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No. 15.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH FEBRUARY, 1869.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the provisional appointment of The Honorable JAMES BANKS TAYLOR to a Seat in the Legislative Council, during the absence on leave of The Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE, has been approved by the Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th February, 1869.
Νο. 16.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the Right Honorable Earl GRANVILLE, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been pleased to appoint WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, Esquire, to be Captain Superintendent of Police, from the 24th Day of July last, vice WILLIAM QUIN, Esquire, retired.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th February, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 17.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st January, 1869, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th February, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,..
513,584
171,194
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..
392,969
150,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
309,445
105,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.
813,112
350,000
TOTAL,.........
2,029,110
776,194
POLICE NOTIFICATION.
On the 16th, 17th and 18th instant, being the days fixed for the Hongkong Races, Carriages, on those days, between the hours of 11 A.M. and 7 P.M., will drive on the Left or Northern Side of Queen's Road from the Murray Barracks to the Eastern Market. At that point they will turn on to the Praya, and arrive at the Race Course by the Eastern Side of Morrison Hill.
is to be observed on returning.
The same route
All Chairs are to keep on the Right hand or Southern Side of Queen's Road from the Murray Barracks to the Eastern Market, both when going and returning, and will proceed from the Eastern Market by the Wanchai Road and Gap.
Central Police Barracks, Victoria, 13th February, 1869.
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.
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