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No. 112.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
[DECEMBER 10, 1850
Whereas on the morning of the 22d instant, a Burglary, accompanied by the murder of one LEW SAM-W was committed at Show-kia-wan: Notice is hereby given, that REWARD of
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
will be paid by this Government to any one giving such information as shall lead to the conviction of any person.. persons engaged in the said murder.
This Notice has been duly circulated in the Chinese language.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Offico, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d November, 1859.
No. 98.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
A Premium of One Thousand Dollars will be given by the Government for the best and most practicable Scher for providing the City of Victoria with a constant and sufficient supply of Pure Water. The Report must be accom panied with Specifications, Plans, and Working Drawings, and a detailed Estimate of the whole service. It is r contemplated to expend a larger sum than £25,000, and it is hoped that the work may be efficiently excouted for much smaller outlay.
The Reports must be addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and reach his Office by noon of the 1st Februa 1860, when they will be submitted to the decision of a Committee of non-competitors appointed for the purposel His Excellency the Governor.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1859.
NOTICE.
HE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME
The next Cr, will be held on MONDAY, the
Nineteenth day of December; A.D. 1859, at 10 o'clock in the Forenoon.
By Order of the Court,
WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER,
Registrar.
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
THE Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer “GANGES" will be closed on WEDNES- DAY, the 14th December, at 6 P.M.
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The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAILS will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of Gd., NEWSPAPERS ld.; and from 11 A.. to half-past twelve P.M., for a late fee of 1s. on each Letter, and 2d on each, Newspaper.
All Letters and Newspapers posted between the hours of 11 A.M. and half-past 12 o'clock P.M. must be prepaid.
F. W. MITCHELL, Acting Post-Master.
NOTICE.
UR Partnership was dissolved on the 1st inst. and the Firm will be continued in Liquidation
JOZE JORGE & Co.,
in Liquidation. Macau, 4th October, 1859.
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;
ALSO,
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JUST PUBLISHED-PRICE $2
N English and Cantonese POCKET DICTION. ARY, by JoнN CHALMERS, A.M. Apply
WONG ASHING, London Missionary Society's Printi
Office, Hongkong. KUM-LI-FAU HOSPITAL,
Canton.
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & Oriental STEAM NAVIGA-
TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "GANGES," | or, at the Captain BowEN, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas- sengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on THURSDAY, the 15th December, at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 13th; SPECIE until Noon on the 14th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 14th.
For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Stain Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE
REQUIRED.
A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.
MAXN. FISCHER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,
Hongkong, 1st December, 1859.
Hongkong, 3d December, 1859.
FOR SALE.
At the Office of the Chinu Mail, THE "IISIN CHING LU,” or “Book of Experi Iments," by T. F. WADE, Esq., Chinese Secretary, a work in THREE PARTS, designed to assist Student of the Peking Dialect. Price $6.00. China Mai Otice, Hongkong,
25th May, 1859.
COPPER-PLATE PRINTING.
ERSONS having ENGRAVED PLATES ha:
may VISITING CARDS (Enamelled or Pleis printed from them at the Office of the "Cli Mail."
Printed at the Office of the Chine Mail, Hongkong-
PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty Cents.
TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under,
Dollar; each Additional Lino, Twenty Cents-Dia half of those charges for each Repetition.
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