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No. 26.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MARCH, 1869.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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The Honorable HENRY JOIN BALL, Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, having been granted Twelve Months' Leave of absence from the 9th Instant, His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has been pleased to appoint the Honorable JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE to act as Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, provisionally, and until further notice.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th March, 1869.

No. 27.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 28th February, 1869, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1869.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

Oriental Bank Corporation,..

595,491

198,497

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.

379,732

150,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

397,815

135,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

897,577

350,000

TOTAL........

..$

2,270,615

833,497

No. 21.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Commission, under the Hand and Seal of His Excellency the Governor, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd March, 1869.

[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL,

Governor.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Whereas for the furtherance of Public Interests as connected with the construction of Buildings and the prevention of Nuisances in the Colony of Hongkong, and more especially in the City of Victoria it is expedient that the present Building Ordinance, No. 8 of 1856, should be amended, and that certain preliminary inquiries should be made; And Whereas such inquiries will be most conveniently and expeditiously prosecuted by means of a Commission: Now, therefore, know Ye that I, 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, do hereby under my Hand and the Seal of the said Colony appoint you the Honorable JoHN GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary, the Honorable WILLIAM HEPBURN RENNIE, Auditor General, and you the Honorable HUGH BOLD GIBB, the Honorable WILLIAM KESWICK, and the Honorable JAMES BANKS TAYLOR, Members of the Legislative Council for the said Colony, or any three of you,