SPOFTICE NOTIFICATION,
The Hongkong Government Glazette.
sing Instructions having reference ta traronission of BOOKS, &c., through olice, are published for general informa-
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “ MADRAS,” Captain Dows, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen-
Specie, and Cargo for the above Places, will leave this on TUESDAY the 15th April, at 2 p.м, CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 13th, SPECIE until Noon on the 14th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 14th.
- the provisions of a Treasury Warrant the 12th January 1856, Printed Books, 18, Reviews, Pamphlets, and any description 1. whether Printed, Manuscript, or Plain, is permitted to be forwarded between the 1 Kingdom and Hongkong, under the regula-gers,
the Colonial Book Post, will, on and from April instant, be transmitted by the post nongkong and any British Colony in the : Indies (Barbadoes, Trinidad, and Turk's i excepted), as well as between Hongkong and Pritish Possessions of Bermuda, Malta, and Star, at the following reduced rates of postage, ik; each packet not exceeding Llb in weight:
Between Hongkong and Malta or
Gibraltar, via Egypt, Hongkong and the Britishy West Indies, and Bermuda
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(via the United Kingdom and Egypt,)
Os. 8d.
18. 2d. |
son, increasing according to the usual scale fraction over a pound being charged as a
The Postage must in all cases be paid in advance; all Packets posted unpaid, or with a prepayment
than the single rate, must be detained and to the Dead Letter Office; but Book Packets, h, by inadvertence, may be posted without the amount of Postage being paid, will be chargeable the deficiency in addition to another single rate A fine.
Any Letter, whether closed or open, and any enclosure scaled or otherwise closed against inspec- , found in a Book Packet, will be taken out and Irwarded, charged not only with the Postage due on it as an unpaid letter, but also with an addi- mal rate of Postage equal to the single rate charge- Le on a Book Packet,
Any Packet posted at Hongkong with respect to which the required conditions shall not have been observed, that is to say, if exceeding the
irited dimensions of Two feet in length, breadth, or wlth; on in a Cover not open at the ends or sides; ontaining any Letter or communication in the
ature of a Letter, written or printed on the cover;
will be charged as a Letter, and treated as such in all respects.
Post-office, Hongkong,
2d April, 1856.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Acting Post-Master.
NOTIFICATION.
HE Honourable the SUPREME COURT of NEW
SOUTH WALES has been pleased to grant to
MY WILLIAM GASKELL of Hongkong, Solicitor, &c.,
COMMISSION to swear Affidavits to be used within
the Jurisdiction of the said Court relative to all Legal matters therein.
Also,
A COMMISSION to take the acknowledgments of Married Women to Deeds, &c., relating to Pro- perty situate within the said Colony of New South Wales
THE
NOTIFICATION. Honourable the SUPREME COURT of (Melbourne,) has been
to grant to Mr WILLIAM GASKELL of Hongkong,
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For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS, AND VALUE OF PACKAGES, ARE REQUIRED.
A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 1st April, 1856.
NOTICE.
In re LEE-AHFOON, deceased.
LL Persons having any Claims against the said Estate are requested to send them in on or be- fore the 1st day of February, 1857, for examination and settlement; and also Persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate pay- ment to
李成好亞蘇
李亞貴
Erecutors.
Hongkong, 28th March, 1856.
二李支好
已人
8年賬寬
成
兹者李亞寬身故如有
好亞蘇李亞貴同啟 二月十二日承辦人李 李亞寬銀兩祈卽清還 支理如各人客欠到該 好亞蘇與李亞貴查察 以前送至承辦人李成 單于丁已年正月初七
該察成七數有
NOTICE.
THE Interest and Responsibility of the late LEE AHFOON in our Firm terminated on the 6th instant.
新盛利
SUN SING LEE.
Hongkong, 28th March, 1856.
Solicitor, &c., a COMMISSION to swear Affidavits W
to be used within the Jurisdiction of the said Court relative to all Legal matters therein.
Also,
A COMMISSION to take the acknowledgments of Married Women to Deeds, &c., relating to Pro-
perty situate within the said Colony.
Offices GASKELL & BROWN, Solicitors &c.,
Hongkong, 27th March, 1856.
IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN- SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA,
In the matter of the Asiatic Marine Insurance Office.
