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No. 83.

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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1855.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HE Contract hitherto in force for the publication of GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS having ceased on the 21st instant THE Contract they given, that the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day established, wat 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 Honorable P. I. Sterling, Esquire, having been granted twelve months' leave of absence by the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor with the concurrence of the Executive Council, left the Colony by the Mail Steamer on the 15th Instant; and it is hereby notified that the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor has appointed W. T. Bridges, Esquire, to act as Attorney-General from that

date.

The Honorable W. T. Bridges, Esquire, has accordingly taken this day the oaths of Office as Acting Attorney-General, and a Member of the Legislative Council,

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th April, 1855.

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, 17th April, 1855.

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 31st March, 1855, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation

Notes issued,..

$113,006*

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

(Signed,)

SAM. GRAY,

Manager.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong,

2nd April, 1855.