713720-1866-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 38.

Publishra by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1866.

VOL. XII.

1. 11.

PROCLAMATION.

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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 by the Order of Her Majesty in Council dated the 9th Day of January, 1863, a Procla- vation was approved for the Regulation of the Currency in this Colony wherein it was (amongst other ings) declared and ordained, that "the Dollar of Mexico or other Silver Dollar of equivalent value may from time to time be authorized by the Governor or Officer Adininistering the Government of Hongkong shall be the only legal tender of payment (except as hereinafter directed) within Our sid Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies": Now, therefore, I, SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, being the Governor of the Colony, do hereby proclaim that the Dollar and Half Dollar sued from the Royal Mint of Hongkong shall be legal tenders for all payments within the Island

Hongkong and its Dependencies.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 15th Day of Septeınber, 1866.

'W. H. RENNIE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

X. 133.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Whereas it has been represented to the Government, that some person or persons did feloniously ult and carry off by force a Contractor by name Sin-kec, whilst crossing the Harbor in a Boat from owloon to Hongkong, on the evening of the 5th Instant:

Notice is hereby given, that a Reward of

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS

be given to any Person who shall give such information as may lead to the apprehension and viction of one or more of the guilty partics.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th September, 1866.

W. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.