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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY, 1858.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. III. No. 137.

The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby ven, 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.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

No. 14.

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, 6th February, 1858.

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 30th January, 1858, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

NOTES ISSUED,. SPECIE IN RESERVE,

$336,770.

» 200,000.

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P. CAMPBELL, Manager.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 4th February, 1858.

spected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie

shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Royal Charter.

J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant,

Victoria, Hongkong, 6th February, 1858.

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FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Diplomatic Department.

It is hereby notified by direction of His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent Trade, &c., &c., that Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has been pleased to appoint WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL, Esquire, to be Her Majesty's Vice-Consul at the Port of Amoy, (vice JOHN BACK- Forst, Esquire, retired,) and that Officer will conduct the business of the Consulate during the absence of the Consul, or until further Notice.

By Order,

Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1858.

GEO. S. MORRISON.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Diplomatic Department.

&c.,

His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c, received from His Excellency SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR, K.C.B., Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-chief of Her y's Naval Forces, the Regulations which have been adopted by the Naval and Military authorities of the Allied sts in connection with the Removal of the Blockade and the Entrance into the City and Suburbs of Canton, * Regulations are hereby published for general information.

By Order,

Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th February, 1858.

GEO. S. MORRISON.