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THE

Hongkong

Government

GAZETTE.

NEW SERIES.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH MARCH, 1858.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. III. No. 143.

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

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

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

By Order,

Ja 22.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Eight Returns connected with the Shipping, Emigration and such portion of the Trade at the Port of Victoria, Hongkong, during the year 1857, as could officially be ascertained, in the absence of a Custom House, by the Harbour Master's Department, are published for general information.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th March, 1858.

W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 1. -RETURN of Sures arrived at HONGKONG, during the Year 1857,

FROM

FROM

FROM

FROM GREAT BRITAIN, BritishColoNIES UNITED STATES, FOREIGN STATES, No. of TONS. NO. OF TONS. No. of TONS. No. of TONS.

TOTAL NUMBER OF TONS.

Fth General Cargoes, Coals, &c.,

Sydney, Port Philip, Hobart Town, "Adelaide, Labuan, and New Zealand, with Sundries, and in Ballast,

Ti India, with Opium, &c.,

om New York, Boston, Baltimore, and California,

with General Cargoes and Chinese Passengers, Fra South America, Sandwich Islands, Manila,↑

Macassar, Lombock, Siam, Sitka, Japan, Nether- lands, &c,, Formosa, and Copenhagen,

•

Free East Coast, Canton River, &c., with Sundries

and in Ballast,

18,416

18,416

33,997

99,140

93,997

99,140

· 141,114

141,114

92,726

155,670

92,726

155,670

Total,

$41,063

Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th January, 1858.

E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master.

No, 2.-RETURN of VESSELS, TONNAGE and FLAG, anchored, at HONGKONG, during the Year 1857.

FLAG.

NUMBER OF VESSELS,

TONNADE.

540

260,044

Fetish,

198

141,815

d'States of America,

5

2,450

tremen,

450

3 in,

112

bama Ayres,

8,219

Many

51,119

10,840

23

12,236

French

23.253

Hamburg,

Flenoverian,

Balenburg,

1,243

527

1,181

* Graundian,

rpegian,

426

1,759

Jesburg,

irapuese,

Fruvian,

2,967

1,123

340

35

18,098

15

4,185

Panish,

6

1,924

**edish,

bandwich Islands,

1,603

Total,

*

£ 1,070

80

541,063

Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th January, 1858.

E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master.