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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. „298.

Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Friday, the 28th instant for :---

1. The General Scavenging of the village of Hung Hòm.

2. The General Scavenging of the village of Sháu-ki Wán.

3. The General Scavenging of the village of Stanley.

4. The General Scavenging of the villages of Aberdeen and Ap-li Chau.

For form of tender, specifications, and full particulars of these four separate services, apply at the Office of the Secretary to the Sanitary Board.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th September, 1883.

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART,

for the Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 299.

Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Friday, the 28th instant, for the erection of a permanent Sea-wall and marine embankment, to extend from Marine Lot 182, near the Gas Works at Shek-tong Tsui, to Marine Lot 246 situated at the extreme West end of Kennedy Town (Lap-sap Wán). Separate and distinct tenders must be made for each section of wall, corresponding to the frontage of each Marine Lot.

For form of tender, 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, 8th September, 1883.

J. H. STEWART-Lockhart,

for the Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 300.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st August, 1883, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th September, 1883.

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

Oriental Bank Corporation,.

923,573

310,000

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

1,299,013

440,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

891,504

300,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,924,709

700,000

TOTAL

.$

5,038,799

1,750,000