728088-1854-GOVERNMENT-NOTIFICATION — Page 1

No. 65.

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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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

By Order,

Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1853.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

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, 11th December, 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 November, 1854, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

Notes issued,

$111.764*

• Exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Dank stili outstanding.

(Signed,)

ADAM BURNES,

P. Manager.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong,

1st December, 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.

R. RIENALCKER, Colonial Treasurer.

6th December, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that the Government Rents due for the current half year will be payable on the 25th instant, and for twenty one days following,

R. RIENAECKER, Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Treasury, Victoria,

Hongkong, 16th December, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Wanted a passage to Perth, Western Australia, for three European Convicts.

Scaled Tenders will be received addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and particulars may be learnt on application at the Harbour Master's Office.

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

By Order,

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.