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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22nd OCTOBER, 1870.

539

139.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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

By Command, .

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st October, 1870.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

iental Bank Corporation,...

429,232

143,078

artered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..

641,395

250,000

artered Bank of India, Australia and China, .

225,950

100,000

·

ngkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.

1,603,464

800,000

TOTAL,.....

2,900,041

1,293,078

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified for general information that, the rates of postage, which must be paid in dvance on correspondence transmitted from Hongkong or any of the Postal Agencies in China and apan to the United Kingdom, by Private Ship, will in future be as follows, viz. :-

For Letters,

For Newspapers,

For Book Packets and Patterns,

...........Twelve cents per half ounce.

...Two cents each.

Not exceeding 1 oz., 2 cents.

Above 1 oz., and not exceeding 2 ozs., 4 cents. Above 2 ozs., and not exceeding 4 ozs., 8 cents. For every additional 4 ozs., 8 cents.

Unpaid or insufficiently paid Letters will be charged with a fine of Twelve cents in addition to

he deficient postage.

Unpaid Books and Patterns will be charged at the rate of Twelve cents per four ounces. Insufficiently paid Books and Patterns will be charged with the deficient postage and a fine of Six cents each.

The Registration fee on Letters, &c., is 8 cents.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 20th October, 1870.

No. 126.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.

Under Instructions from the Right Honorable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, the following Copy of the Foreign Enlistment Act, providing for the Preservation of Neutrality during the existence of Hostilities between Foreign States with which Her Majesty is at peace, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's OfficHongkong, 3rd October, 1870.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.