No. 4.
THE
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Hongkong
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority,
VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1853.
THE
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
THE Contract hitherto in force for the publication of GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS having ceased on the 21st instant,—Notice is hereby given, that the HONG- KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day estab- lished, will be hereafter the only Official Organ of Pro- clamations, Notifications, and all Public Papers of this Government.
By Order,
Victoria, Hongkong,
24th September, 1853.
NOTICE.
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
HE ORDINARY CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME
No
Saturday, the 15th instant.
WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Acting Registrar.
In re J. WASHBURN, deceased.
PEDRO D'SOUZA, deceased.
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DEER MAHOMED, deceased.
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CHINEAH, deceased.
MUNNOO, deceased.
́OTICE is hereby given to the Next of Kin, and all other Persons, to produce any Wills or Codicils of the above Parties that may be in their possession, before the SUPREME COURT, on Saturday, the 22d day of October, 1853; or if noue, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse Letters of Administration; failing which, Administration will be granted to the Acting Registrar of the said Court. By Order of the Court,
WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER,
Acting Registrar.
NOTICE.
LL Claims against the Estate of the late WILLIAM Aims the list to the undersigned, on o before the 8th day of April, 1851, and all Parties indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make payment to
T. JONES GIBB, Administrator.
Hongkong, 10th October, 1853.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
By order of Lieut. WILLIAM PEDDER, R.N., Harbour
Master of Hongkong.
undersigned will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, at his
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
HE next GENERAL MAILS, by the Steamier POT- TINGER, will be closed at 6 o'clock P. M., On Wednesday, the 26th instant ; and the customary SUPPLE- MENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning between the Hours of 9 and 10 o'clock.
THOMAS HYLAND,
Post-Master.
Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th October, 1853.
STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, AND SOUTHAMPTON;
ALSO,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, AND CALCUTTA. NIE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM- PANY'S Steam-ship POTTINGER, Captain J. R. STEAD, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on Thursday, the 27th instant, at 2 P. M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P. M. on the 25th, SPECIE until Noon on the 26th, and PARCELS until 2 P. M. on the 26th.
For particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Com- pany'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 Ship per 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.
ROBERT S. WALKER. Superintendent.
P. & O. S. N. Company's Office,
Hongkong, 13th October, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
In consequence of the departure of Mr. MoR- GAN to Europe, on Medical Certificate, His Excel-
Tale Rooms, Queen's Road, on Tuesday, the 15th Jency The Governor in Council has been pleased
October, 1853, at 11 o'clock A.M.
The Estate of the late SAIK MUSDEEN, consisting of 1 GENEVA WATCH, 2 SILVER CHAINS, 2 SILVER BOAT- SWAINS' CALLS, 1 Small WRITING DESK, 2 Whole-pieces Rod SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, ŠILK and other WEARING ÁP- PAREL, 1 CAMPHOR-WOOD TRUNK, and sundry other Articles. TERMS OF SALE,-Cash before delivery, in Mexican Dollars.
CHARLES MARKWICK, Government Auctioneer. Hongkong, 14th October, 1853.
to appoint Mr. R. RIENAECKER to perform the duties of Marriage Registrar for the Colony of Hongkong.
By Order,
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th October, 1853.