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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH MAY, 1877.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 68.
CHINA SEA.
GTZE RIVER.-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Buoys at the Langshan.
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Notice is hereby given that in consequence of the opening of a new channel to the S.E. of the Langshan Light-vessel :
1.-Middle Bank Buoy.
A black buoy, 6 feet in diameter and surmounted by a black spherical cage, has been moored in 5 fathoms at low-water spring tides, on the eastern extremity of the 'Middle Bank formerly known as Hunter Knoll.
2.-New North Bank Buoy.
A red buoy, 6 feet in diameter and surmounted by a black conical frustum cage, has been moored in 6 fathoms at low- water spring tides, on the southern edge of the North Bank.
3.-Old North Bank Buoy.
The old North Bank Buoy, No. 27 of the 1877 List of Lights, Buoys and Beacons, has been replaced by a red cask, which will be removed as soon after the 1st proximo as practicable.
4.—Waterman Bank Lower Buoy.
The Waterman Bank Lower Buoy, No. 28 of the 1877 List of Lights, Buoys and Beacons, will be moved a short dis- tance to the N.E. of its present position, so as to mark the port side of the new channel.
5.-Temporary Buoy.
The red temporary cask buoy now moored to the east of the Waterman Lower Buoy, to mark the edge of the North Bank, will be removed as soon after the 1st proximo as practicable.
Black buoys should be kept on the port hand in going up river, and red ones on the starboard hand.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEER'S OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 5th May, 1877.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 69.
CHINA SEA.
WENCHOW DISTRICT.
Reef of Rocks near Fong-whang Island.
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.
The following information has been received from Captain PAUL, of H.M.S. Mosquito, through the Commissioner of Customs at Wênchow.
"The N.W. islet of the two between Flask Island and Fong-whang Island has a reef of rocks running about N.N.E. 8 cables from its northern extremity. It is composed of pinnacle rocks, with 3 to 6 feet of water on them (low-water springs), and 17 to 30 feet close round each of them individually.
"The N.N.E. rock is large and flat, and over it the sea often breaks at low water.
“The lead will give no warning. The fishermen report a deep channel between the shoal and Fong-whang Island.
27° 50′ 15′′ N. to 27° 51′ 0′′ N. Longitude,..........121° 12′ 10′′ E."
“Latitude,.....
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By order of the Inspector General of Customs.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEER'S OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 16th May, 1877.
REQUIRED an European Woman
for the post of Matron of the Lock Hospital, one who can speak Chinese preferred.
Salary $30 a month and quarters. With the Applications, Certificates should be sent to the Colonial Surgeon, Government Civil Hospital.
12th May, 1877.
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SUPREME COURT OF Hongkong. "NTIL further notice, the Court will sit in its Summary Jurisdiction, on every Tues- day, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon.
UN
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,
ME
C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.
NOTICE.
R. DHUNJEEBHOY BYRAMJEE MEHTA'S Interest and Responsibility in our Firm ceased on the 30th April last.
Our Firm now consists of Mr. RooSTUMJEE DHUNJEEBHOY MEHTA and Mr. RUSTOMJEE SORABJEE WOONWALLA.
R. DHUNJEEBHOY & Co. Hongkong, 17th May, 1877,
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.
OTICE. CARL HEINRICH EIBERT SEI- MUND of Victoria, in the Colony of Hong- kong, formerly trading in Co-partnership with Thomas Thornton Anthony of the same place, as
Storekeepers and Shipchandlers at No. 62, Praya Central, under the style or firm of "Broadbear, Anthony & Co.," having been adjudged Bank- rupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bank- ruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in Bankruptcy, on the 19th day of May, A.D. 1877, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Honourable Charles Bushe Plunket, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meeting of his Creditors, to be held before the said Regis- trar, on Wednesday, the 30th day of May, A.D. 1877, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day precisely, at the said Court.
The said Honourable Charles Bushe Plunket is the Official Assignee, and the undersigned is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.
A Public Sitting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt to pass his final examination, and to make application for his order of discharge, of which sitting notice will be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.
At the first Meeting of Creditors the Registrar will receive the proofs of the Debts of Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.
Notice is also hereby given to all Persons in- debted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any of his Effects, not to deliver the same but to the Official Assignee.
Dated this 19th day of May, A.D. 1877.
H. L. DENNYS, Solicitor for the Bankrupt, 16, Bank Buildings.
WE
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-Chief.
NOTICE.
E have admitted Mr. WILLIAM HOWIE as a Partner in our business from this date. The Partners in our Firm are JAMES WORTHINGTON, WILLIAM SETON BROWN, WILLIAM ABBOTT TURNBULL, and WILLIAM HOWIE.
BIRLEY, WORTHINGTON & Co. Shanghai, 30th April, 1877.
WILLIAM WILSON, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given, that all persons hav
ing Claims against the Estate of WILLIAM WILSON, late of the Firm of MACEWEN & Co., Hongkong, who died at Nairn, N.B., on the 16th December, 1866, are requested to send in parti- culars of same to the undersigned, in writing, on or before the 31st day o' July, 1877.
All Persons indebted to the above Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
J. G. SMITH,
Administrator.
Hongkong, 3rd April, 1877.
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