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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JANUARY, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 13.

PUBLIC WORKS.

Separate tenders will be received at this Office

until noon of Friday, the 26th January, 1883:-

1. For constructing drain, reforming and chunaming the surface of the Road in

the Lane on the East side of East Street,

between Hollywood Road and T'aip'ing- shán Street.

2. For reforming, channelling, concreting,

&c. the upper end of West Street,

between Hollywood Road and T'ai- p'ingshán Street.

3. For reforming, channelling, and maca- damizing the East end of Second Street

between East Street and Centre Street, Saiyingp'ún.

4. For repairing 900 feet Lineal of Sea Wall in front of the village of Yaumáti. For form of tender, specification, and further particulars, apply at the Surveyor General's Office.

No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $50 as a pledge of the bona files of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.

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

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 13th January, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 14.

BANK NOTE CIRCULATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation

in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st

December, 1882, is published for general informa-

tion.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary..

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 13th January, 1883.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE

IN RESERVE.

Oriental Bank Corporation,

Chartered Mercantile Bank of

India, London & China,

$ 878,829

1,069,007

300,000

360,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia

& China,

}

873,077 300,000

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking

2,301,000

800,000

Corporation,.

TOTAL,...............$

5,121,913 1,760,000

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