TOTICE is hereby given, that by an Order of
this Court, bearing date the fifth day of
wry last, the SHAREHOLDERS of the said
ASIATIC MARINE INSURANCE OFFICE are required
to pay the several sums respectively assessed upon
them by the Official Assignee, at the rate of R2000
en each share, on or before the following dates: that
is to say, the Shareholders resident in CALCUTTA or
the Suburbs thereof on or before the first day of Murch neat; the Shareholders resident in HONGKONG and BOMBAY on or before the third day of May
mert; and the Shareholders resident in GREAT
BRITAIN, and all other places not mentioned in the
vid Order, on or before the fifth day of July ;—and at the Official Assignee will be at liberty to apply that the defaulting Shareholders,be adjudged to have Comitted an Act of Insolvency according to the provisions of the Indian Insolvent Act.
DENMAN, HATCII, & DAVIS, Allorneys for the Official Assignee.
ITH reference to the above Advertisement, the Business of the House will be conducted as before under the same Name by the remaining Partners.
LEE SANG HO, alias AHSOO.
李成好
亞蘇
LEE AHQUI.
李亞貴
止股
Hongkong, 28th March, 1856.
成丙
亞新
二息
成好亞蘇與亞貴同啟 丙辰年二月廿二日李
貴將該店開張如舊
伴李成好亞蘇與李亞
上之告篇新盛利店之
廿二日新盛利啟〇以
止息 咸豐六年二月
股份於本年正月卅日
兹者李亞寛在本店之
NOTICE.
REDERICK BLOCK, Esq,, is my ATTORNEY
in China during my absence therefrom.
W. T. BRIDGES. 15th January, 1856.
NOTICE.
In re Jons COLLETT, deceased. LL Persons having any claims against the said Estate are requested to send them in on or before the 1st day of September, 1856, for examina- tion and settlement; and also Persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
B. MCDERMOTT, Administrator.
P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Ship" Fort William,"
Hongkong, 25th March, 1856.
NOTICE.
R JAMES MCCORMICK is authorized to
per Procuration.
Msign our Firm
Canton, 12th January, 1856.
MR
NOTICE.
ALVORD & Co.
R R. P. DE SILVER is this day admitted a
Partner in our Firm, and will take charge of the NEW YORK Branch Establishment.
DE SILVER & Co.
Hongkong, 1st January, 1856.
Mr JAMES BROWN, Notary Public, MESSES GASKELL & BROWN, Solicitors, Notaries Public, &c., Queen's Road, Victoria.
NOTICE.
HEREAS the Firm of NYE BROTHERS
& Co. of Canton, China, did, on the lith day of March, 1856, at the Office of the UNITED STATES CONSULATE in Canton, execute an Assign- ment of all their Property, real and personal, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, to the undersigned: We hereby give notice to all concerned to make payment to us of all sums due to, and to present to us any claims against,the said Firm.
RUSSELL & Co.
JAMES PURDON & Co.
Canton, 18th March, 1856.
NOTICE.
NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
(Established 1836.)
Incorporated by Act of Parliament,
FOR FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
CAPITAL £1,259,760 SterlING.
THE undersigned have been appointed AGENTS
at Hongkong, Canton, and Shanghae.
TURNER & Co.
Medical Advisers.
For Hongkong,-W. A. HARLAnd, M.D.
For Canton,-WALT. GRO. DICKSON, M.D.
Hongkong, 9th August, 1855.
SMITH & BRIMELOW,
SHIP CHANDLERS,
Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants, Auctioneers, and Commission Agents,
H
-Nos. 1 & 2 Woosnam's Buildings,
AVE always on hand an Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY STORES of every kind.
Also,
An extensive and well-selected supply of WINES, BEER, and SPIRITS, LIQUEURS, CORDIALS, &c., of a superior description.
OILMAN'S STORES from the well known house of Copland, Barnes & Co. ; also, STORES per Over- land Mail Steamers Monthly for domestic purposes.
Hongkong, 7th July 1855.
WILL
FOR SALE.
ILLS, and POWERS OF ATTORNEY-
new and complete Forms.
China Mail Office,
20th March, 1856.
PARCHMENT.
N hand,-a Supply of fine SKINS, of various
Sizes, for Printing Purposes.
China Mail Office, Hongkong,
27th February, 1856.
CARD.
CHARLES MARKWICK,
Government and Supreme Court Auctioneer
and Appraiser,
and
GENERAL STOREKEEPNE,
Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong.
Established 1843.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.
PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents.
TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS.-Fire Lines and under, One Dollar; each additional Line, Tuenty Cents-Onis half of these charges for each Repetition.