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GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH JULY, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. II. No. 54*.
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.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 76.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at this Office for the convey- ance of Fifteen Chinese Convicts to Singapore.
ORDER
Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be sold, at West Point, &c.
BOUNDARY MEASURE-CONTENT
OF
LOCALITY.
MENTS.
IN
SALE.
FIXED SQUARE ANNUAL
N. S. E. W.
FEET.
RENT.
By Order,
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W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Inland. West Point
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Marine. West Point
Inland. Victoria Proper,
52) 52, 52|| 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 521
105 105 300 105 105 300 NW
2,756 2,756 8.15,0 2,756 8.15.0
300 31,500 52.10.0 300 31,500; 52.10.0
£ s. d. 8.15.0
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1856.
No. 77.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on the ground to be sold, on Monday, the 21st instant, the Sale to com-
mence at 3 P.M.
The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered at the Sale is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th July, 1856.
NOTICE.
HE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr IZIDORO A. D'ALMEIDA in our Firm
erased on the 28th ultimo, and Mr FRANCISCO AHUJAS has this day been admitted a Partner in ⚫ur Firm,
JOZE JORGE & Co.
Macao, 3d July, 1856.
NOTICE.
HEREAS the Firm of NYE BROTHERS & Co. of Canton, China, did, on the 11th day of March, 1856, at the Office of the UNITED STATES CONSULATE in Canton, execute an Assign- ent of all their Property, real and personal, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, to the undersigned: We hereby give notice to all concerned to make jayment to us of all sums due to, and to present to
any claims against, the said Firm.
RUSSELL & Co.
JAMES PURDON & Co.
Canton, 18th March, 1856.
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site of Harbour- Master's Boat- house
66 100 135
6,750 24.10.0
No. 48.
WILLIAM COWPER, Acting Surveyor Generak
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at this office for the convey- ance of Two Military convicts to England.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,
Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.
NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
CAPITAL £1,259,760.
Covering Risks from FIRE, on BUILDINGS in HE undersigned are authorized to grant POLICIES
this Colony owned by Europeans, though the Pre- mises may be in the occupation of Chinese. They are further authorized to grant POLICIES Upon LIVES of EUROPEANS resident in China.
TURNER & Co., Agents in China for the “Northern Assurance Company,
Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.
CARI
CHARLES MARKWICK, Government and Supreme Court Auctioneer and Appraiser, and
GENERAL STOREKEEPRE, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong. Established 1843.
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SMITH & BRIMELOW,
SHIP CHANDLERS,
Wholesale und Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants, Auctioneers, and Commission Agents, Nos. 1 & 2 Woosnam's Buildings, “AVE always on hand an Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY STORES of every kind.
Also,
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An extensive and well-selected supply of WINES, BEER, and SPIRITS, LIQUEURS, CORDIALS, &c., of a superior description.
OILMAN'S STORES from the well known house of Copland, Barnes & Co.; also, STORES per Over- land Mail Steamers Monthly for domestic purposes.
Hongkong, 7th July, 1855.
FOR SALE,
At the Office of the “ China Mail,” TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.-- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents.
TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Que Dollar; oach Additional Line, Twenty Cenis-One- half of these charges for each Repetition.
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