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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, .2TH JANUARY, 1878.

NOTICE.

THE Court will be held on Friday,

THE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme the

Eighteenth day of January, A.D. 1878, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTIL furtiary Jurist; tion Court will pitc

its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTIL further notice, the Court will sit in

its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. IN BANKRUPTCY.

NOTICE TAX-CHOW, LEE-KONG and

KUNG-LOK, trading together in copartner- ships, at Yau-má Tí, in the Colony of Hongkong, under the shop name of " KWONG-MAN-YUNE," having been adjudged Bankrupts under a Peti- tion for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong on the 1st day of October, 1877, a public sitting for the said Bank rupts to pass their last examination, and make application for their orders of discharge, will be held before the Honourable Sir JonN SMALE, Knight, Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, aforesaid, on Monday, the 28th day of January, 1878, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day pre- cisely.

The Honourable CHARLES BUSHE PLUNKET is the Official Assignee in the Bankruptcy. Dated the 12th day of January, 1878.

STEPHENS & HOLMES, Solicitors, acting in the Bankruptcy, 2, Club Chambers.

Hongkong.

IN THE GOODS OF GEORGE UNDERHILL SANDS, DECEASED.

OTICE is hereby given that all Creditors and

other Persons, having any CLAIMS or DEMANDS upon or against the Estate of GEORGE UNDERHILL SANDS, late of Vic- toria, Hongkong, Patent Slip Proprietor and Ship- builder, who died at Victoria, aforesaid, on the 30th day of October, 1877, and whose Will was duly proved, Probate whereof was granted to WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES, of Victoria, afore- said, Esquire, the Executor therein named, by

the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Probate Jurisdiction, ou the 8th day of November, 1877, are hereby required to send, in writing, the Par- ticulars of their CLAIMS or DEMANDS to the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES, at his address aforesaid, or to the Undersigned, WILLIAM HENRY BRERETON, the Solicitor of the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES, at the Office of the said WILLIAM HENRY BRERETON, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong, on or before the 1st day of May, 1878.

And Notice is hereby given that at the expira-

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F. H. F. MEYERINK has been admitted

PARTNER in our firm from this date.

MEYER & Co.

Hongkong, 1st January, 1878.

NOTICE.

tion of the last mentioned day, the said WILLIAM MR. CHARLES DAVID BOTTOMLEY was

HOWELL FORBES will proceed to distribute the Assets of the said GEORGE UNDERHILL SANDS amongst the Parties entitled thereto, having regard to the Claims of which the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES shall then have had notice; and that the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES will not be liable for the Assets, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person of whose Claim the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORRES shall not have had notice at the time of the distribution. Dated this 1st day of January, 1878.

WM. H. BRERETON,

Solicitor for the said WILLIAM HOWELL FORBES.

IN THE GOODS OF

JAMES SMITH FERRIES, deceased.

and other persons, having any claims or TOTICE is hereby given that all Creditors

demands upon or against the Estate of JAMES SMITH FERRIES, late Master of the steam-ship Zealandia, who died at sea on board the said vessel, on the 8th day of February, 1877, and whose Will was duly proved, and Letters of Ad- ministration with the Will annexed, of whose per- sonal estate were duly granted to John Fairbairn, of No. 27, Queen's Road, in the Colony of Hongkong, by the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Probate Jurisdiction, ou the 22nd day of September, 1877, are hereby required to send in writing the particulars of their claims or demands to the said John Fairbain at his address aforesaid, or to the undersigned William Henry Brereton, the Solicitor of the said John Fairbairn, at the office of the said William Henry Brereton, 29, Queen's Road, Hongkong, on or before the 15th day of January, 1878.

And notice is hereby given that at the expira- tion of the last mentioned day, the said John Fairbairn will proceed to distribute the assets of the said James Smith Ferries amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which the said John Fairbairn has then had notice; and that the said John Fairbairn will not be liable for the assets, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person of whose claim the said John Fairbairn has not had notice at the time of the distribution.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 1877.

WM. H. BRERETON, Solicitor of the said John Fairbairn,

admitted a Partner in our firm on the 1st July, 1877.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.

Hongkong, 22nd September, 1877.

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