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No. 108.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12ти OCTOBER, 1861.
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, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th October, 1861.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Account of the average amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China in Hongkong for the month ending 30th September, 1861, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED,.
SPECIE IN RESERVE,.
·‚$538,020.* $250,000.
* Exclusive of the Notes of the Mercantile Bank still outstanding.
RICHARD NEWBY,
Manager.
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, Hongkong, 1st October, 1861.
I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, and found the necessary amount of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.
F. H. BIRCH,
Acting Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 7th October, 1881.
No. 109.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
It is hereby notified, that under the terms of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, and Section I of Ordinance No. 7 of 1858, Tuesday the 12th day of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the Year commencing the 1st December next.
Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Chief Magistrate's Office, at least ten days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed by the above quoted Section of the first mentioned Ordi- nance, and no Application will after that period be received for submission to the Sessions.
Printed Forms of Applications may be obtained by intending Applicants, at the Chief Magistrate's Office, on Week Days between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th October, 1861.
No. 110.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
The subjoined Letter from the Chairman of the INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND is published for the information of the Hongkong Subscribers.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th October, 1861.
INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
His Excellency SIR HERCULRS G. R. ROBINSON,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
CALCUTTA, 14th September, 1861.
SIR, I am directed by the General Committee of the Indian Famine Relief Fund in Calcutta to forward to your Excel- lency the accompanying copy of their proceedings at their final Meeting held on the 31st ultime, and to request the attention of yourself and the gentlemen who have so generously and effectively cooperated with you to the 5th Resolution passed on thất occasion, expressive of the cordial gratitude with which the results of your benevolent charity have been received.
I am happy to be able to add that the prospects of the harvest in the Districts recently the seat of the Famine continue to be encouraging and satisfactory.—I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
R. BAIRD SMITH,
Chairman.
CALCUTTA INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
The Executive Committee beg to report for the information of the General Committee that the intelligence received from the Central Relief Committees at Agra and Lahore is now so encouraging that it is hoped and believed that the heaviest pressure of the Famine bas
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