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THE

Bongkong

NEW SERIES.

Government

GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 22D MARCH, 1856.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. I. No. 38.

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"

wil, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.

NR. 33.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

The following RETURNS, furnished by the Harbour Master, of Vessels anchored at this Port, and of Vessels diared outwards with Chinese Passengers, during the past year, 1855, are published for general information.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th March, 1856.

Comparative RETURN of VESSELS, Tonnage and FLAG, ANCHORED at the PORT OF HONGKONG, during the

Years 1854 and 1855,

***

Lamborgh,

Smulkig som Intran

...

...

...

New Firmadian,

kenburg.

bts from Canton River,

from India,...

***

...

FLAG:

Totals,

***

1854

1855

NUMBER OF VESSELS.

TONNAGE.

NUMBER OF VESSELS.

TONNAGE

425

J69,992

563

194,234

142

97,703

197

144,265

52

17,079

47

12,689

46

...

22,822

77

30,957

25

5,641

56

12,364

4,014

20

7,701

28

8,841

70

19,196

2

1,069

2

497

3

540

1

120

2

876

13

3,783

14

3,434

3

2,150

7

3,446

7

3.914

4

1,200

2,231

13

2,302

1

403

}

600

1

154

2642

24

8,701

38.

14,083

2,987

11

2,587

3

1,807

4

1,740

294

...

857

1,510

1

210

2

:500

260

52,000

576

126,558

39

37,543

30

24,340

1,100

443,554

1,736

604,580

Harbor Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d January, 1856.

THOS. V. WATKINS, Harbor Master.