Bongkong
NEW SERIES.
THE
Gourrument
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH APRIL, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. 41.
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'
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and Public PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
No. 44.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
Appointment
SILAS E. BURROWs, Esquire, having been appointed) Consul in this Colony for the Republic of New Granada, is authorized to exercise his Consular Functions pending application to Her Majesty.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th April, 1856.
No. 45.
GOVERNMENT "NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
The subjoined Returns from the Registrar-General, connected with the Trade and Population of the Colony, are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th April, 1856.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Classification and Number of HOUSES, SHOPS, &c., in the COLONY OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1855.
EUROPEANS
Public Offices, Barracks, Guard Rooms, Police Stations, and other Government Buildings, Churches and Chapels,
Mosques, Chinese Temples, &c.,
*
Merchants Houses, and First Class Buildings, assessed at and above £100 per annum (occupied,) Ehops and Private Dwellings below value of £100 (occupied,)
Houses untenanted,
***
Total,
VICTORIA,
VILLAGES,
TOTAL
56
14
70
6
2
7
3
10
112
112
183
183
7
7
366
23
389
CHINESE SHOPS, &C. -
VICTORIA. | VILLAGES. TOTAL.
CHINESE SHOPs, &c.
VICTORIA VILLAGES.
TOTAL
Brought forward,
1,630 558 2,188
Bakers,
11
Il
Fishmongers, salt and fresh,
55
56
Bamboo Workers,
16
2
18
Florists,
2
5
Barbers,
Bathing Houses,
Bean-curd Sellers,
Bird Sellers,
Blacksmiths,
Boat Builders' Sheds,
48
16
64
Foreign Goods and Wares,
***
69
59
5
5
Fortune Tellers,
4
4
12
6
18
Fruiterers,
42
49
2
2
...
:
Firewood Dealers (vide Charcoal,)
20
24
1
Gardeners,
3
8
19
11
30
Glaziers,
4
150
5
Braziers and Coppersmiths,
Brothels,
Brokers, General Agents, and Fokien Traders,
Butchers and Slaughterers,
31
32
Gold and Silversmiths,
23
152
-152
Grass Cutters,
36
56
Carpenters,
Chandlers,.
Charcoal Dealers,
Caulkers,
Confectioners,
Compradores,
Clothiers,
Dairy Shops,
Drapers,
Druggists,
114
***
257
14
5
REK
...
22
Cow and Bullock Sheds,
Crockery and Porcelain-wares,
12
***
ந..
27
***
...
3
::
::
::
36
Green Grocers,
...
28
699
60
Grocers and Tea Dealers,.
4
121
336
14
5
Gunpowder Manufactories,
Gun Foundries,
Hat and Cap Makers,
...
Joss and Joss-paper Dealers and Carvers,...
***
::
26
Ivory Carvers,
13
Labourers,
27
Lime Burners and Dealers,
3
Masons,
15
8
23
Mat and Mat-bag Dealers,
**
9
9
Meeting Houses,
***
75
33
33
Opium Shops,
Doctors,
Dyers,
Eating Houses,...
Embroiderers, Families, Farmers, Fishermen,
15
10
25
Oar Dealers,
2
2
13
7
20
2
2
*
600
220
820
2
E
129
131
2
www
49
51
Poulterers,
75 Money Changers and Shroffs,
Old Iron and Rags,
Painters' Houses,
Pawnbrokers,
Portrait and Landscape Painters, Pilot House,
...
...
***
:
#
65-01
15
17
32
2
29
29
11
2
13
10
10
15
1
1
20
20
39
44
26
४
38
Carried forward,.......................
1,630
558
2,188
Carried forward,
2
31
3
31
2,100
651 2,751
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