725364-1856-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

THE

Hongkong

NEW SERIES.

Government

GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH DECEMBER, 1856.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. II. No. 75.

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 Now Contract, and that

“THE HONGKÒNG 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, 1865.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

No. 130.

PROCLAMATION.

JOHN BOWRING.

By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor, and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable The Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the two following Ordinancès, namely:-

Ordinance No. 11 of 1856, entitled—“ An Ordinance for Lighting the City of Victoria" ;

Ordinance No. 12 of 1856, entitled-" An Ordinance to regulate Chinese Burials, and to Prevent certain

Nuisances within the Colony of Hongkong”

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said two Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.'

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

Given át Victoria, Hongkong, this 4th Day of December, 1856.

No. 128.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to confirm the appointment of the Honorable W. T. MERCER, Esquire, to a Seat in the Legislative Council of this Colony.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st December, 1856.

No. 129.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

It is hereby notified, that J. J. HICKSON, Esquire, is appointed Crown Solicitor for this Colony, by virtue of a Warrant under the Royal Signet and Sign Manual.

Mr Hickson will also officiate as Deputy Sheriff, Coroner, and Queen's Proctor in Admiralty.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st December, 1856.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.