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Bangkong

THE

Government

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NEW SERIES.

GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER, 1856.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. II. No. 62.

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. 92,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

With reference to Government Notification No. 43 of 2d April last, it is hereby made known, that Her Majesty's Exequatur has been duly granted to F. H. BLOCK, Esquire, as Consul in Hongkong for His Majesty The King of Denmark.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d September, 1856.

No. 93.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

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,

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W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th September, 1856.

Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending

Sist July 1856, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

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NOTES ISSUED.............$187,290, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st August, 1856.

WM. LAMOND, Acting Sub-Manager.

I inspected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that I found the necessary Amount of

Specie as required by the Royal Charter.

Victoria, Hongkong, 30th August, 1856.

No. 48.

H. REINHARD,

A Member of the Colonial Treasury Commission.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office for the conveyance of Two Military Convicts to England.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office Victoria, Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.