No. 92.
THE
DIET
MON
Hongkong
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1854.
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 HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day established, will be hereafter the only Official Organ of Proclamations, Notifications, and all Public Papers of this Government.
By Order,
Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1853.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary,
Wanted a passage to Perth, Western Australia, for three European Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and particulars may be learnt on application at the Harbour Master's Office.
By Order,
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W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th August, 1854.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Wanted a Passage to Penang for Eight Chinese Convicts.
Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office. For particulars apply to the Harbour Master.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Hongkong, 15th November. 1854,
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
His Lordship the Post Master General has directed it to be made known that in consequence of the position in which the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company find themselves placed by the withdrawal of several of their Vessels for employment in the Transport Service, and by other circumstances, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have authorized the Company to reduce, as a temporary measure, the Communication between Bombay, Point de Galle, and China, from twice a month, to once a month, on the understanding that, in lieu of the service which will thus be sus- pended, the Company shall run a Steamer Monthly, between Calcutta and Hongkong, in connexion with the Packet reaching Calcutta from Suez about the 1st of each month, and with that leaving