THE
Bangkong 2 Gauernment
NEW SERIES.
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4т¤ AUGUST, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. 5.
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"
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ill, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
No. 15.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
THOMAS FRANCIS WADE, Esquire, having been appoint- His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief to act as Chinese Secretary in this Department, pend- has directed the publication for general information of the reference to Her Majesty's Government; His Excel- following Notice extracted from the London Gazette of 11th ey Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary has been pleased to May 1855. Certificates of Registry in the form determined point Mr MARTIN CROFTON MORRISON, Interpreter in by Her Majesty's Government will be exchanged for exist- e British Consulate at Canton, to act as Her Majesty's ing Certificates, on application to this Office. Vice-Consul at that Port until further notice.
By Order,
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
W. WOODGATE.
Colonial Secretary.
perintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st August, 1855. -
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTICE.
Diplomatic Department.
The following Notification has been circulated by Her Majesty's Consul at Foochowfoo, on the subject of a pira- al feet cruising on the Chinese Coast in the Fookeen
rince, and is now published for general information. By Order,
W. WOODGATE.
Sperintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d August, 1855.
Cgy No. 70.
BRITISH CONSULATE, FOOCHOWFOO, 11th July, 1855. NOTIFICATION. Commander BARNARD, R.N., commanding H. M. S. Racehorse, mving advised H. M.'s Consul that a formidable fleet of West Coast -Junks, numbering 35 vessels, and powerfully manned and ed, is cruising among the groups of Islands between this and r, and having recommended the issue of a premonitory notice to Consignees and Masters of vessels resorting to this Port; they are by warned to be on their guard and to take all precaution in their ver against attack while passing along the coast in this vicinity, and urally in the neighbourhood of the Island of Ockseu.
(Signed,)
BRITISH CONSIgnees and Masters
OF VESSELS,
W. H. MEDHURST.
True Copy,
W. WOODGATE,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Wanted a Passage to Singapore for Thirteen Chinese
victs.
Tenders will be received at this Office.
By Order,
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W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.,
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onday 26th July, 1855.
retary's Office, Victoria,
TREATY WITH JAPAN. NOTICE.
A Treaty having recently been concluded between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Japan, whereby the latter agrees to open the Japanese ports of Nagasaki and Hakodadi to British ships, for the purposes of effecting repairs, and obtaining fresh water, pro- visions, and other supplies of any sort that they may absolutely require, provided that they are furnished with a given Stamp or License, and it having been arranged that the Certificate of Registry of the ship bearing the Royal Arms, shall bear or constitute such Stamp or License, the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade hereby give notice, that all Certificates of Registry, issued under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, will be printed in such form as to be recognized as bearing such Stamp or License; and that for the purpose of meeting the case of ships already registered, a new and special form of Certificate of Registry has been prepared, which will, on application to any Registrar of Shipping, be given in exchange for the existing Certificates of Registry, and will be in such form as to be recognized by the Japanese authorities. No. 16.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Colonies His Excellency The Governor directs the public- Under Instructions from The Secretary of State for the ation of the following letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trade to the Board of Customs, for the infor- mation of Ship Brokers, Attorneys, Notaries, and others engaged in dealings in Ships.
The Documents necessary under the letter may be seen on application at this Office.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st July, 1855.
No. 79-1855. OFFICE OF COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL for Trade,
MARINE DEPARTMENT, 25th May, 1855.
SIR, Various communications having been made to my Lords concerning the inconvenience sustained with respect to Ships register- ed in the British Possessions abroad, in consequence of the mode in which the changes effected by the Merchant Shipping Act have been brought into operation, I am directed to bring the subject to the notice of the Commissioners of Customs, and to request their atten- tion to the following observations and suggestions.
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