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606 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH DECEMBER, 1873.

No. 194.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th November, 1873, is published for general information. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th December, 1873.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

Oriental Bank Corporation,.

552,015

250,000

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,

745,202

250,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.

410,253

150,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,713,503

600,000

TOTAL,.......

3,420,973

1,250,000

No. 189.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of Tuesday, the 23rd instant, for the privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in Hongkong, and Kowloong, from 1st January, 1874.

Persons desirous of tendering are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where the conditions can be ascertained, and proper Form of Tender obtained.

No Tenders will be received, unless the Person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $350 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such Person shall refuse to carry out his Tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd December, 1873.

No. 191.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITII, Acting Colonial Secretary.

It is hereby notified that, in accordance with Section 12 of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," His Excellency the Governor, by and with the Advice of the Exccutive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1874, at 73 per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria; and, in accordance with Section 18 of the same Ordinance, at Five per cent for Houses in the outlying Villages of the Colony.

His Excellency has also, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, and in accordance with the Provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1868, fixed the Fire Brigade Rate at 4 per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria.

The above Rates, as regards Houses in Victoria, will be levied exclusive of a Lighting Rate of One-and-a-half per cent under Section 12 of the first named Ordinance, and a Water Rate of Two per cent per annum under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.

The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will, under Terms of the Ordinances, be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the firs Month in each Quarter.

These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable froin, the Owners of the "Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.

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By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th December, 1873.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.