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THE

Bongkong

NEW SERIES.

Government

GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH MAY, 1856.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. I. No. 48.

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,

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

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Diplomatic Department.

His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade is pleased to notify, that, on the 10th March last, Instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs were received, appointing CHAS. Á. SINCLAIR, Esquire, to be Her Majesty's Vice-Consul for Ningpo, vice P. Hague, Esquire, By Order,

retired.

Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st May, 1856.

No. 65.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. WOODGATE.

With reference to the Government Notification No. 40, of 28th March last, notice is hereby given, that Six Farm Lots will be submitted for Sale in the neighbourhood of Pock-foo-lum, at 5 P.M. on Thursday the 12th June next.

Fall particulars will be learnt on application at the Surveyor-General's Office.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th May, 1856.

No. 66.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

WILLIAM H. MITCHELL, Esquire, has been appointed Acting Chief Magistrate of Police and Emigration Officer, vice the Honorable C. B. Hillier, Esquire, who has resigned the Service on appointment as Her Britannic Majesty's Consul to Siam.

CHARLES MAY, Esquire, has been appointed Acting Assistant Magistrate, Sheriff, and Marshal of the Vice- Admiralty Court; and Mr A. GRAND-PRE, Acting Superintendent of Police under Mr May's occasional supervision.

The duties of Coroner will be performed by Mr May, the Gaol Inquests being held by Mr Mitchell. These Acting Appointments date from the 10th instant.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d May, 1856.

No.

48.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

· W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Tenders will be received at this office for the conveyance of Two Military convicts to England.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.