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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 45.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 1873.
VOL. XIX.
No. 172.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Dr. PHILIP BERNARD AYRES having reported his arrival in the Colony, is appointed Colonial Surgeon of Hongkong, under instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th November, 1873.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Despatch from Sir BROOKE ROBERTSON, C.B., Her Majesty's Consul at Canton, enclosing Report of the Assay of the New American Trade Dollar ai Canton, and a Proclamation relative to the currency of the said Coin from His Excellency the Vice-Roy of the Two Kwang Provinces, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th November, 1873.
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CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
BRITISH CONSULATE, Canton, 3rd November, 1873.
SIR,At the request of the late Mr. J. MCDOUALL, Manager of the Oriental Bank Corporation, that I would obtain the legalization by the Chinese Authorities at Canton of the New American Trade Dollar, I obtained from His Excellency the Vice-Roy the appointment of a joint Commission to superintend the Assay of this Coia, and I have now the honor to enclose for the information of His Excellency the Governor, a copy of their Report, and the Proclamation in original and Translation, notifying its acceptance in payment of duties, and for general use, at its intrinsic value of 8961, in pure Silver.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, Your most obedient Servant,
The Honorable CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG.
B. ROBERTSON, Consul.
Minule of an Assay of the New American Trade Dollar, held at the Ileng-mow Customs Bank at Canton, on Saturday, the 27th September, 1873.
Present:
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS GARDNER, Esquire, Her Majesty's Acting Vice-Consul, Canton ; Expectant Prefet FANG-KUNG-HWUI, and
YEH-TZU-CHÜN, Keeper of the Customs' Treasury.
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