DATE
1857 January March
23
Shanghai, 25 Rajab,
The Honghong Government Gazette.
No. 8.-Export of TREASURE by P. & O. Co.'s Steamers to CALCUTTA,
[MARCH 13, 1858.
NAME OF STEAMER,
TOTAL,
TREASURE,
$76,990
35.720
$112,710
No. 9.
Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th January, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
EDMUND R. MICHELL,
Acting Harbour Master.
The undersigned having obtained leave of absence from his post, in order to proceed to Europe, it has pleased His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, LL.D., Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, to appoint GEORGE W. CAINE, Esquire, to act as Secretary in this Superintendency from the 16th instant, until further
By Order,
GEO. S. MORRISON.
notice.
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th March, 1858.
No. 10.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Translation of a Proclamation by PIH-KWEI, Acting Imperial Commissioner of the Emperor of China, having been officially communicated to His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, LL.D., Her Majesty's Plenipo- tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., is hereby published for general information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th March, 1858.
GEO. S. MORRISON.
PIH-KWEI, Acting Imperial Commissioner of the Emperor of China, &c., &c.
Be it hereby distinctly understood that, whereas China is now on friendly terms with Great Britain and France, and a reply has reached me from the Board [sc., of Civil Appointments], to the effect that it had had the honour to receive an Imperial Edict on the 1st of February, which states-Yeh Ming-chin has been deprived of all official rank in consequence of his mal-administration; that Hwang Tsung-han has been nominated Imperial Commissioner and Governor General of the Two Kwang; and that, pending the arrival of the latter at his post, Pih-kwei is to discharge temporarily the duties of his office, and devise measures for the safe conduct of affairs:
This having been forwarded to me, in obedience to His Majesty's commands, and fearing that it may not be generally known, I hereby issue a Proclamation for the information of every class, both soldiers and people.
peace
You are in reason bound to give effect to the Imperial will; both Chinese and Foreigners are one family, and should naturally live on for ever. Await patiently, terms of friendship with one another, so as to give due effect to our amicable relations, and preserve mutual then, until I, in conjunction with the Imperial Commissioner upon his arrival at Canton, shall have decided together upon a course of action. Take not the least notice of any groundless reports, and do not remove from your houses, through cherishing feelings of doubt and apprehen. sion. You will thus prevent vagabonds from availing themselves of an opportunity for plunder; but should you act otherwise, and distur bances be the consequence, it will be then too late to repent.
Let every one implicitly obey. Do not disregard this special proclamation. Dated 9th March, 1858.
No. 11.
Translated by
True Copy,
H. F. HANCE.
J. MỌNGAN. Student Interpreter.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, pending the approval of Her Majesty's Government, CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Esquire, is appointed to succeed Mr Consul PARKES, (detached on other service,) as Acting Consul for the Port of Canton.
By Order,
GEO. S. MORRISON.
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th March, 1858.
Νο. 12.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIK JOHN BOWNING, LL.D., Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., has received from the Consul General of Her Most Catholic Majesty, Copy of a Decree by the Captain General of the Philippines, introducing the Decimal system into the Philippine Islands, and promulgating the Rates at which the various Coins are to be reckoned. The following translation of the Table of such rates is hereby published for general information:-
Hard Dollar,
Half Dollar,
Quarter Dollar, (Column Pesetą,).
Half Column Peseta,
19 Quartus,
18
17
16
"
15
"
14
JJ
13
"
12
"}
11
"
10
"
or Half Ilard Real,
9
11
8
37
"
6
"
4
Hard Reals.
Falue in Quartos,
Value in Cents,
8
160
100
4
80.
30
2
40
25
1
20
12}
19
117
18
111
17
109
16
10
15
14.
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
By Order,
MODDISON
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