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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 42.
No. 179.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH OCTOBER, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XXI.
It is hereby notified, that the period for receiving Tenders at this Office for the purchase of the Colonial Steam Launch "Blanche" is further extended until the 6th November, 1875.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th October, 1875.
No. 180.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th September, 1875, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th October, 1875.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,....
451,830
200,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
452,386
160,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
521,023
200,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
1,430,812
500,000
TOTAL,...
2,856,051
1,060,000
No. 174.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that Tenders for the Privilege of preparing and selling Prepared Opium within the Colony for the term of Three Years, from the 1st March next, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, will be received at this Office, until Noon on Monday, the 24th January, 1876.
Every Tender should specify the amount per mensem for the period above-mentioned. Each Person tendering must produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the Sum of $5,000 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which Sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such Person shall fail to carry out his Tender.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest, or any
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th September, 1875.
Tender.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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