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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MAY, 1898.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 235.

Notice is hereby given that YUEN HING LOONG has complied with the requirements of Ordinances 16 of 1873 and 20 of 1895, for the registration in this Colony of his Mark as applied to Preserved Lychees in syrup and tins containing or purporting to contain such Preserved Lychees; and that the same has been duly registered.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th May, 1898.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 236.

There is a vacancy in the Sanitary Department for an Interpreter to an Inspector of Nuisances.

Duties,

Qualifications,

Salary,...........

Interpretation.

...Ability to interpret readily English into Chinese and Chinese into

English.

$240 per annum, rising by annual increments of $12 to $360 per

annum.

Applications with the usual certificates to be sent to the Colonial Secretary not later than Noon of Wednesday, the 25th May, 1898.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th May, 1898.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 237.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 30th April, 1898, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.

By Cominand,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st May, 1898.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation....

National Bank of China, Limited,..

TOTAL,....

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

2,938,719

1,500,000

6,764,001

3,000,000

448,960

150,000

$ 10,151,680

4,650,000

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 221.

The following Lot of Crown Land at Peak Road, (above Queen's Gardens), will be sold by Public Auction on Tuesday, the 31st day of May, 1898, at 3 p.m.

Inland Lot No. 1,485.

For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 422 of the Government Gazette for 1898.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th May, 1898.