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542 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST DECEMBER, 1877.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

UNTIL further notice, tion Court will stand

its Original Jurisdiction on Mondays and Thursdays.

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By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar,

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.

By Order,

C. B. PLUNKET, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the Matter of LEE YU CHOW,

a Bankrupt.

NOTICE LEE YU Conn, carrying on busi-

the Colony of Hongkong, carrying on busi- ness under the name of "See Yik," and lately Accountant to the Sun Yee Company Opium Farmers, having been adjudicated Bankrupt un- der a Petition for adjudication in Bankruptcy, filed in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 15th day of November, in the Year of Our Lord 1877, is hereby required to surrender him- self to the Honourable Charles Bushe Plunket, the Registrar of the said Court, at the first Meet- ing of Creditors to be held before the said Regis- trar, on Wednesday, the 5th day of December, 1877, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon pre- cisely, at the said Court,

The said Honourable Charles Bushe Plunket is the Official Assignee, and William Henry Brereton, of Victoria aforesaid, is the Solicitor acting in the said Bankruptcy.

A Public Meeting will hereafter be appointed by the said Court for the said Bankrupt to pass his final examination, and to make application for his 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 elect an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects. Dated the 16th day of November, A.D. 1877.

WILLIAM H. BRERETON, Solicitor for the said Bankrupt,

29, Queen's Road.

IN THE GOODS OF

JAMES SMITH FERRIES, deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that all Creditors

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and other persons, having any claims or 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, on 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.

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

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NOTICE.

THE interest and responsibility of CHARLES AUGUSTUS WILD, EDMUND HENRY LAVERS, HUGH FRANCIS RAMSAY, and FRANCIS GILMAN in our Firm at Hongkong and Foochow ceased on the 30th April, 1877.

The Firm now consists of WILLIAM STEWART YOUNG, and EDWARD TOBIN.

GILMAN & Co.

Hongkong and Foochow,

22nd September, 1877.

CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT EIGHT PER

CENT, LOAN OF 1877, Authorised by Imperial Edict, dated the 2nd Day of the 9th Moon, of the III Year of KWONG-SU, (8th October, 1877.)

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£1,604,276. 0. 10 STOCK,

IN BONDS OF £100 EACH, Bearing Interest from 31st December, 1877, the first Coupon of £1.6.8 being payable on 28th February, 1878, and Coupons of £4 being payable thereafter on 31st August and 28th February in each Year, until 14th June, 1884, when the last Coupon of £2.6.8 will be payable. The Bonds are redeemable at par within seven years (1884) by half-yearly drawings,

THE HONGKONG

PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN LONDON, HONGKONG, AND SHANGHAI.

PRICE OF ISSUE 98 PER CENT.

AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, 31, Lom- Lard Street, London, as Agents for the Chinese Government, hereby invite Subscriptions for £1,604,276.0.10 of 8 per cent. Bonds at the issue price of £98 per cent, payable as follows:-

£10 per cent, on application.

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£98

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allotment.

15 days after allotment.

The Bonds will bear interest at the rate of £8 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly on the 28th February and 31st August at the offices of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in London, Hongkong, and Shang- hai. The first Coupon for £1.6.8 for interest from 31st December, 1877, to 28th February, 1878, will be payable on the latter date, and Coupons of £4 will be payable thereafter on 31st August and 28th February in each year, until 14th June, 1884, when the final Coupon of £2.6.8 will be payable.

The Bonds will be redeemed at par within Seven years (1884) by Thirteen half-yearly Drawings of £114,600 cach, the balance of the Loan, £114,476.0.10, being paid off on 14th June, 1884.

The Drawings will take place in London in December and June in cach year, and the Bonds so drawn will be paid off at par on the succeed- ing 28th February and 31st August at the offices of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in London, Hongkong, and Shang- hai, after which dates interest on the Bonds so drawn will cease.

The Loan has been authorised by an Imperial Edict, dated 8th of October, 1877, which has been communicated to the British Legation at Pekin, according to a dispatch from the British Consul at Shanghai dated 20th October, 1877.

