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GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4TH AUGUST, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No 5.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
"THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
No. 15.
THOMAS FRANCIS WADE, Esquire, having been appointed to act as Chinese Secretary in this Department, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government; His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary has been pleased to appoint Mr MARTIN CROFTON MORRISON, Interpreter in the British Consulate at Canton, to act as Her Majesty's Vice-Consul at that Port until further notice.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
TREATY WITH JAPAN. NOTICE.
A Treaty having recently been concluded between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Japan, whereby the latter agrees to open the Japanese ports of Nagasaki and Hakodadi to British ships for the purposes of effecting repairs, and obtaining fresh water, provisions, and other supplies of any sort that they may absolutely require, provided that they are furnished with a given Stamp License...
The following Notification has been circulated by Her Majesty's Consul at Foochowfoo, on the subject of a piratical fleet cruising on the Chinese Coast in the Fookeen province, and is now published for general information.
By Order,
W. WOODGATE.
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d August, 1855.
Copy No. 70.
BRITISH CONSULATE, FOOCHOW FOO, 11th July, 1855.
NOTIFICATION.
... Certificates of Registry in the form determined by Her Majesty's Government will be exchanged for existing Certificates, on application to this Office. Commander BARNARD, R. N., commanding H. M. S. Racehorse, having advised H. M.'s Consul that a formidable fleet of West Coast Pirate-Junks, numbering 35 vessels, and powerfully manned and armed, is cruising among the groups of Islands between this and Amoy... ...W. H. MEDHURST.
(Signed,)
To
BRITISH CONSIGNEES AND MASTERS
OF VESSELS,
True Copy,
W. WOODGATE.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
No. 14.
Wanted a Passage to Singapore for Thirteen Chinese Convicts.
Tenders will be received at this Office.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Under Instructions from The Secretary of State for the Colonies His Excellency The Governor directs the publication of the following letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trade to the Board of Customs...
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st July, 1855.
No. 79-1855.
OFFICE OF COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE,
MARINE DEPARTMENT, 25th May, 1855.
SIR,
Various communications having been made to my Lords concerning the inconvenience sustained with respect to Ships registered in the British Possessions abroad...
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