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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 25.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH JUNE, 1869.
VOL. XV.
No. 7.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.] 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. 14 of 1868, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Thirty-seven thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1869:
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.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 2nd Day of June, 1869.
No. 68.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Ĉirculation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st May, 1869, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th June, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,..
580,487
193,496
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,...
444,469
200,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
246,850
85,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
1,121,957
600,000
TOTAL,..
$
2,393,763
1,078,496
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