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No. 56.

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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

ceased on the 21st instant.

THE Contract hitherto in force for the publication of G

---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.

Wanted, a passage to Perth, Western Australia, for three European Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and particulars may be learnt on application at the Harbour Master's Office.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th August, 1854.

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, 13th October, 1854.

W. T. MERCER,

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 30th September, 1854, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

Notes issued,.

.$86,047*

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

(Signed,)

P. CAMPBELL,

Sub Manager.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong,

2d October, 1854.

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

13th October, 1854.

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R. RIENAECKER,

Colonial Treasurer.