The Hongkong Government Gazette.
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*5.4—A Return of the NUMBER and TONNAGE of MERCHANT VESSELS which Arrived at, and Departed from FOO-CHOW-FOO,
during the Year ending 31st December, 1855, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong, viz ¿~~-
ARRIVED.
NATURE OF CARGO,
('PER WHAT COLOVAS.
No. of Sares,
TONNAGE.
83
27
22.505
20,270 British,
American,...
...
14
Sundries Timber
་་
Tea
3,525
6
3,243
Hamburgh,
Dutch,
740
Bremen,
293
Swedish,...
191
Peruvian,
134
50,847
DEPARTED.
UNDER WHAT COLOURS.
NO. OF SHIP.
TONNAGE.
81
21,007
27
22,565
14
3.525
6
3,243
2
740
1
293
1
191
132
51,674
Timber
Hallast
Re-exports
| General
Fruit
| Ten
Ballast
Sundries
fetish Consulate, Foochow, 1st January, 1856.
by gf' TEA from FOOCHOW during the FIRST Six Months
of the year 1855,
FRED HOWE HALE,
EXPORT of TEA from FOOCHOW during the LAST Six Months
of the year 1835.
Drugs
7 Britain,
Tea
*} State ***
...
...
Sundries
纂
***
Tea
Atralia,
***
Ibs 7,100,000
To Great Britain,
2,600,000
United States,
"
300,000
Continent,
***
...
"
500,000
Australia,
...
*
***
lbs 15,600,000
9,300,000
.་
***
600,000
500,000
Hemp & Oil
Tea
Sundries
Tea
General
Tea
Total,
mod were carried in about the following proportions:
De British Vessels,
An erican,
ether Foreign Flags,
Olives
bs 10,500,000
...
...
Ibs 4,500,000
...
,, 3,000,000
**
8,000,000
carried in about the following proportions:
By British Vessels, America,...
other Foreign Flags,
Total,
Ihs 26,000,000
...
4.44 91
Ibs 8,500,000 15,500,000 2,000,000
Wood
Tea
Pallast Tea
་་
Paper
Ballast
**
Total,
Pritish Consulate, Foochow, 1st January, 1856.
ths 10,500,000
Diplomatic Department.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade, kc. &c., has received from Mr Consul Robertson the HOWE HALE,wing Despatch from Commander Fortescue, of Her Majesty's Steamer Barracouta, reporting the destruction Piratical Junks in the neighborhood of the Chusan and Vecano Islands, which SIR JOHN BOWRING has directed
be published for general information.
Fice-Consul.
Port of
AND. EXP JT168.
nels m.c.c. 652.2.4.9
TOTA
Tark 60,800 2
,732.0.0.0
7,73
,699.5.0.0
1,213,5.0.0
2,133.0.0.0
3,777.2.5.0
By Order,
G. W. CAINE, in the absence of the Offs. Secretary
to H. B. M' Plenipotentiary.
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1856.
H. M. STEAM-SLOOP" Barracouta,” SHANGHAE, 25th January, 1856.
I have the honor to inform you, that having received in- firmation that a number of Piratical Vessels were infesting the touring Islands, I proceeded for a cruiz in Her Majesty's -Shop Barracouta, during which every bay and creek in the Hau Archipelago, which it was imagined could harbour any such were, has been searched. On the 16th, three Piratical Junks, 4,53 smed with from 9 to 7 guns each and from 20 to 30 meu, were
Saien and burnt on the South-east side of Chusan.
Total,
ths 26,000.000
FREDC. HOWE HALE, British Vice-Consul.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen, conveyed through The Right Honorable HENRY LABOUCHERE, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming Ordinance No. 6 of 1855, entitled " An Ordi-
nance for the Amendment of the Civil Administration of "Justice :"
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid. By His Excellency's Command,
WT MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong,
this 4th Day of February, 1856.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
No. 18.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
In continuation of Government Notification No. 12, it is hereby further intimated, that the Chinese Passengers Act 1855" has now been officially communicated to this Government; and His Excellency The Governor desires to point out, for general information, that, in consequence of an alteration made in the House of Lords, the “Note" to Schedule A has become inconsistent with the body of the 224, two large and heavily armed West-Coast Junks were the Act, and that the Penalty for breach of the Regula- Caves and destroyed at the Volcano Islands. I discovered from ations has been reduced from Forfeiture of the Ship and a
ember found on board one of those junks, that these vessels had 2,3s committing unheard of depredations for the last 4 months in Fine, to a Misdemeanour.
...
3,777**
se parts, and that during his stay on board (which has only been (days) they had taken and pillaged eight Junks. 2,30 am convinced that the Coasting Trade must derive very great 2,581.5.0.0
et by the destruction of the said Junks, and I think both from 1,650.0.0.0 1,6 vezestion and information that those Islands are free from Pira- 2,859.7.5.0 2,87 Bucal Vessels for the present.—I have, &c.,
1,748.0.0.0
1,700
6.153
(Signed) THOMAS FORTESCUE,
3,283.0.0.0 21.0.0.0
3,2
D. B. RoBtarsos. Esquire,
Her Majesty's Consul,
Shanghae. True Copy,
G. W. CAINE.
17.
6,194.2.0.0
4,513.7.5.0
4,514
1,037.9.0.0 1,07
06,096.59.0 107.9
Commander,
PROCLAMATION.
POHN BOWRING.
Hy is Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, $149.1), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony £37 Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of ine, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and Chief ish Vice-Consul. *perintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
C. HOWE HALI
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1856.
No. 19.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor, with the concurrence of the Executive Council, has granted 12 Months' Leave of Absence, on Medical Certificate, to CHARLES St G. CLEVERLY, Esquire, Surveyor General,
Mr CLEVERLY'S leave will date from the Departure of the Mail Steamer on the 15th instant; and during his absence, Captain Cowper, R.E., will, as Acting Surveyor General, conduct the duties of the Department.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th February, 1856.
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