:
Bongkong
• THE
Government
NEW SERIES.
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH APRIL, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. 40.
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”
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonal Soreetary.
No. 42.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
appointment
It is hereby notified, that in pursuance of Instructions received by His Excellency The Governor from The Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr G. OVERBECK has been appointed, and is hereby recognized as, Prussian Consular Agent at Hongkong.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d April, 1856.
No. 43.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
Her Majesty's Exequatur being expected, authorizing Mr F. H. BLOCK to exercise the office of Consul for His Majesty The King of Denmark within the Colony of Hongkong, His Excellency The Governor hereby notifies that, under instructions from The Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, he will recognize Mr BLOCK as such Consul in the interim, and until receipt of the said Exequatur.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d April, 1856.
No. 41.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Returns from the Registrar-General, shewing Comparative Census for past Years, and Detailed Statement of Population for 1855, are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st March, 1856.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.