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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND JULY, 1892.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 305.

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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 30th June, 1892, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd July, 1892.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN,

Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE

IN RESERVE.

$

$

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,

886,385

400,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.

1,613,076

800,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

3,011,737

1,300,000

TOTAL,.....

.$

5,511,198

2,500,000

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 288.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon on Monday, the 22nd August next for:-

1. The removal of excretal matters from the City of Victoria and Hill Districts, and the

management of the free public latrines in the City of Victoria.

2. The removal of animal manure from the City of Victoria.

For form of tender apply at this Office.

For specifications, period of contracts, and full particulars of these services, apply at the Sanitary Board's Offices, Beaconsfield Arcade.

No tender will be received, unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Treasury the sum of $250 in the case of a tender for 1 and $50 in the case of a tender for 2, as a pledge of the bona fides of his tender, which sum shall in each case be forfeited to the Crown if the person tendering refuses to enter into the usual bond, should his tender be accepted.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th June, 1892.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.