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GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23 MAY, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. II. No. 99.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th altimo; 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.
No. 79.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
It is hereby notified, that The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve the appointment of D. R. CALDWELL, Esquire, as Registrar General and Protector of Chinese at Hongkong. His duties as General Interpreter to the Government will, except in urgent and important cases, cease from this date.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st May, 1857.
No. 30.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Notice, issued from the Harbour Master's Office, is published for the information of Masters of Merchant Vessels resorting to the Port of Victoria, Hongkong,
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st May, 1857.
It is hereby notified to Masters and others in charge of Merchant Vessels, that all Ships in Port, and those arriving on or after the 1st June next, until 30th September, will be required to keep their Top Gallant Masts and Yards on deck, Flying Jib-boom in, and that particular attention must be paid to keep their Hawse clear. Any person neglecting these precautionary measures will be subject to the fall penalty in all cases. Vide Harbour Regulations-Sec. VIII, Ord. 11 of 1845.
Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1857.
E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master.
No 81.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d May, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 30th April, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED,.
$233,987, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 4th May, 1857.
P. CAMPBELL, Manager.
I have this day inspected the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the Specie shewn me to
correspond in amount with the Terms of the Royal Charter.
FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer,
Victoria, Hongkong, 22d May, 1857.