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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MAY, 1870.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

BAY OF BENGAL,

Temporary Light near the Great Basses.

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With reference to the Notice issued by the Trinity House, London, dated 29th October, 1869, which appeared in the Government Gazette of the 4th December, 1869, it is hereby notified for general information, that a Light-Vessel, ing at an elevation of 38 feet above the sea a red revolving light at intervals of 15 seconds, has been placed in 12 fathoms water spring tides, on a bearing N.N.E., and at a distance of of a mile from the N.E. rock of the Great Basses Reef, in

10′ 37′′ N. and longitude 81° 28′ 11′′ E.

The vessel carries two balls vertical at the mast head.

l Secretary's Office,

Colombo, 1st April, 1870.

By His Excellency's Command,

HENRY T. IRVING, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th April, 1870, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th May, 1870.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary,

AVERAGE

SPECIE

BANKS.

AMOUNT.

IN RESERVE.

$

S

ntal Bank Corporation,.

313,579

104.527

artered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,

567,551-

250,000

artered Bank of India, Australia and China,.....

286.790

100.000

gkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

1,306,395

500,000

TOTAL,....

2,474,815

931527

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon on Monday, the 6th Proximo, for the erection Public Latrine in Seiyingpoon District.

Plan and Specification can be seen, and a proper Form of Tender obtained, on application at the veyor General's Office.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Calenia). Scorburg,

Colonial Secretary's Office; Hongkong, 21st May, 1870.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -

The following Decision of the Marine Court of Inquiry into the Loss of the British Dunmail in Kowloon Bay, in the Harbor of Hongkong, is publislied for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st May, 1870,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary,

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