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No. 93.

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Hongkong

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1855.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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

By Order,

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1858.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

In consequence of Instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies having reference to the Government of Hongkong and its Dependencies, it is hereby intimated that the Government Notification of 15th April 1854, first in order in the Gazette of 22nd April 1854, is withdrawn from this date, and that all Communications to Government in matters concerning this Colony are in fature to be addressed to the Colonial Secretary for submission to His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 25th June, 1855.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that the Government Rents due for the current half year will be payable on the 24th instant, and for 'I'wenty one days following,

Colonial Treasury, Victoria,

Hongkong, June 19th, 1855.

R. RIENAECKER, Colonial Treasurer.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on the ground to be sold on Monday the ninth day of July, 1855, the sale to commence at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The following descriptive statement of the Lots to be offered at the sale is published for general information.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoriu, Hongkong, 30th June, 1855.