720834-1861-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12ти OCTOBER, 1861.

VOL. VII.

No. 41.

No. 113.

HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, 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 His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-

No. 3 of 1861, entitled--" An Ordinance to amend the Course of Procedure in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Equity Jurisdiction, and to enable it to award Damages

in certain Cases "

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

By His Excellency's Command,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 10th Day of October, 1861.

No. 107.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th October, 1861.

Account of the average amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for the month ending “30st September, 1861, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of In- corporation.

NOTES ISSUED,

SPECIE IN RESERVE,.

$692,478. $400,000.

WM. LAMOND, Acting Manager.

Oriental Tank Corporation, Hongkong, 7th October, 1861.

I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the neces rary amount of Specic as required by the Royal Charter.

F. H. BIRCII,

Acting Accouplant.

Victoria, Hongkong, 7th October, 1861.

FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasure?,

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