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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 36.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 11TH AUGUST, 1877.

VOL. XXIII.

No. 173.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Colonel BASSANO, C.B., having assumed the Command of the Troops on the departure of His Excellency Major-General the Honourable Sir FRANCIS COLBORNE, K.C.B., has this day been sworn in as a Member of the Executive Council.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th August, 1877.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,

No. 174.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. ·

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st July, 1877, is published for general information.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th August, 1877.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE

IN RESERVE.

AS

$

Oriental Bank Corporation,

415,916

200,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.

541,529

190,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

549,379

200,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,254,506

500,000

TOTAL,.....

2,761,330

1,090,000

Wo. 175.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize provisi- onally and until further notice, João ANTONIO BARRETTO, Esquire, as Consul for Portugal at this Port.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th August, 1877.

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