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THE

Hongkong

Government

GAZETTE.

NEW SERIES.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12тн DECEMBER, 1857.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. III. No. 128.

The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, 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" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PaOCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

By Order,

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

No. 167.

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,

W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. »

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th December, 1857.

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Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month

ending 30th November, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation,

NOTES ISSUED............$339,345. SPECIE IN reserve,

20

200,000.

P. CAMPBELL, Manager.

Oriental Bank Corporation,, Hongkong, 1st December, 1857.

I inspected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that I found the necessary Amount

of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.

J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant.

Victoria, Hongkong, 10th December, 1857.

FRED. FORTH,

Colonial Treasurer.

No. 165.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

In consequence of certain applications for Spirit Licenses having been received too. late to be brought under consideration at the Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, held at the Chief Magistrate's Office, on Wednesday, the 18th of the current Month, pursuant to Notification No. 144, of 14th October last, a further Sessions is hereby appointed to be held at the said Office, on Wednesday, the 30th of December ensuing, for the purpose of consider- ing the said applications.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st December, 1857.

W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.