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No. 84.

The Wongkong Government Gazette. lano sales

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, with reference to the Land Sales advertised for the 25th and 26th instant, and to all future Land Sales held by 'authority of this Government, that any person or persons causing interruption to, or interfer- ing with, any such Sale, to the injury of Crown Rights, or the detriment of the Public Revenue, shall be proceeded against according to Law.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 19th September, 1855,

No. 33.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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The following Abstracts of the Estimated Revenue and Expenditure of the Colony of Hongkong for the year 1856, are published for general information :- ABSTRACT of the probable REVENUE of the COLONIAL Government of Hong- KONG for the Year 1856, shewing also the Revenus received under the similar heads in the Year 1854, being the Year previous to that in which the Estimates are prepared.

ABSTRACT of Sums required to Defray the EXPENSES of the COLONIAL Go: MENT OF HONGKONG for the Year from 1st January to 31st Dece 1856, shewing also the Amount expended for the Year previous to in which the Estimates are prepared, viz : 1854.

ESTIMATE.

ITEM OF

1 ESTABLISHMENTS,—

Salaries, Fixed Establish-

ments,

Allowances,

...£26,181 2 0

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12 10 0

Office Contingencies, 842 15 0

2 PENSIONS, Retired AllowANCES,

AND GRATUITIES,

3 REVENUE SERVICES, exclusive of

Establishments,

4 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, do., 5 ECCLESIASTICAL,

6 CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES, ...

7 EDUCATION,exclusive of Establisk-

ments,

8 HOSPITALS,

9 POLICE AND GAOLS,

10 RENT,

11 TRANSPORT,

12 CONVEYANCE OF MAILS,

ESTIMATE FOR 1850

EXPENDITURE

1854

£

8, d.

£

3,

27,036 7 0

25,799 0

11 9

250 0 0 120 0 0

202

do.

do., do.,

530 0 0 280 0 0

...

1,530 0

0

13 19 212 8 1,599 1

300 0

1,081 13

་་་

310 0 0

225 12

13 WORKS AND BUILDINGS,

ESTIMATED FOR 1856

REVENUE OP 1854

14 ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES, 15 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,

6,000 0 0 7,950 0 0

16 INTEREST,...

3

8. d.

£ 8. d.

15,850 0 011,825 10 84

17 LAND AND HOUSE PURCHASES, 18 SPECIAL EXPENSES, ...

I 0

44,306 7 0

34,635 0

Total,...

174 8

4,589 5 648 8

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lien

Al, havi AND and STOCK O will keep al HANDLI BUTTER; expressly fo PORK, B Tins, Crush And SODA C

WINES a prices, SO And, a gen

WARE,

PLATFOR TIONERY Ar this clin

Hongkor

9

1,643 16 5 2,038 11 11 241 13 4

The difference between Revenue and Expenditure wi be made up from the Balances of former years and t anticipated Surplus of the present.

LAND REVENUE,

RENTS, exclusive of Lands,

LICENSES,

2,725 0 0

2,273 10 10

5,560 0 0

TAXES,

-

4,000 0 0

5,401 2 6 3,327 0

POSTAGES,

FINES, FORFEITURES, AND FEES OF COURTS,

1,000 0 0

FEES OF OFFICES,...

2,525 0 0

SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY,...

REIMBURSEMENT IN AID OF EXPENSES IN-

CURRED BY GOVERNMENT,

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS,

INTEREST.

SPECIAL RECEIPTS,

305 0 0

251 7 81

...

5

9 0

Total,...

35 0 0 37 0 23

32,000 0 0 27,045 3 51

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. COOPER V. Aн Sɛɛ-Shov.

то

10 he sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, on SATURDAY, the 22d of September, 1855, at Noon,-on the GROUND-by order of W. H. MITCHELL, Esq., Sheriff of Hongkong, under a Writ of Fieri Facias (unless the said Writ shall be previously satisfied),— the following LOTS of GROUND, with the BUILD- INGS thereon erected as presently Registered

in the Land-office-

Inland Lot No. 239, Annual Ground-rent £1. 5.0

278,

3.17.0 279,

3.17.0 4.18.8

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19

"

"9

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280,

"

35

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35

situate in Tai-ping-shang.

Marine Lot No. 89, Sec. 4.

opposite Circular Buildings,

10.16.0

For further particulars, apply to the Auctioneers.

