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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH DECEMBER, 1859.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. V. No. 238.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby ven 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
ill, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
114.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the ORIENTAL BANK EPORATION in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th December, 1859.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Account of the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bunk of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 30th November, 1859, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED,' SPECIE IN RESERVE,
$645,607. $300,000.
P. CAMPBELL, Manager.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st December, 1859.
spected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Specie in Reserve is in
accordance with the Terms of the Royal Charter.
J. A. CARVALHO,
Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 9th December, 1859.
FREDK. FORTH,
Colonial Treasurer.
115.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the CHARTERED MERCANTILE INK 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, 9th December, 1859.
unt 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 November, 1859, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED,
SPECIE IN RESERVE,
$333,637.* $150,000.
• Exclusive of the Notes of the Mercantile Bank still outstanding.
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China.
Hongkong, 1st December, 1859.
JOHN COSTERTON,
Manager.
bereby certify, that I have this day inspected the Books and Treasure Vault of the above-mentioned Bank, and that the Amount of Specie
in Reserve is in accordance with the Terms of the Royal Charter.
FREDK. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
*
J. A. CARVALHO,
Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 9th December, 1859.
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