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GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH SEPTEMBER, 1857.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. III. No. 114.

The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby giran, that a Naw SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that

“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"

will, as before, be the only Official Orgau 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,

No. 132.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

JAMES death on

LOW.

The following Account, rendered by the Trustees of St John's Cathedral for the Year ending April last, is published for general information, in accordance with Paragraph 16 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1847.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d September, 1857.

W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.

our Firm

Partner

& Co.

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1856 May

1

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ader, One Ris-Oss=

1857 February 3 April

To Balance due for Singing expenses,.................................

"Repairs and erection of new Out-house,...........

Clerk's Salary, for 12 Months,

"

"Wages of Two Coolies, for 12 Months........

Bread and Wine, for 12 Months,

Candles and Washing, &c., &c,.................................

Balance in favor of Trustees,.......

THE TRUSTEES OF ST JÓHN'S CATHEDRAL in Account Current with R. C. ANTROBUS, Treasurer,

Cr.

1856

$69.86 May 1

By Balance of last account...............................

$395.11

1857

184.17 178.27 January

Seat rents for year 1856-57, collected to date,

per List,...

822.00

120.00

13.00

"

"

Repairs to Organ, .-

Printing expenses....

39.34

15.00

6.00.

621.47

1857

$1,217,11 ||| April 11 By Balance brought down,

1,217.11

$621.47

This account examined and compared with Vouchers and found correct.

E.E.

Hongkong, 11th April, 1857.

R. C. ANTROBUS, Trustee and Treasurer to Body of Trustees.

GEO. LYALL, Auditor.

N. R. MASSON,.

Auditor on the part of the Government.

No. 133.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The Public Service having experienced great inconvenience in consequence of Government Servants vacating their Appointments without informing their Superordinates of such intention: Notice is hereby given, that from and after this date, every person entering the Colonial Service will be understood to have done so subject to the condition of his not resigning his Office without giving One clear Month's notice in Writing of such proposed resignation,

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By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d September, 1857.

No. 184.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The subjoined Return of the Land Sale held on the 1st Instant, is published for general information.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.

W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.