TERMS OF SALE,-Cash, on the fall of the Ham- mer. All Expenses of Transfer, &c., to be paid by the Purchaser.

MACEWEN & Co.,

Auctioneers, (for G. DUDDELin)

Hongkong, 19th September, 1855.

THE

NOTICE

HE Next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT will be held on SA- TURDAY, the 20th day of September instant, at 11 o'clock A.M.

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BY ORDER OF THE COURT,

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 18th September, 1855.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT THE Partnership lately subsisting between Mac-

KERTOOM GALOOST MACKERтOOM and Carr LUCAS, heretofore carrying on business under the firm of MACKERTOOM & Co., at Canton, was, on the 20th day March, 1855, dissolved by mutual con- sent. All Debts due to the said late Copartnership Firm are to be received by the said CARR LUCAS; and all persons to whom the said Partnership stands indebted, are requested to send their respective Ac- counts for liquidation to the said CARI LUCAS, who bas assumed the Responsibilities of the said late Firm, and fully discharged the said MACKERTOOM Galoost MACKERTOOM from all Liabilities in respect thereto.

M. G. MACKERTOOM. Singapore, 20th August, 1855.

RELIANCE MARINE INSURANCE OFFICE.

ESTABLISHED IN CALCUTTA, IN 1942. CAPITAL, Co.'s R6,00,000. DIVIDED INTO SIXTY SHARES OF COMPANY'S R10,000 EACH.

Registered under ACT XLIII of 1850.

NOTICE. NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY.

(Established 1836.)

Incorporated by Act of Parliament, FOR FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE AT

HOME AND ABROAD. CAPITAL £1,259,760 SterlinG. THE undersigned have been appointed AGENT:

at Hongkong, Canton, and Shanghae.

TURNER & Co.

Medical Advisers, For Hongkong,-W. A. HARLAND, M.D. For Canton, WALT. GRO. DICKSON, M.D. Hongkong, 9th August, 1855.

SMITH & BRIMELOW, SHIP CHANDLERS,

Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchant,

Auctioneers, and Commission Agents, Nos. 1 & 2 Woosnam's Buildings, AVE always on hand an Assortment of SHIE

HACHANDLERY STORES of every kind.

Also,

An extensive and well-selected supply of WINES.

COMPANY'S RUPEES 173,000 INVESTED IN BEER, and SPIRITS, LIQUEURS, CORDIALS.

THE FOUR & FIVE PER CENT LOANS, IN THE NAME Oof the DIRECTORS.

MESSRS APCAR & Co., Secretaries in Calcutta.

Agents.

Messrs T. A. GIBB & Co., St Helen's Place, London.

STEPHENS & JOAQUIM, Singapore,

JORDAN & Co., Rungoon

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WILLIAM HAStings ÅlexandeK, Acting Registrar.

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T. R. RICHMOND, Esq., Bombay.

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JOZE ANTONY, deceased.

POLICIES

In re EDWARD BATES, deceased.

OTICE.-All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMINIS- TRATOR, before the 29th day of Murch, 1856, other- wise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make immediate payment to

WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Acting Registrar-Official Administrator,

World.

A. A. ANTHONY, Esq., Penang.

&c., of a superior description.

OILMAN'S STORES from the well known hous of Copland, Barnes & Co. ; also, STORES

per

Over land Mail Steamers Monthly for domestic purposes.

Hongkong, 7th July, 1855.

FOR SALE. "RON SAFES of different sizes, DRAWING-ROON GRATES, FENDERS and FIRE-IRONS Rogers' CUTLTRY, ELECTRO-PLATEDWARE of every description.

on GOODS, FREIGHT, and TREASURE,

PAPIER-MACHE WRITING-DESKS, ALBUMS granted by the undersigned to all parts of the | WORK-BOXES, CARD-CASES, INK-STANDS,

KNITTING-BOXES, WATCH-STANDS, &c.

SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 21st September, 1855.

JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE.

-Y. J. MURROW.

Agent in China.

NOTICE.

MR R JAMES CRAMPTON is authorized to sign 500 BARRELS Fresh No. 1 Galego FLOUR

our Firm per procuration from this date.

Shanghae, 10th May, 1855.

HANBURY & Co.

11th August, 1855.

THOS. HUNT & C3,

Whampoa,

ZIONORMAN, ZU ̃August, 190JT

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