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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MARCH, 1899.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 149.

The following Telegram is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1899.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

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'Rangoon, 10th March, 1899.

"COLONIAL SECRETARY,

"Hongkong.

Hongkong declared infected port under Quarantine Regulations framed under Venice Convention for Burma ports. Request that shipping firms may be informed accordingly. Letter follows.

“LIEUTENANT-Governor.”

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 150.

It is hereby notified that the Hongkong Volunteers will fire from Machine Guns on a land range across Repulse Bay on Saturday, the 18th March, 1899.

Picquets will be posted to ensure safety on the land.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1899.

J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 151.

The Government is prepared to receive offers up to noon on March 18th, for the lease by the year of a plot of Crown Land about 15,000 square feet in area at the rear of Inland Lots 263, 264 and 265, Kennedy Town. No buildings can be allowed on the land. The lease will be subject to cancellation on three months' notice. Further particulars can be obtained on application to the Director of Public Works.

By Command,

J. H. STEWArt Lockhart,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1899.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.---No. 152.

The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 28th February, 1899, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.

By Command.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1899.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

2,964,785

$

1,600,000

8.275,109

5,000,000

448,083

150,000

TOTAL,...

..$

11,687,977

6,750,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,. National Bank of China, Limited,......................