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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1888.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 403.

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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 August. 1888, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th September, 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,

1,123,242

380,000

Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China...

1,186,764

600,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation................

3.039.080

1,500,000

TOTAL,.........

5,849,086

2,480,000

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 404.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 18th instant, for sewer extension' works at the top of Peel Street.

For form of tender apply at this Office.

For specification and further particulars apply at the Surveyor General's Office.

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

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th September, 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 405.

The following Notice under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, is published for general

information.

By Command.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong. 8th September. 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Colonial Secretary.

THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, No. 10 or 1867.

It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned. that is to say, the Ground Floor of No. 4, Gutzlaff Street, was, on the 6th day of September. 1888, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Registrar General.

L.S.

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 6th September, 1888.