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4 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1997.

No. 2.

HONGKONG,

No. 241.

DOWNING STREET,

30th November, 1906.

SIR,--I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches No. 238 of October 4th and No. 262 of October 22nd in which you report the effects of the Typhoon which passed over the Colony on September 18th.

2. I have already expressed the deep regret with which His Majesty's Government have received the intelligence of the loss of life and damage to property caused by this catas- trophe.

3. I note with great appreciation the testimony which you bear to the conduct of Government officers and other members of the community in connection with the typhoon and I have to convey to you my cordial approval of the measures which you have taken.

Governor Sir M. NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,

‹C.,

I have, etc.,

dr.

ELGIN.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 3.-It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-in-Council has, under Section 90 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903 (Ordinance No. 1 of 1903), this day appointed a plot of land at Tseung Loong Tin, situated at Cha Kwo Ling in the New Territories, having a total area of about 1 acre, as a sufficient and proper place to be the site of and to be used as a cemetery or burial ground for the Chinese from the first day of January, 1907, and that it shall from that date and until further notice be deemed to be an Authorised Cemetery.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

Clerk of Councils.

23rd November, 1906.

NOTICES. -

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 4. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1906, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks.

BANKS.

SPECIE

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

IN RESERVE.

$

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

2,878,067

S

2,300,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

12,651,879

9,000,000

National Bank of China, Limited,

119,702

45,000

TOTAL,

15,649,648

11,345,000

Bril January, 1907.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Colonial Secretary,