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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 15.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH APRIL, 1865.

VOL. XI.

No. 63.

W. T. MERCER.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting 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 EDWARD CARDWELL, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance, namely:-

No. 8 of 1864, entitled-An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Six hundred and thirteen

thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1865:-

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 10th Day of April, 1865.

No. 64.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Returns, connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of this Colony for the year 1864, are published for general information.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th April, 1865.

W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.