THE
Songkang
SERIES.
Government
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST JULY, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. 3.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby hat 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,”
before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NotTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
he following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corpora- Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
lonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
if the Average amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for the Month ending
31st May, 1855, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED...
.$116,443.
Exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
ntal Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st June, 1855.
(Signed,)
SAM: GRAY,
Manager.
be Books and Treasure of the above Corporation were this day inspected by me, and the Amount exhibited accorded with the : the Charter."
se the 15th, 1855.
R. RIENAECKER.
Colonial Treasurer.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
Excellency Her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., is hereby to notify, that the Returns of the BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF CANTON for the Year ending. ecember, 1854, published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of 5th May last, having been found to be 21, are cancelled, and the following amended Returns are published in their stead for general information.
By Order,
rtoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. WOODGA
OODGATE.
A Return of the Number and Tonnage of MERCHANT VESSELS which Arrived at, and Departed from, the PORT OF CANTON,
during the Year ending 31st December, 1854, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong.
ARRIVED.
UNDER WHAT COLOURS.
No, or SHIPE,
TONNAGN.
136
69,050
60
43,137
5
1,934
3
1,483
1,753
11
2,661
23
10,687
526
15
3,305
328
***
672
1
144
11
3,528
1,077
650
::
1,000
21
6,120
4.
1,015
306
143,711
DEPARTED.
| No. OF SHIPS.
TONNAUS.
UNDER WHAT COLOURS.
137
68,795
British,
65
45,690 American,
.5
1,934 | Bremen,
3
1,483 Chilian,
...
4
1,753
Chinese,
11
2,589
Danish,
...
23
10,427
Dutch,
3
866
French,
15
3,274
2
328
1
672
1
144
18
6,268
6
1,925
1
650
21
1,6,344
.
Hamburgh,
Mexican,
New Grenada,
Oldenberg,
Portuguese,
Prussian, Siamese,
1,015 Spanish,
320 154,157
Swedish,...
Peruvian,
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