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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 42.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH OCTOBER, 1868.
VOL. XIV.
No. 114.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th September, 1868, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1868.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,.
421,480
200,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
314,725
150,000
245,315
100,000
595,865
400,000
TOTAL,......
1,577,385
850,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates, arc informed that the Rates are payable in advance, during and within the month of October, for the Fourth Quarter of the present year.
After the 31st instant, Rates not paid are recoverable under Section 4 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1867.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Treasurer.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 10th October, 1868.
No. 111.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Thursday, the 29th day of October next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that Day, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors during the Year com- mencing on 1st December next.
Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no Application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.
Printed Forms of Applications may be obtained by intending Applicants at the Police Magis- trates' Office between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th September, 1868.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
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