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THE

Yonghong

Government

GAZETTE.

NEW SERIES.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH AUGUST, 1859.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. V. No. 220.

The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby grea that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that

"THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE”

ll, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

NR. 73.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, IIongkong, 2d July, 1855.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the ORIENTAL BANK SPORATION in Hongkong, is published for general information.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th August, 1859.

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 July, 1859, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

NOTES ISSUED, SPECIE IN RESERVE,

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st August, 1859.

$490,692. $300,000.

P. CAMPBELL, Manager.

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

A. STUART BAYNES, D.A.C.G.,

for Colonial Treasurer.

J. A. CARVALIIO, Accountant.

Victoria, Hongkong, 5th August, 1859.

No. 74.

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,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th August, 1859.

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 31st July, 1859, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

NOTES ISSUED,

SPECIE IN RESERVE,

$300.277.* $150.000.

* Exclusive of the Notes of the Mercantile Bank still outstanding.

D. T. ROBERTSON, pro-Manager.

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, Hongkong, 1st August, 1859.

Lerchy certify, that I have this day inspected the Books and Treasure Vault of the above-mentioned Bank, and that the Amount of Specio

in Reserve is in accordance with the Terms of the Royal Charter.

J. A. CARVALHO,

Accountant.

Victoria, Hongkong, 5th August, 1859.

A. STUART BAYNES, D.A.C.G., for the Colonial Treasurer,