No. 59.
WUNgBong GoverUMENI
GAZETTE.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has authorized the Honorable THOMAS CHISHOLM ANSTEY, Esquire, Attorney General, to institute an enquiry into the subject of the Expenses of Civil Procedure and Practice generally, including Office Fees, Fees of Counsel, and Attorneys' Costs.
Officers in the Service of Government are directed to assist the Attorney General in his investigation, and all persons interested are invited to supply such information as may be in their power.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th May, 1856.
No. 60.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified, that in payments of Dollars, it is required by the terms of the Proclamation of 1st May 1845, that these be "perfect Coins and of full and proper Weight and Value,” and that consequently the practice followed
in Mercantile establishments of weighing each Dollar before receipt, will in future be adopted at the Colonial Treasury and other Government Offices.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May,
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1856.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
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No. 48.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this office for the conveyance of Two Military convicts to England.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.
No. 56.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Tenders will be received at this office for the conveyance of Twenty-two Chinese Convicts to Penang.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d May, 1856.
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NOTICE.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
HEREAS the Firm of NYE BROTHERS Between WILLIAM PUSTAU and CHARLES BRO-
& Co. of Canton, China, did, on the 11th DERSON, Plaintiffs, and GIDEON NYE THE YOUNGER, sued as a partner in the Mercantile | pay of March, 1856, at the Office of the United Firm of Nye Brothers and Company, Defendant., 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.
WHEREAS an Action has of the commenced in
RUSSELL & Co. JAMES PURDON & Co.
Saton, 18th March, 1856.
NOTICE.
this Court at the suit of the above named WILLIAM PUSTAU and CHARLES BRODER- SEN against the above named GIDEON NYE THE YOUNGER, to recover the sum of $6000, the agreed penalty for breach of a Charterparty signed by the Defendant on behalf of the said firm of NYE BRO- THERS AND COMPANY, dated the 25th day of April, 1855, and also the sum of $6250, for Chartermoney owing by the Defendant to the Plaintiffs for Charter of the Hamburgh Barque "Congo": and it being
́R JAMES CROSSLEY ceased to be a partner alleged that the said GIDEON NYE THE YOUNGER
in our firm on 7th August last, on which date does not reside within this Island or its dependencies, Writs of Foreign Attachment have been issued, return his interest and responsibility terminated. able on the 21st day of May 1856, wherein OLIVER H. SAUNDERS, Master of the American Vessel "Rocket," and Charles Delano WILLIAMS, HENRY, ANTHON, WILLIAM HAMMOND FOSTER THE YOUN- GER, NATHANIEL CROSBY THE YOUNGER, WILLIAM LAMOND, SAMUEL GRAY, and ROBERT S. STORGIS. respectively of Victoria, Hongkong, and DANIEL N SPOONER of Canton, are Garnishees :
Notice is hereby given thereof; and if at any time before final Judgment in this Action the said GIDEON NYE THE YOUNGER, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and file the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordinance of this Island in intituled "An Ordinance to provide for and regulato process in Actions at Law against persons absent from the Colony," the said Attachment may be dissolved
Dated this 1st day of May, 1856.
AMBROSE PARSONS,
Hongkong, Plaintiffs' Attorney.
Mr JAMES BROWN, Notary Public,
MESSRS GASKELL & BROWN,
Solicitors, Notaries Public, &c., fucen's Road, Victoria.
M'
G. C. SCHWABE & Co. Shanghae, 27th March, 1856.
NOTICE.
THE
HE business of the late Mr JOZE VICENTE JORGE, will from this date be carried on by the undersigned, under the name of JOZE JORGE & Co. All outstanding Accounts of the Estate will be received and settled by the new Firm. JOZE JORGE.
IZIDORO ANTONIO D'ALMEIDA. Macao, 3d April, 1856.
NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,259,760.
THE undersigned are authorized to grant POLICIES
covering Risks from FIRE, on BUILDINGS in this Colony owned by Europeans, though the Pre- mises may be in the occupation of Chinese. They are further authorized to grant POLICIES upon of EUROPEANS resident in China.
LIVES
TURNEK & Co., Agents in China for the Northern Assurance Company."
Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
REDERICK BLOCK, Esq,, is my ATTORNEY
in China during my absence therefrom.
W. T. BRIDGES.
15th January, 1856.
SMITH & BRIMELOW, SHIP CHANDLERS, Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants, Auctioneers, and Commission Agents, Nos. 1 & 2 Woosnam's Buildings, "AVE always on band an Assortment of SHIP
HCHANDLERY 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.
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CARD.
CHARLES MARKWICK, Government and Supreme Court Auctioneer and Appraiser,
and
GENERAL STOREKEEPRE, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong. Established 1843.
FOR SALE,
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At the Office of the China Mail.” TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Pical, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICH, $12 per Annum, Bingle Copies, Thirty-sis Gents.
TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTE,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each additional Line. Turnly Cents-Ond half of these charges for each Repetition.