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THE FRIEND OF CHINA,

AND

NOTIFICATION.

LONGBONG

GAZETTE.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

VICTORIA,

of Hong Kong became a bona

British Crown, and from which y the

commence.

publication of the Hongkong Gn rents derivable from Such, Land under the authority of Government, o discontinued from this date: but all orders and notifications appearing The Friend of China and Hongkong te," with the signatures of duly au- ed Functionaries of the Government till to be considered as official.

Border,

In obedience to the Intimation conveyed in the preceding Extracts, His Excellency, the Go in Councd is pleased to appoint,

ROBT MORRISON,

Acting Secretary and Treasurer, kong, March, 23rd. 1812.

PROCLAMATION,

virtue of the Authority vested in me by the Letters Patent, dated at Westminster, on day of April, 1843, and also by Instructions to me under Her Majesty's Royal Signet and Manual, of date the 6th day of April 1843, I do nominate and appoint the undermentioned men to be Members of the Legislative and live Councils of the Colony of Hongkong,

Her Majesty's Pleasure : EXANDER ROBERT JOHNSTON, Esq.. egistrar & Assistant to Her Majesty's Chief mtendent of Trade, &c.!

JOHN ROBERT MORRISON, ESCA hinese Secretary to Her Majesty's Chief Supe lent and the Government of Hongkong.

WILLIAM CAINE, Esq. Major in Her 7 26th Regiment of Foot, and Chief Magis the Colony of Hongkong

above Gentlemen are to be styled, in add

their usual addresses, The Honorable, in all and other documents.

COD SAVE THE QUA

ed at the Government House, a kong, this 21st day of August 1843, in the year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen hia, &c.

HENRY POTTINGER.

GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS. RING the absence of Lieutenant Colonel Mal C. B.-or until further order the Honorable Morrison, Esq., is to officiate as Colonial

ary.

hard Burgass, Esq., is appointed Legal adviser Government of Hongkong,

officiate as

of the Legislative Council pending the plea-

Her Majesty's Government

order of His Excellency the Governor and

ander in Chief of Hongkong.

RICHARD WGOSNAM.

Government Houses

18, Hongkong, 21st August, 1845”

SOVERNMENT NOTIPICATION,

Excellency the G

A. T. GORDON Esq;, Land Officer, CAPTAIN DE HAVILLAND, H 10

Assistant Surveyo's CHARLES EDWARD STEWART, Leq., Tr

and Financial Secretary to Government

the

ard

Far hich

to be a Committee; assisted by Richard Burgan Legal Adviser to Government, to indre into the equitable claims of all Holders of Lands, to classes to which particular lots shall hence belong, as well as their future-annual Tent, and range for the disposal of further lots regarding Her Majesty's Instructions prescribe:" and it ionr further Will and Pleasure, that no such hall be sold.

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at every such auction, the Lands to be then sold or or let, except at public nuction; and that let, be put up at a reserved, or minimum, ice, “equal to the fair reasonable price and value

nual rent thereof. "

CHINESE RE-ARRANGEMENT OF TARIFF, UNDER CLASSES OF GOODS.

TARIFF OF DUTIES TO BE LEVIED AT THE FIVE PORT

OF CANTON, &c., &c., AS NEWLY ESTABLISHED.

The Duties which, it is agreed shall be paid upon Goods, il ported, and exported by England, at the Five Ports of Custor of Canton, Puchow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, are he stated in classified order.

Class I-Exported Oilman's Stores (Oil, Wax, Alum, Sulphur, &c.) ARTICLES.

lum, ie, White Alum formerly White

Alum and Bluestone

Corresponding to No

in Alphabetical, i. e.

English List.

Anniseed Oil, not formerly Contained in the Tariff

By Order of His Excellency the Governor, and Cassia Oil Commander in Chief of Hong-Kong,

RICHARD WOOSNAM. Officiating Deputy Colonial Secretary. Government House, Victoria, Hong-Kong,

21st of August, 1843.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

THE Provincial Government of Cat having issued a Proclamat that all Foreign Vessels, inwar shall report themselves at the bo

after the 1st day of the 8t

on

do.

do.

Class H.-Exported Spices, Tea, &c.

ARTICLES. Tea, (formerly divided into fine and Native black,

and fine and Native green, Teas Anniseed, Star Mask

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Class III—Exported Drugs.

Capoor Cutchery Camphor

Arsenic, under different Chinese names

lasters and others in Comma Vessels are apprized accordingly, and direct-China Root ed to conform to this Regulation:

3

12

12

13

19

ARTICLES.

sia Buds, not formerly in Tariff

Cubeba not formerly in Tariff

This Notification is not intended to super sede that which was published in the Hour Kong Gazette of the 17th of Angust- the manner of, and rules for Vessels porting themselves will hereafter be publish Turmeric ed —but is meant to provide for the Pro- vincial Authorities having unexpectedly sued the Proclamation above adverted to

By Order

RICHARD WOOSNAM Government Hens

Victoria, Hongkong 1. ugust, 1842

GOVE

Ни Exce

ON

Bangles

Class IV-Deported Sundries. armlets) not formely n Tariff

lyon Tariff all kinds formerly

formerly in the Tariff inda formerly classe

ly in touff

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