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No. 125.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th August, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month
ending 91st July, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation,
NOTES ISSUED...................................$352,785. SPECIE IN RESERVE,
200,000.
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Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st August, 1857.
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No. 126.
P. CAMPBELL,
Manager.
I inspected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and bereby certify that I found the necessary Amount
of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.
J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
FRED. FORTH,
Colonial Treasurer.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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With reference to Goverment Notification No. 95, it is hereby notified, that the Acting Surveyor General has been instructed to order the Materials of West Point Hill Police Station to be sold by Public Auction on the 1st September, immediately after the Sale of the Lots of Ground in that direction.
The Acting Surveyor General has also been authorized to direct the disposal by Auction, on the same day, and after the Sale of the Lots on the West of the City, the Materials of the intended Boat House on the Sea Shore of the Parade Ground.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th August, 1857.
Jare CHARLES LOWE,
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LALL KHAN, P. CONSTABLE,
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deceased.
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SAMUEL JARRETT, P Constable, THOS. MURPHY, P. CONSTABLE, OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS CODICILS of the above Parties that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on FRIDAY, the 21st day of August, 1857; or, if none,
the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS CT ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Administration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON,
THIS
AND CHINA.
HONGKONG Branch.
HIS Branch is now open for General Banking Business. CURRENT ACCOUNTS can be opened, which no Commission will be charged, or Interest Dewed.
For SHROFFING, a charge of 50 Cents per Mille
will be made.
RATES OF INTEREST
be allowed on Fixed Deposit accounts, subject
One Month's Notice of Withdrawal, at 3 JCent,
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MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c.
Hongkong. 3d August, 1857.
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NOTICE.
HE Partnership of the undersigned, under the by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved
unsettled affairs will be settled by either partner. L. A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
Victoria, Hongkong,
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25th June, 1857.
NOTICE.
TH
W. T. BRIDGES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE
THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW.
Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
NOTICE.
HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES
TH BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 18.57.
NOTICE.
THE business hitherto carried on by the under-ON the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Firm
signed, under the style of TRAUTMANN
& Co., is hereby declared closed.
All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co.
J. F. II. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857.
WE
NOTICE
have removed our Establishment from
Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day.
HARKORT & Co.
The Branch Discounts Bills, and Grants Drafts, N°
the LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, and its Arencies in BOMBay, Madras, Calcutta, Ceylon, SINGAPORE, and SHANGHAI,—the Rates for which my be had on application.
1st August, 1857.
JOHN COSTERTON, Manager.
Shanghae, 1st 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.
at SHANGHAE. MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner in our Firm from the same date.
FLETCHER & Co.
Hongkong, 29th July, 1857.
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FOR SALE.
At the Office of the "China Mail.” LANK Forms of--POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE
Also,
SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN ;
And,
A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
19th March, 1857.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Coples, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,-Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents--Ong- half of these charges for each Repetition,
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