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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 33.
No. 153.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH AUGUST, 1872.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XVIII.
Tenders will be received by the Acting Registrar General, until Noon on Monday, the 19th instant, for cleansing the Public Dust Bins, and removing the Night Soil from Public Latrines and Colonial Public Buildings in Victoria, for Six Months, commencing on the 1st September, 1872.
The Contractor will be bound by the Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 21st Day of June, 1867, and by such other Rules and Regulations as may be passed during the period over which the Contract extends.
The Tenders must specify the exact amount offered for the whole period, which sum will be payable in advance, and they must contain the Names and Residences of the proposed Sureties.
Further particulars regarding the number and position of the Latrines, Dust Bins, etc., can be obtained from the Surveyor General's Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th August, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 154.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st July, 1872, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th August, 1872.
BANKS.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE
IN RESERVE.
Oriental Bank Corporation,.....
533,836
200,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
436,297
150,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
418,761
150,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.....
1,281,567
500,000
TOTAL,........
2,670,461
1,000,000
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