THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH AUGUST, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 301.
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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, 1893, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1893.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
1,488,522
800,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,...
4,735,624
2,000,000
TOTAL,
6,224,146
2,800,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 302.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Monday, the 21st instant, for the erection of an addition to the Volunteer Head Quarters and for providing and fixing sundry fittings at the existing building.
Work will not be permitted under this contract on Sundays.
For Forin 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, 1893.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. --No. 303.
The following is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th August, 1893.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
NAMQUAM HARBOUR.
The Master of the S.S. Woosung reports as follows:-
That on the 19th July his vessel struck on a shoal patch (not marked on the chart) outside of Namquam Harbour.
That there is a red buoy to the southward of the shoal from which the following bearings were taken:
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East Point of Ping-fong Island, West Point of Do.
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.N. 44° E. (true). ......N. 2° E. (true).
These bearings the Master of the Woosung considers give the position of the Buoy "within a
cable."
R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comdr. R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 28th July, 1893.
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