390 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH SEPTEMBER, 1875.
No. 163.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Under the provisions of Ordinance No. 10 of 1875, His Excellency the Administrator has been pleased to appoint the Honourable the Attorney General, and the Honourable W. H. ALEXANDER to be Commissioners for preparing a new Edition of the Ordinances of Hongkong. H. ERNEST WODEHOUSE, Esq., will act as Clerk to the Commissioners.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th September, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 164.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Dr. P. B. C. AYRES, Colonial Surgeon, having reported his return to the Colony, has resumed the duties of his Office.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th September, 1875.
No. 165.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st August, 1875, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th September, 1875.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE in Reserve.
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,....
530,924
250,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
605,847
210,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
593,890
200,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.....
1,378,255
600,000
TOTAL,.........
3,108,916
1,260,000
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Many boxes of letters are received at the Post Office not sealed, that is to say, the box is fastened with sealing wax, but there is no impression of a seal.
The undersigned would call the attention of boxholders to the necessity of carefully sealing such The omission of boxes with some recognisable seal, and of sending a Chit-book or receipt with them. the latter precaution leaves a doubt as to whether the contents of the box ever reached the Post Office; the omission of the former, as to whether part of them might not have been abstracted for the sake of the Postage Stamps.
It is not generally possible to count the letters sent in scaled boxes (except where there are only · three or four) and therefore the Post Office receipt to such an entry as, "47 for London, 15 for Cal- cutta, 3 for Penang, 5 for Singapore," must be taken to mean no more than what is stated, viz., that one box was duly received.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 6th September, 1875.
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General.
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