Bongkang
PX SERIES.
THE
Government
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH JULY, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. I.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby er, 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”
as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Su- tendent of British Trade in China is pleased to notify, The Right Honorable The Earl of Clarendon, K.G., pointed FREDERICK HARVEY, Esq., late Secretary Registrar to Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and the intendency of British Trade in China, to be Her ty's Vice-Consul at Shanghae.
By Order,
Moria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. WOODGATE,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Superintendent of British Trade in China, is pleased fy the appointment of THOMAS FRANCIS WADE, Esq., the pleasure of Her Majesty's Government, to the ese Secretaryship'in this Superintendency.
By Order,
W. WOODGATE.
rintendency of Trade, Victoria,
Hongkong, 6th July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
be given to Her Majesty's Authorities in China to enforce those penalties against the Subjects of Her Majesty.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th July, 1855.
No. 1.
W. WOODGATE.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. In consequence of Instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies having re- ference to the Government of Hongkong and its Depen- dencies, it is hereby intimated, that the Government Noti- fication of 15th April, 1854, first in order in the Gazette of 22d April, 1854, is withdrawn from this date, and that all Communications to Government in matters concerning this Colony are in future to be addressed to the Colonial Secre- tary, for submission to His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,
Hongkong, 25th June, 1855.
No. 2.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 'The Reverend JOHN JAMES IRWIN, having this day reported his arrival in the Colony, is appointed Colonial ceived copy of a Proclamation issued by His Ex- Chaplain of Hongkong, by virtue of a Warrant under the CY WANG, the Governor General of Fuh-keen and Royal Sign Manual; and assumes accordingly the duties of ang, stating it has come to his knowledge that Female his Office from this date.
ren have been bought at Ningpo for the purpose of shipped to Foreign Countries, and that it is his rigorously to prohibit the practice. And His Ex-
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
y the Viceroy farther desires the co-operation of the Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, esentatives of Foreign Nations to put an end to a
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degrading and inhuman. The Viceroy announces
te will punish those who disobey his Proclamation
Hongkong, 30th June, 1855.
Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
the utmost rigor of the Law.. His Excellency the No. 3..
Superintendent of Trade hereby gives notice, that ties who shall engage in the Illegal Traffic of pur g Chinese Females, expose themselves to the penal- rovided under the Anti-Slavery Act; and Orders will
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It is hereby notified, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on the ground