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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD MAY, 1884.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

TUIE Court will sit in Summary Jurisdiction,

every Friday, until further notice.

IE Court will sit in Original Jurisdiction, on every Monday and Thursday, until further notice.

By Order of the Court,

EDW. J. ACKROYD, Registrar.

NOTICE is bereby given that it is intended

to apply to the Legislative Council for leave to introduce a Bill for the purpose of authorizing FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON, Esq., to construct and maintain piers and wharves in the Harbour of Victoria, at and from that portion of the public Praya whic'i lics opposite Marine Lots Nos, 95, 96, 97 and 98, according to plans and specifications to be approved by the Governor in Council and to confer on the said FRANCIS BULKELLY JOHNSON certain powers and privileges in connection therewith.

Dated the 2nd day of May, 1884.

BRERETON, WOTTON & DEACON, Solicitors for the said Francis Bulkeley Johnson,

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended

to apply to the Legislative Council for leave to introduce a Bill for the purpose of authorizing CATCHICK PAUL CHATER. Esq, to construct and maintain piers, wharves and tramways in the Harbour of Victoria, at and from that portion of land which lies opposite Kowloon Marine Lots Nos. 9, 11, 20 and 21, according to plans and specifications to be approved by the Governor in Council and to confer on the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER certain powers and privileges in connection therewith.

Dated the 2nd day of May, 1881.

BRERETON, WOTTON & DEACON, Solicitors for the said

Catchick Paul Chater.

In the Matter of the Trust Deed for the benefit of the Creditors of the Estate of ALEXANDER HEIN- RICH VON DER HORCK,

NOTICE is above Estate will

OTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of

be held pursuant to the 167th Section of the Ordinance No. 5 of 1864, before the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy at the Court House of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, on Thurs day, the 8th day of May, 1884, at Eleven of the clock in the forenoon, when the Trustee will submit a Statement of the whole Estate collected by him and of the property outstand- ing specifying the cause of its being so out- standing and of all the receipts and of all the payments thereout made, and any Creditor may attend and examine such Statement and compare the receipts with the payments. And the Meeting will declare by resolution whether any and what part of the said produce of the Estate (after making a reasonable deduction for future contingencies) shall be divided amongst the Creditors.

Dated this 26th day of April, 1881.

J. M. ARMSTRONG, Trustee of the Estate of the said Alexander Heinrich von der Hørck,

BRERETON, WOTTON & DEACON, Solicitors for the Trustee, 35, Queen's Road,

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NOTICE.

ULES OF THE HONGKONG

SAVINGS BANK.

1.--The business of the above Bank will be

THE CHINESE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

conducted by the Hongkong and Shaun MR. SAMUEL J. GOWER has this day

Banking Corporation, on their premises in Hongbong, Business hours on week-days, 10 to 8; Saturdays, 10 to 1.

2.---The Assets of the Hongkong and Shang hai Fanking Corporation will form a direct Security for the repayment of sums deposited in the above Bank,

3.-Sams less than $1, or more than $250 at one time will not be received. No Depositor By deposit more than $1,500 in any one year,

been appointed SECRETARY to the

above Company.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

E. R. BELILIOS,

Chairman.

Hongkong, 1st April, 1884.

NOW ON SALE.

4--Deposits may be made on behalf of rela-A CHINESE DICTIONARY

Bons, of Trusts, &c., in addition to the Depo- site's own account.

5.-Persons desirous of saving sums less than a dollar may do so by affixing clean ten-cent stataj to a form to be obtained at the Bank or at the Post Onllee. When the form is presented with ten clean stamps the Depositor will be credited one dollar.

6-Depositors in the Savings Bank having $10 oratore at their credit may at their option transfer the same to the Hongkong and Shang- Ind Banking Corporation on fixed deposit for 12 months at 5 per cent, per annum interest.

7.-Deposits may be forwarded from the Ports by means of clean Hongkong Postage Stamps of any values.

S.-Interest at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum vill be allowed to Depositors on their daily balances.

9. Each Depositor will be supplied gratis with a Pass-Book which must be presented with ench payment or withdrawal. Depositors must not make any entries themselves in their Pass- Books, but should send them to be written up at least twice a year, about the beginning of January and beginning of July.

10.-Covers containing Pass-Books, Register- ed Letters containing Stamps or other Remit- tances, and generally, correspondence as to the business of the Bank will, if marked ON HONG- KONG SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS, be forwarded free of Postage or Registration Fees by the various British Post Offices in Hongkong and China.

11.—Withdrawals may be made on demand, but the personal attendance of the Depositor or his duly appointed Agent, and the production of his Pase-Book are necessary.

12. All documents connected with the busi-

IN THE

CANTONESE DIALECT,

BY

DR. E. J. EITEL.

CROWN OCTAVO, PP. 1018.

HONGKONG, 1877-1883. A-K,.. K-M,

Part I. Part II. Part III. M-T, Part IV. T-Y,'

.......

.$2.50.

.$2.50.

.$3.00.

.$3.00.

This Standard Work on the Chinese Language, constructed on the basis of Kangbi's Imperial practical use, and while alphabetically arranged Dictionary, contains all Chinese characters in

according to the sounds of the oldest dialect of China, the Cantonese, it gives also the Mandarin pronunciation of all characters explained in the book, so that its usefulness is by no means con- fiued to the Cantonese Dialect, but the work is a practically complete Thesaurus of the whole Written Language of China, ancient and modern, as used all over the Empire, whilst its intro- ductory chapters serve the purposes of a philolo- gical guide to the student.

A Supplement, arranged for being bound and used by itself, and containing a List of the Radicals, an Index, and a List of Surnames, will be published and sold separately.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. Hongkong, January 15, 1883.

FOR SALE.

YOPIES in Pamphlet Form of Instructions for making Meteorological Observations, Government Astronomer.

Price-50 Cents.

ness of the Savings Bank are exempt from prepared for use in China, by Dr. DOBERCK, Stamp Duty.

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

Apply to

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager,

WITH Reference to the above, business will be cominenced on the 1st May, 1884.

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

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Messrs. NORONHA & Co.,

KELLY & WALSH, Hongkong and Shanghai Hongkong, 17th November, 1883.

FOR SALE.

HE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHINA,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

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Hongkong, 26th April, 1884.

NOTICE.

IE Interest and Responsibility of MR. Enteresan ceased on

30th ultimo.

MR. MAX. ADLER has this day been ad- mitted a Partner in our Firm.

Hongkong & Shanghai,

1st May, 1884.

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NOTICE.

REISS & Co.

HE Interest and Responsibility of MR. WILLIAM HENRY HARTON, Junг.,

in our Firm ceased on the 30th April, 1884.

MR. GERALD SLADE and MR. ALEX- ANDER MCCONACHIE are this day admitted Partners in our Firm.

Hongkong & Foochow, 1st May, 1884.

GILMAN & Co.

A Dictionary of Reference,

By

G. M. H. PLAYFAIR. Price-$3.00 per Copy, bound. Apply to

MESSRS. NORONHA & Co.

>> LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

KELLY & WALSH. Hongkong, 27th January, 1880.

FOR SALE.

Revd. W. Lobscheid's

CHINESE & ENGLISH DICTIONARY,

at $2.50 each.

NORONHA & Co.

Hongkong, 31st December, 1881.

Printed and Published by NORONHA & Co., Printers to the Hongkong Government.