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IF And be it enacted, That if any Person shall accuse or threaten to accuse Persons accusing either the Person to whom such Accusation or Threat shall be made or any other others of Crimes Person of any of the Crimes herein-before specified, with the View or Intent in any tioned, with of the Cases last aforesaid to extort or gain from such Person so accused or threat- view of extorting ened to be accused, or from any other Person whatever, any Property, Money, Secu- Money &c. guilty rity or other valuable Thing, every such Offender shall be guilty of Felony, and, of Felony. being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be trans- ported beyond the Seas for Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Four Years, and, if a Male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit), in addition to such Imprisonment.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

THE Bekt Pr, on the and

o'clock P.M., on Wednesday, the 14th instant, and the customary SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made

up on the following morning, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock.

THOMAS HYLAND, Post Master.

Post Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d February, 1855.

Steam for

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

TH

ALSO,

BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA,

and,

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

THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship SINGAPORE, Captain BAKER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places on THURSDAY, the 15th instant at 2 P.M.

CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 13th, 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, Hongkeng.

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 Lad- ing or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such decla- ration.

ROBERT S. WALKER,

Superintendent.

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,

Hongkong 3d February, 1855.

WE

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,

Canton, 1st January, 1855.

NOTICE.

of Canton.

Copy of the JURY LIST for 1855 is posted up at

A Cover House for inspection. Notice of any inac-

curacies, &c., must be given in Writing to the Acting Registrar on or before the Ninth Day of February next, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 4. of 1851.

NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,

Offg. for the Acting Registrar.

In re LEONG AH KWONG, deceased.

MEAH JAHU.

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OTICE is hereby given to the Next of Kin and all other persons to produce any WILLS OR CODICILS Of the above parties that may be in their possession, before the SUPREME COURT on FRIDAY, the ninth day of February, 1855 or if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which Administration will be granted to the ACTING

REGISTRAR of the said Court.

By order of the Court,

NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Offig. for the Acting Registrar.

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