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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH MAY, 1860.

Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

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Fees specified in

I. That the respective Fees specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed shall be paid and taken, and may be sued for, by the Person for the Time being discharging the Schedule to be levied. Duties of Registrar of British Ships in Hongkong as the lawful Fees and Emoluments for the Discharge of the respective Duties therein specified.

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II. All Fees levied under this Ordinance shall be paid in current Dollars, and shall Fees to be paid in be paid by the Person receiving them into the Colonial Treasury to be applied to the counted for to Colo- Colonial Revenue.

SCHEDULE.

Matter or Duty in Respect of which the Fee is to be taken.

Effecting an Imperial Register and granting Certificate thereof,. Copy from Registry Book,.

For every Declaration made in either of the Forms B, C, F, G, H or L in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping

Act 1854,...

Endorsing a Memorandum of Change of Master upon Certificate of Registry,.

Granting a Provisional Certificate of Registry,..

Recording a Mortgage of a Ship or Shares in a Ship made under a Certificate of Mortgage,.

Recording the Transfer of a Mortgage of a Ship, or Shares in a Ship made under a Certificate of Mortgage,. Recording the Discharge of a Mortgage of a Ship or Shares in a Ship made under a Certificate of Mortgage,. For every Sale of a Ship or Shares in a Ship under a Certificate of Sale,.

For every Alteration in Agreements with Seamen,..

For Certifying a Desertion,

For Attesting a Seaman's Will,..

For Examining Provisions or Water (to be paid by the Party failing to support his case,)..

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It is found necessary again to call the attention of Owners, Agents, and Masters of Ships to Govern- ment Notifications No. 104 of 12th November, 1859, and No. 25 of 28th February last, and to repeat, that all Transfers, Endorsements, and other Transactions connected with the Registry of Ships, under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, are now effected at the Harbor Master's Office, in place of the Colonial Secretary's Office, as previously to the date first above-named.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th April, 1860.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

It is hereby notified that, under Instructions from the Secretary of State, the Post Office Depart- ment is placed from this date under the Control of the Government of this Colony, and that, until the return of William Chapman, Esquire, Post Master General of Hongkong, the duties of the Department will be conducted by F. W. Mitchell, Esquire, Assistant Post Master General.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st May, 1860.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary,

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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, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d May, 1860.

W. T. MERCER, 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 30th April, 1860, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

NOTES ISSUED,

SPECIE IN RESERVE,.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st May, 1860.

.$540,431. $300,000.

P. CAMPBELL, Manager.

I have this day inspected the Books and Treasure Vault of the above-mentioned Bank, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie in Reserve is in accordance with the Terms of the Royal Charter.

Victoria, Hongkong, 3rd May,

1860.

J. C. POWER, Acting Colonial Treasurer.