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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

THE Contract hitherto in force for the publication of GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS having ceased on the 21st instant, Notice is hereby given, that the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day established, will be hereafter the only Official Organ of Proclamations, Notifications, and all Public Papers of this Government.

Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1853.

By Order,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION."

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

His Excellency Sir SAMUEL GEORGE BONHAM, Baronet, K. C. B., having this day returned to the Colony, has re-assumed the duties of Governor and Commander-in-Chief thereof.

By Order,

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

THE

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th March, 1854.

NOTICE.

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY regret to announce, that in consequence of the great increase in the price of Coals, and in other items of expenditure connected with the Navigation of their Steamers, they have been compelled to recur to Charges for PASSAGE MONEY, similar to those existing previous to the commencement of last year, when it will be remembered a considerable Reduction was made.

The Company trust that the circumstances which have obliged them to adopt this measure will not be of long duration; but in the meantime, on and after this day, and until further notice, the Fares to Southampton, in- cluding the Expense of Transit through Egypt, will be as follows:

A Lady or Gentleman travelling singly,- occupying a Berth in one of the General Cabins,...

A Married couple,—

occupying a Reserved Private Cabin,...

.: Children with their Parents,—

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMIANY.

Notice.

ON this until the

Charges for PASSAGE MONEY from HONGKONG to AMOY, WOOSUNG, and SHANGHAE, will be as fol- lows, viz:—

DESCRIPTION OF ACCOMMODATION.

FROM HONGKONG TO

WOOSUNG

ΑΜΟΣ

AND

SHANGHAE.

$720

$1,680

$432 Free..

A Lady or a Gentleman travel ling singly, occupying & Berth in one of the General Cabins,... Children with their Parents,—of 3 Years and under 10 Years of age,

$60

$120

$40

$75

$360

********** $288

a Child under 3 Years of age, (no berth provided,)....... Servants of First-class Passengers

free

free

European,..

$30

$60

Second-class Passengers,..

Native,.

$15

$30

Third-class Passengers,(on deck)|

$40

$80

$20

of 3 Years and under 10 Years of age,............................ a Child under 3 Years of Age, (no berth provided)

Servants of First-class Passengers, European,.. Native,

The Rates of Passage to Marseilles and the interme- diate: Ports on the Homeward route, will also be pro- portionately increased on and after this day.

Payment to be made in Hongkong in SPANISH Dollars. For further particulars, apply to T

ROBERT S. WALKER,

Superintendent.":,

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,

Hongkong, 16th February, 1854.

* $40

Payment to be made in Hongkong in SPANISH Dollars. For further particulars, apply to

ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Ilongkong, 16th February, 1854.