554 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH DECEMBER, 1877.
No. 254.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that at Noon on Friday, the 21st December instant, the Privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in the Island of Hongkong, during the year 1878, as also the same Monopoly for Kowloon, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices.
1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st of January, 1878, and terminate on the 31st of December
of the same year.
2. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be recommended to His Excellency The Gov- ernor as the purchaser, but His Excellency reserves the right of not accepting the highest bid. If any dispute arise, the Monopoly may be put up again at a former bidding.
3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $100.
4. Immediately after the fall of the lammer, the purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelfth of the total annual premium for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.
5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of
each month.
6. Persons desirous of bidding at either of the two Auctions are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1877.
No. 255.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary,
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 21st December instant, for the Public Scavenging of the City of Victoria for Twelve Months commencing on the 1st January, 1878.
The Contractor will be bound by the Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 2nd of October, 1874, and by such other Rules and Regulations as may be passed during the period over which the Contract extends, and by the Conditions of the Contract, which can be seen at the Surveyor General's Officc.
The Tenders should specify the Names and Residences of the proposed Sureties, two in number.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1877.
No. 256.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th November, 1877, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1877.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,
472,800
200,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..
559,221
200,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
577,230
200,000
1,318,150
600,000
Do.
do.
at the Ports,
100,000
TOTAL,........
2,927,401
1,300,000
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