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AUGUST 8, 1957.]

MR MORESBY,

The

Notary Public and Solicitor, VICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bouk, late the Offices of Mr II. J. ST. Solicitor, &c.

Jong, 3d Angust, 1857.

NOTICE.

by Jat instant we opened a Branch of our Firm * SHANGHAE.

* ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner

Firm from the same date,

FLETCHER & Co.

kong, 29th July, 1857.

NOTICE. Partnership of the undersigned, under the Hm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved al consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any el affairs will be settled by either partner. L. A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.

Votaria, Hongkong,

25th June, 1857.

Fastant

NOTICE.

F Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the

DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hengkong, 28th February, 1857.

TH

NOTICE.

HE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES | SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on Da of July.

SMITH & BRIMELOW.

#nakong, 22d July, 1857.

NOTICE.

TE have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAE, and have admitted J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our

from this day.

Shanghae, 1st July, 1857.

HARKORT & Co.

NOTICE.

E business hitherto carried on by the under- signed, under the style of TRAUTMANN

▲ fa, is hereby declared closed.

4 Outstanding Business will be taken charge of Messrs HARKORT & Co.

J. F. H. TRAUTMANN. Sanghae, 30th June, 1857.

NOTICE.

E Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the dreease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day ✅ April, 1857.

WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.

Hongkong Government Gazette.

Steam for

SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;

Also,

BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENtal Steam NAVIGA-

TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “GANGES,” | Captain J. BowEN, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on MONDAY, the 10th August, at 2 F.M.

CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 8th; also, SPECIE and PARCELS until 5 P.M. on the 8th.

For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam 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 Routo 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.

ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. :

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 5th August, 1857. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA.

HONGKONG Branch,

THBusiness.

HIS Branch is now open for General Banking CURRENT ACCOUNTS can be opened,

on which no Commission will be charged, or Interest allowed.

For SHROFFING, a charge of 50 Cents per Mille will be made.

RATES OF INTEREST

will be allowed on Fixed Deposit accounts, subject

to,-

One Month's Notice of Withdrawal, at 3

Two

do., Three do., Six do., Twelve do.,

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The Branch Discounts Bills, and Grants Drafts, on the LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, and its Agencies in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Ceylon, SINGAPORE, and SHANGHAL,-the Rates for which may be had on application.

1st August, 1867.

JOHN COSTERTON, Manager.

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THE

PUBLIC AUCTION.

of Valuable PROPERTY in Taipingshan,

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HE undersigned have received instructions from the Mortgagen, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on TUESDAY, the 11th August Neal, at Noon, on the Premises,-

LOT 1.-That THREE-STORIED SHOP, situated at the Corner of Taipingshan, Central Street, and the Ground on which the same is built, registered in the Land Office as INLAND LOT No. 239, measuring 840 square feet. £1.5.0.

Annual Ground Rent

LOT 2.-All those Five DWELLING HOUSES, quite New, and in good Repair, situated in the neighbourhood of the above Lot; also the Ground on which they are built, registered in the LAND OFFICE as INLAND LOT No. 280, measuring 5,440 square feet. Annual GROUND RENT £4.18.8.

TERMS OF PAYMENT,-25 per Cent to be paid on the fall of the Hammer, and the Remainder in 48 Hours after,—MEXICAN Dollars weighed at 7.1.7. SMITH & BRIMELOW,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, 30th July, 1857.

In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased. ́OTICE.--All 'Persons having Claims on the

said Estate, are requested to forward parti- culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.

D. LAPRAIK, A. S. DIXSON,

Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.

Executors.

In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased,

debted to, the above Estate, are requested to LL Persons having Claims against, or being in-

forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith.

HENRY RUTTER,

Hongkong, 17th March, 1857.

FOR SALE.

COMMERCIAL GUIDE,

Administrator.

4TH

EDITION;

William's DICTIONARY in the CANTON

DIALECT; also

William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in

CHINESE.

Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON's, Gough

Street, Hongkong.

Hongkong, 20th May, 1857.

Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.—- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Coples, Thirty-sia Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Conte-One- kalf of these charges for each Repetition.

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