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THE

Hongkong

Government

GAZETTE.

NEW SERIES.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 31ST JANUARY, 1857.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. II. No. 83.

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. 3.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Diplomatic Department.

His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., has been pleased to appoint, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government, WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL, Esquire, to officiate as Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bangkok.

By Order,

Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th January, 1857.

W. WOODGATE.

No. 16.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that, by Order of His Excellency The Governor, and with the Advice of the Executive Council, a Circular has been issued in the Chinese Language, in which a Reward of

ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS

is offered for the apprehension and conviction of One ALUN, said to have absconded from the ESING Bakery on or about the morning of the 15th Instant; and a further Reward of

ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS

for the apprehension and conviction of One ATSOI, said to have absconded in like manner,

By Order,

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th January, 1857.

No. 17.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby intimated to the Purchasers of the Farm Lots at Pok-foo-lum, sold on 14th June 1856, that in accordance with the Third Clause of special Conditions of Sale, and under Authority from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Leases of those Lots will be extended from 21 to 75 Years, on payment for each Lot of an increased Premium by way of Bonus to the amount of Seventy-five Dollars and Sixty Ĉents, being the average amount of Premium realized at the Sale.

It is requested that the said Purchasers will without delay communicate to the Acting Surveyor General their intention of accepting such extension on the above terms, or of taking out their Leases under the original Conditions.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th January, 1857,

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.