726912-1856-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

THE

Bongkong

NEW SERIES.

Government

GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 31ST MAY, 1856.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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VOL. I. No. 49.

The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby ven, 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.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

N.. 67.

PROCLAMATION.

JOHN BOWRING.

By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief perintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China:~

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 con- frming the two following Ordinances, namely:

Ordinance No. 1 of 1855, entitled-An Ordinance to enforce Neutrality during the Contest now existing

in China;

Ordinance No. 1 of 1856, entitled-An Ordinance to continue in operation Ordinance No. 1 of 1855,

“to enforce Neutrality during the Contest now existing in China":

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said two Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as

foresaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial, Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE Queen.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 30th Day of May, 1856.

No. 65.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Sale

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

Full 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. 48.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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.