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THE

Hongkong

Government

GAZETTE.

NEW SERIES.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH JUNE, 1859.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. IV. No. 213.

The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby prea 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.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

By Order,

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

NA 60.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th June, 1859.

Account of the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 31st May, 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 June, 1859.

$503,470. $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 Reserve is in accordance with the Terms of the Royal Charter.

J. A. CARVALHO,

Accountant.

Victoria, Hongkong, 11th June, 1859.

N. 61.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.

The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the CHARTERED Mercantile ANK 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, 14th June, 1859.

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

NOTES ISSUED,

SPECIE IN RESERVE,

$303,854.* $150,000.

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

JOHN COSTERTON, Manager.

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, in Hongkong,

Hongkong, 1st June, 1859.

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

J. A. CARVALHO,

Accountant.

Victoria, Hongkong, 11th June, 1859.

FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.