The Loan, principal and interest, is specially secured by the hypothecation of the Imperial Maritime Customs' Revenue of the Ports of Shanghai, Canton, Ningpo, and Hankow-the four Ports which have the largest Customs' Revenue of the Empire-to the extent neces- sary for the due payment of interest and repay- ment of principal of the said Loan.

The total Customs' Receipts at the Ports named for the past three years have averaged £2,005,500 per annum, and the total Customs'

The Customs' Revenue available to meet these obligations, and for which they are spe- cially charged, is £2,100,000 per annum.

Certified translations of the official documents authorising the Loan, may be inspected at the office of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, London."

Applications in the annexed form, accom- panied by a deposit of £10 per cent., will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation, 31, Lombard Street, London.

Applications from China, Japan, and Manila kong and Shanghai offices of the Hongkong and will be received and forwarded by the Hong-

Shanghai Banking Corporation. Those from the Straits Settlements and India to be sent to London.

Default in payment of any instalment at the due date will render all previous payments liable to forfeiture.

If no allotment is made, the deposit will be returned in full; and if only a portion of the amount applied for is allotted, the balance of the deposit will be applied towards the payment of the amount due on allotment.

Scrip Certificates to Bearer will be issued against Allotment Letters and Bankers' Receipts, and Bonds to Bearer, when ready, will be ex- changed for fully paid-up Scrip.

Forms of Application can be obtained of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR- PORATION, at their offices in London, Hong- kong, and Shanghai.

Hongkong, 24th November, 1877.

To be retained by the Bankers.

CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT EIGHT PER CENT. LOAN OF 1877, FOR £1,604,276.0.10 STERLING.

No.

To THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

I request that you will allot me £.... of Bonds of the above Loan in accordance with the Prospectus issued by you dated upon which I have paid the Deposit of pounds, being at the rate of £10 per cent., and I engage to accept the said Bonds or any less number you may allot me, and to make the re- maining payments thereon in accordance with the Prospectus.

Name at full length. Address

Occupation

Date.

1877.

Bankers' Receipt to be retained by the Applicant.

CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT EIGHT PER CENT. LOAN of 1877, FOR £1,604,276.0.10 STERLING.

Received this 1877, from.. the sum of..

No. day of

.pounds, being a Deposit made on application for £...............of Bonds of the above Loan.

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For THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

Revenue for the same period at all the Ports ITII reference to the foregoing Prospectus,

in China has averaged £3,560,000 per annum.

The indebtedness of the Imperial Government only amounts to about £700,000, of which about £250,000 mature next year. The amounts of the outstanding Loans and the pro- posed Loan are therefore, together, only £2,200,000, or about two-thirds of one year's Customs' Revenue. The payments both of interest and principal on account of outstanding Loans have been duly and punctually met by the Chinese Government.

The special hypothecation of Customs' Re- venue to meet the charge of the present Loan is constituted by the deposit with the Hongkong

APPLICATIONS will be RECEIVED

by the Undersigned until the 15th of DECEM- BER NEXT, on which Date the Allotments will be made, and the final instalment of 48 per cent, will be PAYABLE on the 31st of Decem- ber, 1877. Exchange on Applications received in Hongkong will be calculated at the rate of 4. per dollar.

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation,

Agents issuing the Loan.

NOTICE.

and Shanghai Banking Corporation of Customs MR. CHARLES DAVID BOTTOMLEY was

Bonds, signed by the Chinese authorities of the respective Provinces in which the Ports referred to are situated and by the European Commis- sioners at the same Ports, which Bonds will be held by the Bank in trust for the holders of this Loan. These Customs' Bonds will be received, in case of need, in payment of Chinese Customs' Duties.

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

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Hongkong, 22nd September, 1877.

Printed and Published by NORONHA & SONS, Printers to the Hongkong Government, Oswald's Terbace, Wellington Street, Hongkong,