16, 1857.]
Steam for
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
[HÈ Next GENERAL M. ILS, per Steamer
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, NORNA," will close on Sunday, the 24th
ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES,
& SOUTHAMPTON ;
Also,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA.
THE
HE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- || GATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship "NORNA," Capt. ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on MONDAY, the 25th May, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until Noon on the 23d; SPECIE until Noon on the 24th; and PARCELS until 4 P.M. on the 24th.
For Particulars regarding and
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instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usi al SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning. LET- TERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d. ; and from 11 o'clock A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s.
Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12′0'Coc‹, must be prepaid.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Putt-Master.
Hongkong, 13th April, 1857. NOTICE.
THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREMI
Apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation T COURT, will be held on MONDAY, the 25th
Company's Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE
REQUIRED.
A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER,
Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,
Hongkong, 12th May, 1857.
NOTE
In re DAVID SIMEON, deceased, TICE,-All Claims against the above Estate, must be proved before the OrFicial Admi- NISTRATOR before the 13th day of November, A.D. 1857, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division.
All parents
questral
in the said Estate are re-
Payment to-
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar-Official Administrator.
day of May, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock Noon.
By Order of the Court,
o'clock Noon.
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar.
NOTICE.
next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 5th day of June, A.D. 1857, at 12
By Order of the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting-Registrar. SALE OF DECEASED SEAMEN'S EFFECTS. Harbour Master's Department.
THE undersigned in instructed to sell by PUBLIC
AUCTION, ON WEDNESDAY, the 20th instant, at noon precisely, at the Victoria Exchange, the EFFECTS of the late W. H. DOLLER, J. MAC- KELLY and A. MacLAREN, comprising NAUTI CAL INSTRUMENTS, BOCKS, Charts, SEA CHESTS, WEARING APPAREL, and One HUNTING WATCH.
G. DUDDELL.
Hongkong, 15th May, 1857. NOTICE. "R ALFRED FINCHAM is this day admitted
a Partner in our Firm..
REISS & Co.
MR
China, lat May, 1857.
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TO CONTRACTORS.
SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE. VICTORIA, HONOKONG, 9th May, 1857. OTICE,-SEALED TENDERS will be receiv
ed at this office until Noon of the 25th instant, from persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXE- CUTION of the undermentioned WORKS, viz:— in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road known as the Plazza; and Westward, from Marine Lot No.101, to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRING PRAYA; in filling in the ground be- tween such New Road and the present Sea-front of the several Marine Lots; and in the continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c.
DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS of Contract, may be seen at this Office daily, be- tween the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M.
THOS. L. WALKER,
Acting Surveyor General.
FOR SALE,
At the Office of the “ China Mail.” LANK Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR-
WILLS,
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest orm of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE.
Also,
SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN;
And,
A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES--Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
19th March. 1857.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz
Cents.
TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,-Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for sach Repetition.