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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MARCH, 1870.
PROCLAMATION.
FLS] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.
By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable Earl GRANVILLE, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-
No. 3 of 1869, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to empower Ilis Excellency the Governor in Council to grant Licenses for the Distillation of Spirits and the Rectifying and Compounding thereof within the Colony:
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 3rd Day of March, 1970.
No. 27.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 28th February, 1870, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th March, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Z
Oriental Bank Corporation,
497,586
165,862
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
654,357
250,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
345,500
115,200
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
1,236,071
500,000
TOTAL,......
2,733,514
1,031,062
No. 26.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for general information that His Excellency the Governor has thought fit to resume the undermentioned Lot, the Lessee having failed to comply with the Provisions of his
Lease.
No.
LESSEE.
10
James Jarman.
By Command,
LOCALITY.
Sowkewan.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th March, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary,
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