727734-1854-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

No. 40.

THE

DIEU

ET MON

THE

Wongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1854.

force

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

---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.

W. CAINE.

By Order,

PROCLAMATION.

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

BY The Honorable Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine, Lieutenant-Governor Administering the Government of Hongkong and its dependencies.

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The sentence of death passed on "Chun-cheong-she," alias Chun-achoe," at the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court held on the 15th Instant, has been commuted to transportation for

life.

By Command of The Honorable The Lieutenant-Governor,

C. B. HILLIER, Officiating Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong,

the 22d day of June, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that the Government Rents due for the current half year will be payable on the 24th instant, and for twenty one days following.

R. RIENAECKER, Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Treasury, Victoria,

Hongkong, 17th June, 1854.

NOTICE.

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

For Particulars, apply to the Harbour Master.

By Order,

C. B. HILLIER, Officiating Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 15th June, 1854.

Printed and Published by ROBERT STRACHAN, at the Hongkong Register Office, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong.