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No. 33.

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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

THE AHE 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 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, 1858.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief, with the concurrence of The Honourable The Lieutenant Colonel Commanding The Forces, is pleased to appoint Second Class Staff Surgeon James Carroll Dempster, M. D., to the Office of Colonial Surgeon,-pending the pleasure of Her Majesty's Government.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st May, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that for the purpose of carrying out the Provisions of The Passengers' Act 1852 His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief has been pleased to apoint the Honorable C. B. Hillier, Esq., to be Emigration Officer, and John Rickett, Esq., to be Marine Surveyor under the said Act,-pending the pleasure of Her Majesty's Government.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 1st May, 1854,

By Order,

NOTICE.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

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.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th March, 1854,

W. CAINE,

Colonial Secretary.