THE
Bangkong
NEW SERIES.
Gourrument Gavr
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH JUNE, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. 53.
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 Gasette 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,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 72.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th June, 1856.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending
31st May 1856, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.”
NOTES ISSUED.............$172,083, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
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Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 2d June, 1856.
WH. LAMOND, Acting Sub-Manager.
I hereby certify having examined the Books of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and that the Treasure exhibited corresponded in
Amount with the Terms of the Royal Charter.
H. REINHARD,
Victoria, Hongkong, 24th June, 1856.
Nv. 73.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
A Member of the Colonial Treasury Commission.
By direction of The Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, the following Orders of Her Majesty in Council, are published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th June, 1856.
XXVIII.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
the 9th Day of April, 1856,
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
9th April 1856.
Order revoking an
WHEREAS a Treaty of Peace and Friendship has been signed between Her Majesty and Her Allies and the Emperor of all the Russias, it is this day ordered by Her Majesty, by and with the Advice of Her Privy Council, That the Order made by Her Majesty in Council bearing date the 29th Day of March 1854, by which it is Erected that no Ships or Vessels belonging to any of Her Majesty's Subjects be permitted to enter and clear out Order of 29th March any of the Ports of Russia until further Order, and that a General Embarco or Stop be made of all Russian 1854, preventing Ves- Ships and Vessels whatsoever now within or which shall hereafter come into any of the Ports, Harbours, or Roads sels clearing out for within any of Her Majesty's Dominions, together with all Persons and Effects on board the said Ships or Vessels," Russin, and laying an
such Parts of any other Orders in Council as prohibit Trade with Russia, be henceforth revoked and discharged. Vessels.
Embargo on Russian
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