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The Hongkong Government Gazette.
Taxation may be had XII. If any person shall be desirous of obtaining, under Section Eleven, the taxation of a Bill of Fees, without order of Re- Charges, or Disbursements, for any business whatsoever done by an Attorney, Solicitor, or Proctor, whether in an action or suit or not in an action or suit, nor relating thereto it shall not be necessary for the said person to apply to the Supreme Court for any order in that behalf; but he shall be at liberty (if he think fit) to refer such Bill of his own authority to the Registrar or other Taxing Master of the said Court, who shall thereupon proceed to tax the same in like manner as he would have done under an Order of Reference for that purpose in conformity with the Imperial Enactments, which by Section Eleven are extended to this Colony in manner aforesaid. Penalty on Persons XIII. Any Person not duly admitted as Attorney, Solicitor, or Proctor of the said Supreme Court, unlawfully practising who shall either directly or indirectly practise or act within this Colony as an Attorney, Solicitor, or or acting as Attornies,
Proctor, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay to the Crown a sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars, nor less than Fifty Dollars, to be sued for and recovered by the Attorney-General by action at Law in the Supreme Court.
&c.
Steam for
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 21st Day of June, 1856.
L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils.
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;
Also,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
PURTAU & Co. v. GIDEON NYE THE YOUNGER.
THE undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC
AUCTION, ON SATURDAY, the 12th day of July, 1856, at 11 o'clock A.M., at the OLD GOV- ERNMENT HOUSE, Spring Gardens,-A quantity of HE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA-HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, comprising Hand- TH
some Drawing-room SOFAS, CHAIRS, and TABLES, TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "MALTA,” Captain STEAD, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas-Dining-room Ditto, Hanging and Pedestal LAMPS, sengers, Specie, and Cargo for the above Places, MIRRORS, and CARPETING. The EQUIPMENT of fire will leave this on THURSDAY, the 10th July, Bed-rooms, 2 SEDAN CHAIRS, a Pony and CARRIAGE,
400 Boxes of TEA, &c., &c., &c.
at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 7th, SPECIE until Noon on the 9th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 9th.
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 Lntention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such declaration.
ROBT. S. Walker, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 26th June, 1856.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS the Firm of NY &, the th
& Co. of Canton, China, did, on the 11th 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, tho said Firm.
RUSSELL & Co.
JAMES PURDON & Co.
Canton, 18th March, 1836.
The same day, at Noor precisely, on the premises. the Auctioneer will sell to the highest bidder, all the Right, Title, and INTEREST of “ Gideon Nye" in and to INLAND LOT No. 56, situate on the South side of the Queen's Road, Spring Gurdens; also the RIGHT, TITLE, and INTEREST of "Gideon Nye" in
and to LOT 427, situate on the North side of the Queen's Road, Spring Gardens,together with the private Dwelling-house and large mercantile Premises thereon erected. Further particulars in Hand-bills, G. DUDDELL, Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 28th June, 1856.
NOTICE.
HE business of the late Mr JOZE VICENTE
this date on
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 LIVES of EUROPEANS resident in China,
TURNER & Co., Agents in China for the “Northern Assurance Company.”
Hongkong, 10th April, 1866.
JOHN BOWRING.
In re ROBERT MARSHALL, deceased.
SHEIK HOSSEN,
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【OTICE—All claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 21st day of December, 1856, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make immediate payment to
WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER,
Registrar Official Administrator.
SMITH & BRIMELOW,
SHIP CHANDLERS,
Wholesale and Retail Wine und Spirit Merchants, Auctioneers, and Commission Agents, Nos. 1 & 2 Woosnam's Buildings, 'AVE always on hand an Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY STORES of every kind,
Also,
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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 STOREKERPRE, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong. Established 1843.
FOR SALE,
At the Office of the “ China Mail.” TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois,
Cents.
Printed at the Office of the China Mall, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six
TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition.
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