No. 8.
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Hongkong
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
Published by Authority.
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VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1853.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
HE 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.
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Lieutenant PEDDER, R.N., Harbour Master and Marine Magistrate, having obtained leave of ab- sence to proceed to England for the recovery of his health, His Excellency The Governor in Council has directed that the duties of Marine Magistrate shall until further Orders be performed by the Chief Magistrate; and those of Harbour Master by Mr. E. R. MICHELL, under the general super- vision of The Honourable C. B. HILLIER, Esq.
By Order,
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th November, 1853.
NOTICE.
Wanted, a Passage to Singapore for Nine Chi- nese Convicts; for which Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office up to the 15th instant.
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By Order,
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th November, 1853.
NOTICE.
HE Hours of Divine Service in the CATHEDRAL CHURCH
OF ST. JOHN are, on Sundays at 11 A. x. and 4 P. M., and on Thursdays at 5 P. M.
Hongkong, 24th October, 1853.
In re SALVADOR DE MELLO, deceased.
NOTICE is toe any Wills or Codicils of
OTICE is hereby given to the Next of Kin, and all
the above Party, that may be in their possession, before the SUPREME COURT, on Monday, the 21st day of Novem ber, 1853; or if none, that the Next of Kin, do accept or refuse Letters of Administration; failing which, Adminis- tration will be granted to the Acting Registrar of the said Court.
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By Order of the Court,
WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER,
Acting Registrar.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
OTICE is hereby given, that a SPECIAL SESSION OF MAGISTRATES will be held at the Chief Magistrate's Office, Victoria, on Tuesday, the Twenty-second Day of November next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of granting LICENSES for the Sale of SPIRITUOUS AND FERMENTED LIQUORS, during the Year com- mencing on the First of December next.
Applications for LICENSES must be lodged at this Office, Ten Days before the Session, in the form prescribed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1844.
J. COLLINS,
Chief Clerk.
Chief Magistrate's Office, Victoria,
Hongkong, the 17th October, 1853.
NOTICE.
LL Persons having Claims against the Estate of the late WILLIAM MORRISON, Colonial Surgeon, are requested to send them in to Mrs. MORRISON forth- with; and those indebted to the said Estate are request- ed to make payment to her.
T. D. NEAVE, One of the Executors.
Hongkong, 22d October, 1853.
NOTICE.
ALL Claims against the Estate of the late WILLIAM
ELLIS, must be sent in to the undersigned, on or before the 8th day of April, 1854, and all Parties indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make payment to
T. JONES GIBB, Administrator.
Hongkong, 10th October, 1853.
Printed and Published by ROBERT STRACHAN, at the Hongkong Register Office, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong.