MON
DROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 7.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH FEBRUARY, 1877.
VOL. XXIII.
No. 27.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint provisionally and until further notice, THOMAS MIDDLETON LEATHERBURROW to be in charge of the Gunpowder Depôt, and JOSE L. DE SÃ to be Acting Assistant Inspector of Junks, vice WEBSTER and Rowe, dismissed as absent without leave.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1877.
No. 28.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that Tuesday, the 13th instant, being the Chinese New Year's Day, will be observed as a Holiday throughout the Government Departments.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1877.
No. 29.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st January, 1877, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1877.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,
231,256
150,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..
605,094
202,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
430,134
150,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
1,208,817
500,000
TOTAL,.
2,475,301
1,002,000
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