No. 14.
THE
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THE
Hongkong
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 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 HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day established, will he hereafter the only Official Organ of Proclamations, Notifications, and all Public Papers of this Government.
Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1853.
By Order,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary,
In consequence of the decease of Mr. E. Morgan at Point de Galle, on the 26th of October last, His Excellency the Governor is pleased to make the following appointments, subject to the approval of Her Majesty's Government.
Dr. H. F. Hance, 3rd Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office, to be Clerk to the Auditor General, vice Morgan, deceased.
Mr. A. Grand Pré, 4th Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office, to be 3rd Clerk, vice Dr. Hance. Mr. W. Chapman, 2nd Clerk in the office of the Harbour Master, to be 4th Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office, vice Grand Pré.
Mr. F. Pedder to be 2nd Clerk in the Harbour Master's office, vice Chapman.
By Order,
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong,
17th December, 1853.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Robert Rienaecker, Esq, to be a Registrar of Marriages in the Colony of Hongkong, under Ordinance No. 1 of 1852, in the room of Mr. Edward Morgan, deceased.
By Order,
W. CAINE. Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong,
17th December, 1853.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that the Government Rents due for the Current Half year will be payable on the 25th instant, and for Twenty one days following.
Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong,,
20th December 1853.
W. S. MERCER,
Colonial Treasurer.