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THE

Hongkong

Government

GAZETTE.

NEW SERIES.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 20тH DECEMBER, 1856.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. II. No. 77.

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

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will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

By Order,

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

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that the Crown Rents due for the current Half-year will be payable on the 25th Instant, d for Twenty-one days following.

W. 'T. MERCER,-President,

J. HYNDMAN,

H. REINHAND,} Members,

of the Colonial Treasury Commission.

Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th December, 1856.

No. 136.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is given to the Chinese Inhabitants of Victoria,-

That every one going out after dark, must carry a Lantern:

That from Ten o'clock at night till Gun Fire, any one found in the Streets will be taken up: That any one in the employ of Public Offices, or Private Establishinents, who may be sent out by his

employer during the above period, must be furnished with a Pass and a Lantern.

A printed Notification to the above effect in the Chinese Language has been circulated fully throughout the Cinese Community.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th December, 1856.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Diplomatic Department.

Chief Superin-

His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, LL.D., Her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentio dent of British Trade in China, has appointed Patrick StewaRT, Esquire, to act as British Consular Agent at

o, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government.

By Order,

Superintendency of Trade, Hongkong, 13th December, 1856.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. WOODGATE.

Diplomatic Department,

His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, LL.D., Her Britannic Majesty's Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., received a Communication from H.M.C.M. Consul General in China, to the effect that the Masters of all els, whether National or Foreign, bound to any Port in the Spanish Dominions, are expected to deposit with the Consul in the port of her departure Duplicate Manifests of their Cargoes, describing the Marks, Numbers, of Packages, and their Contents, in order that they may be certified by the Consul, who is not to require any Fee, is to return to the Master one of the said Duplicate Manifests.

This is published for the information of all concerned.

By Order,

Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th December, 1856.

W. WOODGATE.