THE
Zongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH JANUARY, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 136.
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 PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
No. 13...
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
It has been determined by His Excellency The Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council of Hongkong, that a Rate of Eight-and-a-half per Cent be paid for the Year commencing from the 1st January, 1858, en the Valuation of Property liable to Police Assessment.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th January, 1858.
REGULATIONS
FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF LEtters, &c., To and from Hongkong.
From CANTON, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS,
and FRIDA YS.
From HONGKONG, TUESDAYS, THURS-
DAYS, and SATURDAYS.
TIME of departure from both places,—7 A.M., which l be notified by a BLACK BALL being dropped fm the Mast-head of the "Calcutta" at HONG-
NG, and the Brig Bittern" at the Landing place, CANTON. The Boat conveying the Letters will ista BLACK BALL at her Mainmast head, and y the BLUE PETER at the Fore. These Boats are zerer to be stopped by Ships as she passes them, the Ball at the Mast-head notifying that she has the Letters.
The 40-Horse - Power Boats appointed for the everance of Sick to and from the “Mooresfort" and the Macao Fort Barrier, are to maintain the Correspondence in those Branches.
DESPATCHES AND LETTERS. The Boats leaving each place at 7 A.M., should ve in 12 hours at their destination, and by an ely transmission of Letters, those on important tters could be answered by the Boat leaving on Be following morning. This must be arrived at by * authorized Official (Non-commissioned Officer) waiting on board the “ Calcutta” and “ Bittern" to receive Letters for the Military Departments.
Letters unconnected with the Service will be sent from the Calcutta" to the Post-Office, at 6.30 a.M., the same description of Letters received from Hongkong will be sent to the Guard-house at the Lading place, Canton, where a Box will be fitted for their reception.
Boxes also will be placed at this Guard-house, and the Guard-house at the Dock-yard Hongkong, for the receipt of Letters; and at 6.30 A.M. on the rings of departures, the Second-master of the boat will clear these Boxes, taking the contents e in a Black painted Bag.
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PASSENGERS,
An Official requisition, signed by the proper Mili- tary Authorities, will be all that is requisite, without the delay of referring to the Senior Naval Officer, who may be at a distance, or otherwise engaged; but a List of Passengers, and Number and description of Letter Bags brought, is to be given to the "Calcutta" and "Bittern" on arrival.
Persons not on duty are only to be carried with the permission of the Senior Naval Officer.
IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA. In the matter of the "ASIATIC Marine INSURANCE OFFICE."
"OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,―That by an Order of this Court, bearing date the Fifth day December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty- seven, The SHAREHOLDERS of the said "Asiatic Marine Insurance Office" are required to Previous arrangements are to be made, that all
pay the further.sum of COMPANY'S RUPEES Two Passengers take on board with them sufficient cooked
THOUSAND, assessed in respect of each Share held by Provisions for the Passage, as the accommodation for that is to say, the SHAREHOLDERS resident in Cal- them, respectively, on or before the following dates: cooking, &c., is very limited. This refers to Officers as well as others, who, by taking a Basket well pro-day of January next; the SHAREHOLDERS resident in cutta, or the Suburbs thereof, on or before the Fifteenth vided, will place themselves at their ease, and prevent HONGRONG and BOMBAY, on or before the Fifteenth the Gunboat Officers being sometimes heavily taxed day of April neat, and the SHAREHOLDERS resident and out of pocket.
in GREAT BRITAIN and all other places not men- tioned in the said order, on or before the Fifteenth day of July next; and that the Official Assignee will be at liberty to apply that the defaulting SHARE- Insolvency, according to the provisions of the Indian HOLDERS be adjudged to have committed an act of
SIGNALS.
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A Ball at the Fore Top-mast heads of "Bittern and "Calcutta," will be hoisted at daylight on the days on which the Boats leave, and dropped as a Signal for starting.
The Gunboat will hoist the BLUE PETER at the Fore at daylight, and a BLACK BALL at the Main; the latter she is to keep up during the Passage. Should an Extra Gunboat be leaving Canton at any time, the "Bittern" will hoist a BALL at onch Mast- Lead.
Insolvent Act.
DENMAN & HATCH, Attornies for the Official Assignes.
NOTICE.
R GREEN, and Mr HENRY B.
Should an Eatre Gunboat arrive from Hongkong, MLEMANN, are authorized to sign our Firm.
the "Bittern "will hoist a TRIANGULAR BLUE FLAG, keeping it up an hour, to enable persons stationed along the Wall to be aware of it.
M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-
in-Chief.
"Coromandel," at Canton,
18th January, 1858.
NOTICE.
E Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITII in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
GILMAN & Co., of Canton.
Hongkong, 12th January, 1858.
NOTICE.
THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES
and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL.
Dated this 29th day of April 1857.
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