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Steam for

SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;

ALSO,

BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA,

and,

KING GEORGE'S SOUND, ADELAIDE, PORT PHILLIP, & SYDNEY.

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HE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY'S Steam-ship POTTINGER, Captain STEAD, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places on MONDAY, the 15th instant at 2 P.M.

CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 19th, SPECIE until Noon on the 14th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 14th.

For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, ap- ply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Com- pany's Office. Hongkong.

CONTENTS, AND VALUE OF PACKAGES, ARE REQUIRED.

A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold them- selves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such declaration.

ROBERT S. WALKER, Superintendent.

Peninsular & Oriental

Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 3d January, 1855.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

THE next GENERAL MAILS by the GANGES, vid Enerfa, Nill be closed at 6 o'clock R.M., On Sun

day the 21st instant and the customary SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following morning, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock.

Post Office, Victoria. Hongkong, 11th January, 1855.

THOMAS HYLAND, Post Master.

NOTICE.

THE Copartnership hitherto existing between FRANCIS

DARBY SYME and JAMES DUMSMURE MUIR under the firm of SYME, MUIR & Co., has been this day dissolved. Our Business has been assumed by Mr. F. D. SYME, who will hereafter conduct it under the Style or Firm of F. D. SYME & Co. by whom all our outstanding accounts will be settled.

Amoy, 31st December, 1854.

WE

NOTICE.

SYME, MUIR & Co.

E have this day authorized Mr. THOMAS DEAS BOYD

to sign our Firm by procuration.

Amoy, 1st January, 1855.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

THE following INSTRUCTIONs have been received in ro ference to a reduction of the postage upon letters passing between the United Kingdom and Chinn.

THOMAS HYLAND, Post Master.

Post Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th January, 1855.

GENERAL POST OFFICE.

OCTOBER, 1854.

and convored by British Packet to Hongkong will ETTERS for China, forwarded by the Overland Mail,

in future, be chargeable with the same reduced rate of postage, as LETTERS directed to the British Colony of Hongkong, viz:-

Vid Marseilles.

Weighing under oz.

8. d. 0 11

Weighing 10%. and not exceeding

Weighing

02. and not exceeding

Exceeding

1 oz.

and under 11 02.

Exceeding 1 02. and under

2 oz.

02.

S. d.

8. d.

8. d.

5.

d.

1

4

2

3

2. 8

4

1

1 oz.

Via Southampton.

Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding

$02.

1 02.

3 ozs. and not

and not

and not exceeding exceeding | exceeding exceeding

4 ozs.

2.028. and not

Not exceeding

02.

1 02.

2 ozs.

3 028.

8.

d.

8.

d.

0

6

1 0

S. d. 2 0

J. d. 3 0

8. 4. ()

d.

The postage of LETTERS for any part of China except Hongkong, must be paid in advance.

con-

Newspapers for China (Hongkong excepted) will tinue liable to the present rates of postage, viz., 2d each, when sent via Southampton, and 3d. each, when sent ciâ Marseilles.

W

NOTICE.

E the undersigned hereby give notice, that we have this day commenced business at CANTON as GEN- ERAL and COMMISSION MERCHANTS under the Style or Firm of BATESON, BUTT & Co.

CHARLES E. BATESON, of Liverpool. JOHN BUTT,

of Canton.

Canton, 1st January, 1855.

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

F. D. SYME, & Co.

kong.