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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD AUGUST, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 341.

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Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Monday, the 19th August, 1895, for the construction of House Drainage Works.

No work will be permitted on Sundays,

For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 342.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Monday, the 19th August, 1895, for the excavation and removal of about 3,100 cube yards of rock for the formation of Salisbury Road, Kowloon.

No work will be permitted on Sundays.

For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 343.

The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 31st July, 1895, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1895.

J. H. STEWARt Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

National Bank of China, Limited,

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

1,322,060

1,000,000

4,845,559

2,500,000

363,606

204,000

TOTAL,..........

..$

6,531,225

3,704,000

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 324.

The following Lot of Crown Land at Yee Wo Street, East Point, will be sold by Public Auction, on Tuesday, the 6th day of August, 1895, at 4 P.M.

Inland Lot No. 1,354.

For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 833 of the Government Gazette for 1895.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th July, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.