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MON

DROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 20.

No. 79.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH MAY, 1874.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XX.

It is hereby notified that, in accordance with a Warrant from Her Majesty The Queen, dated at the Court at Windsor, the 11th of March, 1874, His Excellency Governor Sir ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B., has issued a Commission under the Public Seal of the Colony, constituting and appointing FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Esquire, to be Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Hongkong; and the said FRANCIS SNOWDEN, Esquire, has been this day sworn into Office accordingly.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1874.

No. 80.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J.GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th April, 1874, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1874.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

Oriental Bank Corporation,..

452,458

250,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,

689,670

240,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,..

532,483

200,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.

1,600,842

600,000

TOTAL,.....

3,275,453

1,290,000

No. 81.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice, received from the Government of India, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1874.