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No. 24.

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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HE Contract hitherto in force foPublication of GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS having ceased on the 21st instant, THE in that the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day the blist be hereafter the only Official Organ of Proclamations, Notifications, and all Public Papers of this Government.

By Order,

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1853.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, is published for general information.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong,

28th February, 1854.

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

Account of the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 31st January, 1854, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation

Notes issued,.

.$71,368*

Exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.

(Signed,)

WM. LAMOND, * Manager.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong,

1st February, 1854.

The Hongkong Branch of the Oriental Bank Corporation was this day visited by me and its Books and Treasure Vault inspected.

The amount of specie shown was in accordance with the terms of the Charter.

18th February, 1854.

NOTICE.

N EXTRA NISI PRIUS SITTING of the SUPREME A COURT will be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of

March, 1854, at 12 o'clock noon.

By Order of the Court, WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER,

Acting Registrar.

(Signed,)

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Treasurer.

POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

T will be closed at 6 o'clock on the evening of Friday the 10th proxime, and the customary SUPPLEMENTARY

GENERAL MAILS by the NORNA

MAIL will be made up on the following Morning between the Hours of 9 and 10 o'clock.

THOMAS HYLAND,

Post-Master.

Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong,

27th February, 1854.