NOTICE
The
THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the
THE
SUPREME COURT, will be held on MONDAY, the 26th day of May instant, at 12 o'clock Noon.
By order of the Court, WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER,
Registrar.
In re OSCAR STARR, deccased.
NOTICE. All claims against the above state
must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, fore the 24th day of November, 1856, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar-Official Administrator.
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA.
THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAN, NAVIGA
TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “NORNA,” Capt. WM. PURCHASE, with Her Majesty's Mails,
Hongkong Government Gazette.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE undersigned have received instructions to sell
by PUBLIC AUCTION, OD
---THURSDAY,
(the 29th day of May, 1856,)
at 11 o'clock A.M., at their Auction Rooms, Queen's Road,-
200 Bags OATS.
and Sundry other Articles.
Terms of Sale,—Cash before delivery in MBII- CAN Dollars, weighed at 7.1.7.
DE SILVER & Co., Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 23d May, 1856. Estate of ALEXANDER HILL, deceased, Engineer of the Steamer" Hongkong.”
ERSONS having Claims against or Indebted to nicate the same to the undersigned on or before the the above ESTATE, are requested to commu- 20th day of June next.
CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, H. B. M.'s Acting Consul.
Canton, 15th May, 1856,
NOTICE.
Passengers, Spicic, and Cargo for the above Places, WHEREAS the Firm of NYE BROTHERS
wil leave this on TUESDAY, the 10th June, at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 7th, SPECIE until Noon on the 9th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M, on the 9th.
For Particulars regarding FREIght and PassaGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS, AND VALUE OF PACKAGES, ARE REQUIRED.
A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Skipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Purcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in
such declaratiɔn.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental
Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 24th May, 1856.
NOTICE.
REDERICK BLOCK, Esq., is my ATTORNEY
in China during my absence therefrom.
15th January, 1856.
W. T. BRIDGES.
& Co. of Canton, China, did, on the 11th pay of March, 1856, at the Office of the UNITED STATES CONSULATE in Canton, execute an Assign- ment of all their Property, real and personal, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, to the undersigned: We hereby give notice to all concerned to make payment to us of all sums due to, and to present to us any claims against, the said Firm.
RUSSELL & Co.
JAMES PURDON & Co.
Canton, 18th March, 1856.
NOTICE.
HE business of the late Mr JOZE VICENTE
JORGE, will from this date be carried on by the undersigned, under the name of JOZE JORGE & Co. All outstanding Accounts of the Estate will be received and settled by the new Firm.
JOZE JORGE.
IZIDORO ANTONIO D'ALMEIDA. Macao, 3d April, 1856.
M'
NOTICE.
́R JAMES CROSSLEY ceased to be a partner his interest and responsibility terminated.
in our firm on 7th August last, on which date
G. C. SCHWABE & Co. Shanghae, 27th March, 1856.
Mr JAMES BROWN, Notary Public, MESSRS GASKELL & BROWN,
Solicitors, Notaries Public, &c., Queen's Road, Victoria.
NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL £1,259,760.
THE undersigned are authorized to grant POLICIES
from on
this Colony owned by Europeans, though the Pre- mises may be in the occupation of Chinese. They are further authorized to grant POLICIES upon LIVES of EUROPEANS resident in China.
TURNER & Co., Agents in China for the "Northern Assurance Company."
Hongkong, 10th April, 1856.
SMITH & BRIMELOW,
SHIP CHANDLERS,
Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants, Auctioneers, and Commission Agents, Nos. 1 & 2 Woosnam's Buildings, *AVE always on hand an Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY STORES of every kind.
Also,
HA
An extensive and well-selected supply of WINES, BEER, and SPIRITS, LIQUEURS, CORDIALS, &c., of a superior description.
OILMAN'S STORES from the well known house of Copland, Barnes & Co.; also, STORES per Over- land Mail Steamers Monthly for domestic purposes.
Hongkong, 7th July, 1855.
CARD.
CHARLES MARKWICK, Government and Supreme Court Auctioneer and Appraiser,
and
GENERAL STOREKEEPRE, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong. Established 1843.
FOR SALE,
At the Office of the “ China Mail." TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
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