THE
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” vill, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
No. 13.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
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, on 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 VS.
From HONGKONG,—TUESDAYS, THURS-
DAYS, and SATURDAYS.
TIME of departure from both places,—7 A.M., which be notified by a BLACK BALL being dropped fm the Alast-head of the "Calcutta" at HONG- NG, and the Brig * Billern" at the Landing-place, CANTON, The Boat conveying the Letters will Lista 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 coveyance 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 ey transmission of Letters, those on important atters could be answered by the Boat leaving on The following morning. This must be arrived at by An 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 fran 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 Ar their reception.
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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.
Passengers take on board with them sufficient cooked Previous arrangements are to be made, that all
Provisions for the Passage, as the accommodation for cooking, &c., is very limited. This refers to Oflicers as well as others, who, by taking a Basket well pro- vided, will place themselves at their ease, and prevent the Gunboat Officers being sometimes heavily taxed and out of pocket.
SIGNALS.
A Ball at the Foro Top-mast heads of "Biltern" 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 "Biltern" will hoist a BALL at oach Mast- head,
IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA, In the matter of the "ASIATIC Marine INSURANCE OFFICE."
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"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
them, respectively, on or before the following dates: pay the further sum of COMPANY'S RUPEES TWO THOUSAND, assessed in respect of each Share held by
that is to say, the SHAREHOLDERS resident in Cal- culta, or the Suburbs thereof, on or before the Fifteenth HONGKONG and BOMBAY, on or before the Fifteenth day of January next; the SHAREHOLDERS resident in day of April neat, and the SHAREHOLDERS resident
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- HOLDERS be adjudged to have committed an act of Insolvency, according to the provisions of the Indian Insolvent Act.
DENMAN & HATCH, Attornies for the Official Assignes,
NOTICE.
R GREEN, Mr HENRY
hould an Eatra Gunboat arrive from Hongkong, MLEMIANN, are authorized to sign RFB.
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.
Boxes also will be placed at this Guard-house, and the Guard-house at the Dock-yard Hongkong, for He receipt of Letters; and at 6.30 A.M. on the
arnings of departures, the Second-master of the | the
boat will clear these Boxes, taking the contents if in a Black painted Bag.
M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander- in-Chief.
"Coromandel," at Canton,
18th January, 1858.
NOTICE.
E Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on 2d of July,
SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
GILMAN & Co., of Canton.
Hongkong, 12th January, 1858.
THE
NOTICE.
HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES
and Practors, 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 1837.
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