727521-1854-NOTICE — Page 1

No. 29.

THE

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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1854.

THE

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.

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,

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong,

7th April, 1854.

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

Notes issued,.

.$96,291*

• Exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.

(Signed,)

WM. LAMOND, * Manager.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong,

1st April, 1854.

The Books and Treasure Vault of the above Corporation were this day inspected by me, and the specie shown accorded in amonnt with the terms of the Charter.

7th April, 1854.

NOTICE.

(Signed,)

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Treasurer.

Wanted, a Passage to Singapore for Twenty-six Chinese Convicts; for which Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office.

For Particulars, apply to the Acting Harbour Master.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 15th March, 1854,

By Order,

W. CAINE,

Colonial Secretary.