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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority,

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1853.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HE Contract hitherto in force for the publication of GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS having ceased on the 21st instant. Notice is hereby given, that the IIONG- KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day estab lished, will be hereafter the only Official Organ of Pro- clamations, Notifications, and all Public Papers of this Government.

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By Order,

Victoria, Hongkong,

24th September, 1853.

W. CAINE. Colonial Secretary,

In re CHINEAH, deceased.

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J. WASHBURN, deceased.

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MUNNOO, deceased

DEEN MAHOMED, deceased. PEDRO D'SOUZA, deceased.

"OTICE. —All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the Official Administrator, before the 29th day of April, 1854; otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebt- ed to the said Estates are requested to make immediate payment to

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WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER,

Acting Registrar--Official Administrator.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

"OTICE is hereby given, that a SPECIAL SESSION OF MAGISTRATES will be held at the Chief Magistrate's Office, Victoria, on Tuesday, the Twenty-second Day of November next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of granting LACENSES for the Sale of SPIRITUOUS AND FERMENTED LIQUORS, during the Year com- mencing on the First of December next.

Applications for LICENSES must be lodged at this Office, Ten Days before the Session, in the form prescribed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1844,

J. COLLINS,

Chief Clerk.

Chief Magistrate's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, the 17th October, 1853.

POLICE DEPARTMENT, VICTORIA, 28th October, 1853.

ENDERS will be received by the undersigned, on or before the 5th proximo, for making the following POLICE CLOTHING;--Materials being supplied by Government,-

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107 BLUE CLOTH JACKETS.

do. TROWSERS.

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107 GREAT COATS.

POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

THE next GENERAL MAILS per GANGES, will be closed at 6 o'clock P.M. on Thursday, the 10th proximo; and the customary SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning between the Hours of 9 and 10 o'clock.

THOMAS HYLAND,

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Post-Master.

Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th October, 1853.

STEAM FOR

SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, AND SOUTHAMPTON;

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BOMBAY, MADRAS, AND CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM. PANY'S Steam-ship GANGES, Captain R. B. BAKER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on Friday, the 11th November, at 2 P. M.

CARGO will be received on board until 5 P. M. on the 9th, SPECIE until Noon on the 10th, and PARCELS until 2 P. M. on the 10the

For particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Com- pany'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 Ship- per to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading, or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such declaration.

ROBERT S. WALKER, Superintendent.

P. & O. S. N. Company's Office,

Ilongkong, 28th October, 1853.

NOTICE.

LL Persons having Claims against the Estate of the late WILLIAM MORRISON, Colonial Surgeon, are requested to send them in to Mrs. MORRISON forth- with; and those indebted to the said Estate are request- ed to make payment to her.

Particulars can be obtained on application at the T

CENTRAL POLICE STATION.

D. R. CALDWELL, Acting Superintendent of Police.

T. D. NEAVE, One of the Executors.

Hongkong, 22d October, 1853.

NOTICE.

THE Hours of Divine Service in the CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. Jonк are, on Sundays at 11 A, M. and 4 P. M., and on Thursdays at 5 P. M.

Hongkong, 24th October, 1853.