The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[JUNE 13, 1857.
Forth, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer,—the Honourable Henry Tudor Davies, Esquire, Chief Magistrate,--and Fitzjames Edward Wat! Esquire, Assistant Commissary General, to be Members, of a Commission, for the purpose of making inquiry into the state of the sai Accounts, and of the local Audit; and any Three of you, whereof the Lieutenant-Governor shall be one, shall form a Quorum of the sai Commission.
And such enquiry shall embrace the subjects specified in the Instructions addressed to the President of the present Commission, And I do hereby enjoin you, without any loss of time, to institute a proper investigation in the premises, and to take, but not npo Oath, Evidence therein. The result thereof, and your opinions thereon, whether unanimous or dissenting, you will report to me with a reasonable completeness and dispatch. And I do authorize you to have access to all Records, Papers, and Documents, relating to th subject matter of this Commission, in the custody or control of the Public Departments in this Colony; and to call before you and examin all persons belonging to any of the said Departments; and I hereby charge all persons to aid and assist you herein.
Given under my Hand, and the Public Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this 10th Day‹
June, A.D. 1857.
JOHN BOWRING, Governor, &c.
[L.S.].
No. 94.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION..
His Excellency Lieutenant-General The Honourable THOMAS ASHBURNHAM, C. B., having assumed the Com mand of the Troops at Hongkong, was this day, by virtue of his Office, sworn a Member of the Executive Counci and took his Seat at the Board accordingly.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th June, 1857.
No. 27.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
for the Acting Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
The following Notice to Mariners for facilitating the Navigation of the Woosung River, has been received I His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade, and is published for general information.
'By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
W. WOODGATE.
Office of Maritime Customs, Shanghar, 25th May, 1857.
Notice is hereby given that Two Buoys have been laid down to mark the deepest Channel on the Bar above Woosung, by Mr G L. Carr, Master, H.B.M.'s Ship Pique, with the assistance of Mr W. E. Ayer, Pilot, in the following positions :—
The Black Buoy lies in 14 feet at low-water spring tides, on the Western extremity of a Shoal spit which makes off from Eastern shore. It is cable's-length from the Shore. The White House in Mr Henderson's Garden bears from it S. 20° E.; Mes Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Coal Godowns, S. 21° W.; and the Woosung Joss Poles, N. 25° W.
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The Red Buoy lies, in 12 feet at low-water spring tides, on the Northern extremity of the Lower Middle Ground. The WI House in Mr Henderson's Garden bears from it S. 18° 30′ W.; Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Coal Godowns, S. 77° W.; and Upper Bar Creek open N. 88 E., dist. 5 cables. This Buoy is 21 cables from the nearest part of the Eastern shore, and betwee and the Receiving Ships, which lie on the Western side, the ground is very uneven, and in several places very shoal, many spots hav as little as 9 feet at low water.
It is recommended that vessels proceeding up the River should pass close to the BLACK Buoy, leaving it on the Port Hand, and a passing it steer for the RED BUOY, leaving it well on the Starboard Hand, and gradually approach the Eastern shore to a ship's length the Upper Bar Creek.
The Red Buoy should not be brought to the Eastward of S. 60° E. The Buoys bear from each other S, 52° E. and N. 52° ' dist. 4a cables ; lowest depth of water between them, 13 feet, at low-water spring tides."
GEO. L. CARR, Master, R.N., H.M.S.“ Pique,”
True Copy,
GEO. S. MORRISON.
No. 28.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, has directed that the foll ing Letter from His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Siam, respecting Irregularities in the Paym of Duties on Rice, and the Notification issued in consequence by Her Majesty's Officiating Consul at Bangk be published for general information.
Copy.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857.
NOTIFICATION.
W. WOODGATE.
The annexed copy of Letter is circulated for the information of British Merchants resident at Bangkok, and H.B.M.'s Acting Co begs to draw particular attention to the same, as also to the printed Notification.*
Copy.
:
British Consulate, Bangkok, 15th May, 1857.
(Signed)
W. RAYMOND Gingell, H.B.M. Acting Consul
{* This Notification was published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 6th instant.—W.W.)
Despatch from Chau Phya P'raklang Senabudi, to Mr GINGELL, the Acting British Consul. Every day the Rice merchants bring large quantities of Rice to the market, and their business is irregularly conducted. Of Merchants who buy Rice to load ships with, some inform the Collector of Duties, and others do not,—it is consequently very difficul collect the Duties. I pray you to cause those merchants who wish to ship Rice to give previous notice, once to the Collector of Du at the Custom-house,-the Collector will then order a man to supervise the shipments.