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No. 33.
The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 87.—February 28, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby requested, that Notice to the Sexton of intended Burials in the Protestant Cemetery be in all cases accompanied with a Statement, showing the Name, Age, and Condition of the deceased.
These particulars are required for the purpose of enabling the Sexton to fill up his Register of Burials in due form.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d February, 1857.
No. 34.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, by order of His Excellency The Governor, with reference to the late piratical seizure of the Steamer Queen, that a Reward of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
will be paid to any person or persons who shall give such information as may lead to the apprehension of any of the parties engaged in such crime; and a Reward of
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for giving such evidence as will cause the conviction of the criminals in question.
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Notices to a similar effect have been circulated in the Chinese Language, by the Tepos of the different Districts of this Island.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th February, 1857.
No. 35.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor having received permission from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, to publish the Correspondence relating to the Reconstruction of the Legislative Council, has directed the same to be made known for general information. It will appear in an Extra Government Gazette on Monday March 2d.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th February, 1857.
No. 36.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th February, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES,, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Account of the average Amount of the Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 31st January, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED.............................!
.$245,446,
exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 2d February, 1857.
SAM. GRAY, Manager.
I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie
shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter.
Victoria, Hongkong, 26th February, 1857.
No. 37.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. HYNDMAN, Acting Colonial Treasurer.
His Excellency The Governor has received through The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, an additional Instruction, under Her Majesty's Signet and Sign Manual, directing that the Senior Military Officer for the time being in Command of the Troops in Hongkong, shall at all times be a Member of the Executive Council.
Accordingly, it is hereby declared, that the Appointment of The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel DUNLOP to a Seat in the Executive Council is no longer Provisional.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th February, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial. Secretary.
No. 5.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, has received Instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to appoint Mr Acting "Vice-Consul MORRISON, or the Officer in Charge of Her Majesty's Consulate for the time, to act as Agent for
Emigration at Amoy, for the purpose of giving effect to the "Chinese Passengers' Act."
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th February, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
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