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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH JULY, 1885.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 270.

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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 ending 30th June, 1885, as supplied by the respective Banks, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th July, 1885.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..

336,217

120,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

1,036,263

500,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ....

2,675,767

1,300,000

TOTAL,......

..$

4,048,247

1,920,000

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 271.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 20th day of July, 1885, at 2.30 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th July, 1885.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 20th day of July, 1885, at 2.30 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern- ment, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the City of Victoria, for a term of 999 Years.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

Inland Lot

1

No. 744.

Bowrington,

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary Measurements.

LOCALITY.

N.

$.

E.

W.

Contents

Square ft.

Annual

in

Upset

Rent. Price.

feet. feet. feet.

101.2 100 129

feet.

112.6 12,075 160.00 3,000.00

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the Lot in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.

2. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $25.

3. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign the Memorandum of Agree- ment hereinafter contained, for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall within Three Days of the day of sale, pay into the Colonial Treasury, the full amount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been purchased.