THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH MARCH, 1859.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. IV. No. 198.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby riven 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"
.., as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMAtions, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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PROCLAMATION.
HN BOWRING.
Be His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony Harkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief
rintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China:
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honourable EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, Baronet, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance, namely:
No. 7 of 1858, entitled-
"An Ordinance for amending Ordinance No. 11 of 1844:
"
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed * aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 2d Day of March, 1859.
Yo. 22.
PROCLAMATION.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
JOHN BOWRING.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief
rintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
The Sentence of Death passed upon CHARLES WILLIAMS, alias GACHET, convicted of Wilful Murder at thə at Criminal Sessions, is this day commuted to that of Penal Servitude for Life.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 2d Day of March, 1859.
No 23.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office up to Noon of Monday, the 21st instant, for the Privilege of preparing ling Prepared Opium within this Colony, for One Year, from the 1st April next, under conditions set forth in Finance No 2 of 1858.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d March, 1859.
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W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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