DIE
SOIT
MON
OIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH JULY, 1864.
No. 28.
Νο. 109.
HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON.
PROCLAMATION.
VOL. X.
By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Adiniral 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. 1 of 1864, entitled-"An Ordinance to provide for conversion of British Currency in all
payments by or to the Government:"
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 6th Day of July, 1864.
No. 110.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th July, 1864.
Account of the average amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for
the month ending 30th June, 1864, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED,.
SPECIE IN RESERVE,.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st July, 1864.
.$837,336. $300,000.
DAV. MCLEAN, Pro Manager.
I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the necessary amount of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.
A. F. ALVES,
Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 5th July, 1864.
FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
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