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buy the

Ading Colonial Secretary

2320 May, 1865.

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 2.

No. 1.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH JANUARY, 1861.

VOL. VII.

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,

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1861.

Account of the noeroge amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for the month endling 31st December, 1800, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

NOTES ISSUED,....

SPECIE IN RESERVE,.

.,$952,795. .$400,000.

P. CAMPBELL Manager,

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 2nd January, 1801.

I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the ne- cessary Amount of Specic as required by the Royal Charter.

Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1881.

No. 2.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. C. POWER,

Acting Colonial Treasurer.

The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA, in Hongkong, is published for general information.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1861.

Account of the Average amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China in Hongkong for the month ending 31st December, 1860, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

NOTES ISSUED,..

SPECIE IN RESERVE..

$194,950.* .$200,000.

*Exclusive of the Notes of the Mercantile Bank still outstanding.

WALTER ORMISTON, Manager.

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, Hongkong, 2nd January, 1861.

I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London aul China in Hongkong, and found the necessary Amount of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.

J. C. POWER,

Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1801.