450 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1872.
No. 196.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th October, 1872.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 14.
CHINA SEA.
CECIL C. SMITII,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
SHANGHAI AND NINGPO DISTRICTS.-WEST VOLCANO LIGHTHOUSE.
Notice is hereby given, that a Lighthouse has been erected on the West Volcano Island, from which a light was for the first time exhibited on the 1st October.
The illuminating apparatus is Dioptric of the Fourth Order, shewing a fixed white light, visible all round.
The Light is elevated 93 feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather should be visible 15 nautical miles. The tower is round, built of stone, 20 feet high, with a total height from base to vane of 33 feet.
The tower is painted black, and the dwellings white.
Position. Latitude 30° 20′ 25′′ N., Longitude 121° 51′ 45′′ E.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 2nd October, 1872.
No. 197.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th September, 1872, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th October, 1872.
BANKS.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE
IN RESERVE.
Oriental Bank Corporation,..
352,871
200,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
302,197
125,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
326,376
150,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,............
1,183,413
400,000
TOTAL,.........
$
2,164,857
875,000
No. 4.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY.
By His Excellency SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by Section XX of Ordinance No. 12 of 1872, entitled—“An Ordinance enacted by the "Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to regulate the Manufacture, "Importation, Storage and Carriage of Explosive Substances,"-it is enacted as follows:-
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