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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 6.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 1862.
VOL. VIII.
No. 11.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that His Excellency The Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1862 at Seven-and-a-half per Cent for Houses in the City of Victoria, and Five per Cent for Houses in the Villages of this Island.
In addition to which on Houses in Victoria a Lighting Rate of One-and-a-half per Cent will be levied, in accordance with the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1856.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th February, 1862.
No. 12.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting 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,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1862.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Account of the average amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for the month ending 31st January, 1862, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of In- corporation.
NOTES ISSUED,
SPECIE IN RESERVE,.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st February, 1862.
$951,143. $400,000.
WM. LAMOND,
Manager.
I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the neces- sary amount of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.
F. H. BIRCH,
Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 5th February, 1862.
FRED. FORTH, -
Colonial Treasurer.
No. 13.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA, in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1862.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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