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The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 84.-FEBRUARY 7, 1857.

RETURN of PASSENGER SHIPS, &c.,— Continued.

ADULTI.

CHILDREN.

DATE OF CERTIFICATE.

SHIP'S NAME.

TONS.

OF WHAT PORT.

MASTER'S NAME.

WHITHER Bound.

Male. Female. Male. Female.

ctober 28

Janet Willis,

666

London

31

Land o' Cakes,...

561

London

R. J. Wood

R. M. Miller

San Francisco

120

Melbourne

287

Covember 8 24

Bernicia,

548

London

Mary Whitridge,

978

Baltimore

ecember 4

Cornwall,'

680

London

4

Paradise,

500

Penang

J. T. Jarman

R. C. Cheesebrougho

W. Dawson

T. Heritage

Adelaide & Melbourne

231

...

San Francisco

161

9

Guichen Bay

817

Singapore

210

...

5

Catherine Glen,

1,327

London

R. Early

Havana

597

...

་

10

Phaeton,

1,000

London

R. W. Morison

Guichen Bay

250

"

13

Jan Hendrik,

614

Amsterdam

H. de Jong

Guichen Bay

297

22

"

13

Cornelia,

408

...

Singapore

C. F. Demeé

Singapore

100

"

17

Vanguard,

687

...

Liverpool

R. Wise

Guichen Bay & Melbourne

309

"

18

"

Lady Elgin,

750

Prince of Wales' Island C. Le Boucher de Lisle Singapore

300

10

29

Atalanta,

934

London

J. Blyth

Guichen Bay & Melbourne

555

---

"

30

Statesman,

405

...

31

Eliza Ann.

246

---

Singapore Singapore

J. Webb

Singapore

77

C. E. Wise

Singapore

92

:::

ADULTS.

CHILDREN.

SUMMARY.

To Adelaide, Guichen Bay, Port Phillip, and Sydney,...

"9

"

"

San Francisco,

Havana,..

Singapore,.......................................

Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857.

No. 20.

Totals....................

.

Male. Female.

Male. Pumais.

7,515

1

86

4,843

24

1,208

779

4

:29

10

1

14,340

29

96

E. R. MICHELL, Emigration Officer.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. J. HICKSON, Esquire, having resigned Office under this Government, it is hereby notified, that G. Cooper TURNER, Esquire, has been appointed Crown Solicitor and Queen's Proctor, and that CHARLES MAY, Esquire, will perform the duties of Coroner, and, as Deputy Sheriff on the nomination of the Sheriff, have charge of Victoria Gaol. 'These Appointments will date from the 4th Instant, and will be referred for the approval of Her Majesty's Government.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857.

No. 21.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified to Lease-holders of Crown Lands in this Colony, that a List of all Rents outstanding on Monday, the 16th Instant, will be handed in to the Crown Solicitor, for instant recovery.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857.

No. 4.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

*W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

Diplomatic Department.

Directions having been received from The Right Honourable The Earl of Clarendon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Revoke the Instructions to Her Britannic Majesty's Consuls and Vice- Consuls in China, in reference to a Colonial Ordinance No. 15 of 1856, conveyed by Circular No. 17 of 1856, from this Department, copy of which was published for general information in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 30th August last: The said Instructions are hereby Revoked accordingly.

GOD SAVE The Queen.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 4th Day of February, 1857.

JOHN BOWRING,

H. B. M.'s Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent

of British Trade in China.

By Command of His Excellency H.B.M.'s Plenipotentiary,

W. Ver

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