NEW SERIES.
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4TH JULY, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 105.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Seoretary.
No. 100,
ATTOR- ARTIES,
ADING, CHECK
Le newest
R MIN ;
with all
■d sold by
gkong.- Thirty-six
nder, One nia-One-
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, at a Meeting of the Executive Council held this day, The Honourable FREDERICK HENRY ALEXANDER FORTH, Esquire, took the necessary Oaths, and is duly declared a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th June, 1857.
No. 101.
COVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The attention of the Foreign Residents is drawn to Section XII of the Registration Ordinance, rendering necessary the Registration of all Chinese Domestic Servants
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1857.
No. 102.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following is a Return from the Surveyor General's Department of Allotments of Land, the Leases of which have not been executed. If, within Ten Days from the present date, the said Leases are not executed by the Pur- chasers of the several Lots, or their duly authorized Representatives, the Government will cause the necessary proceed- ings to be instituted in each case.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
LIST OF ALLOTMENTS of LAND, the Leases of which have not been executed.
LOT.
ANNUAL Rent.
LOT.
ANNUAL RENT.
LOT.
ANNUAL RENT.
Marine.
22
d.
Inland.
8. d.
Inland.
d.
0 0
401
469
12
66
75 13 1
402
470
12
654
7 8
403
471
16
105
106
52 10 52 10
404
479
20
2242
1
12
436
486
7 18
444
9 1 6
490
17 10
Inland.
86
446
1
491
17 10
87
19
88
m3d
233a
36
242
243
243€
314
345
347
301
0
350
0
201
0
348
5
096-200000-
0 14
18
200040OONDO7NONO
400613-USB2-4022
447
17 10
492
17 10
448
17 10 0
505
15 17
81
450
17 10 0
506
36 10
6 104
452
17 10
0
511
8 15
44
457
27 14
512
8
15
458
28 11
513
8 15
459
24 9
460
20 6
Farm.
461
15
15
462
12%
0
17
4
22
463
12
0
464
12
Inland.
465
12 1
466
12
At Aberdeen.
467
12 i
0
468
12' 1
1
Surveyor General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th June, 1857.
THOS. L. WALKER,
Acting Surveyor General,
2
N». 103.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Wanted, a Passage to Labuan for Fifty Chinese Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
No. 30.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
[JULY 4, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH AND FOREIGN TRADE at the PORT OF BANGKOK (SIAM), during the Year 1856, be published for general information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th June, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
No. 1.-Return of BRITISH SHIPPING at the PORT OF BANGKOK, in the Year, 1856.
DIRECT TRADE in British Vessels from and to Great Britain and British Colonies.
ENTERED.
CLEARED.
TOTAL NUMber op VaRSELA.
TOTAL TONNAGE,
TOTAL NUMBER OF VESSELS.
TOTAL TONNAGE.
TOTAL NUMBER OF
TOTAL VALUE of
With
In Cargies. Ballast.
Total.
With Carget.
In
Total. CREWS.
CARGOES.
Bailast.
With In Cargoes. Ballast.
Total.
With Cargoes.
In Ballast.
Total.
TOTAL NUMBER or CREW'S.
TOTAL
VALUE
OF CARGOES.
51
7 58
16,216
1,238 | 17,454 1,340
£ 213,789.17 34
£
8. d.
34 10,105
10,105
1,303 | 114,334.16.3
INDIRECT, or CARRYING TRADE, in British Vessels from and to OTHER COLONIES.
£114,334.16.3
ENTERED.
CLEARED.
Number or Vrsikls.
TONNAGE.
NUMBER OF VESSELS.
TONNAGE.
COUNTRIES WHENCK ARRIVED.
NUMBER OF
With Cargoes. Ballast.
With
CREWS.
VALUE OF CARGOES.
COUNTRIES
TO WHICH Departed.
NUMBER of
VALER
OF
Total.
Carget. Ballast.
Total.
With In Cargues. Batiast.
Total,
With Caryoet.
In Ballest
Chews,
CarGurs,
Toral.
...
...
:
China
6 2,213
£
2,213 174
13,960.9.2
4
British Consulate, Bangkok.
W. RAYMOND GINGELL, H.B.M.'s Acting Consul.
No. 2.—Return of BRITISH and FOREIGN SHIPPING at the PORT OF BANGKOK, 1856.
ending 31st December, 1856,
WITH CARGOES,
NATIONALITY OF VERSELS,
:
Vessels.
British,
Danish,
Dutch,
French,
Hamburgh,
Hanoverian,
New Granadian,
Portuguese,
***
Siamese,
United States,
...
...
***
***
:
...
Total,.........
:
Tune.
With TreaBURK AND BALLAST
IN BALLAST.
ONLY.
Tons.
Vencls.
TOTAL.
Tent.
Vessels.
Tons.
INVOICE VALUE OF
CARQUES,
ENTERED.
38
11,938 610
13
4,278 572
7
1,238 502
58
17,454 1,684
£213,789 17
0
4,585 12 6
173
1,241
1,485
2,899
12,411 13 4
766
221
987
9,375 0
0
450
193
218
668
5,689 11
8
...
193
2,637 10 8
400
400
海●
80
80
10,820
...
44
10,820
114
12
9,217
110
14
9,441
**
106,824 15. 10
39,747 57}
89
24,298
34
16,292
18
4,036
141
44,626⋅ |
£395,261 5 11}
CLEARED.
British,
40
Danish,
12,318 1,154
*..
Dutch,
· 1,430
...
!
French,
1
Hamburght,
Siamese,
47
269 368 14,053
da
...
United States,
5,879
Total,..
105
35,471
:
...
British Consulate, Bangkok.
...
40
12,318
£128,295 5 5
*1,154
5,124 13 0
1,430
6,324 8' 71
269
5,113 0
2
368
3,018 0
47
14,033
133,040 0
7
5,879
35,693 19 2}
105
35,471
£316,619 6
W. RAYMOND Gingell, H.B.M's Acting Consul.
V. [11
Deerudan da EXPORTS of the PORT OF BANGKOK, in the Your Ahok.
2
N». 103.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Wanted, a Passage to Labuan for Fifty Chinese Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
No. 30.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
[JULY 4, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH AND FOREIGN TRADE at the PORT OF BANGKOK (SIAM), during the Year 1856, be published for general information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th June, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
No. 1.-Return of BRITISH SHIPPING at the PORT OF BANGKOK, in the Year, 1856.
DIRECT TRADE in British Vessels from and to Great Britain and British Colonies.
ENTERED.
CLEARED.
TOTAL NUMber op VaRSELA.
TOTAL TONNAGE,
TOTAL NUMBER OF VESSELS.
TOTAL TONNAGE.
TOTAL NUMBER OF
TOTAL VALUE of
With
In Cargies. Ballast.
Total.
With Carget.
In
Total. CREWS.
CARGOES.
Bailast.
With In Cargoes. Ballast.
Total.
With Cargoes.
In Ballast.
Total.
TOTAL NUMBER or CREW'S.
TOTAL
VALUE
OF CARGOES.
51
7 58
16,216
1,238 | 17,454 1,340
£ 213,789.17 34
£
8. d.
34 10,105
10,105
1,303 | 114,334.16.3
INDIRECT, or CARRYING TRADE, in British Vessels from and to OTHER COLONIES.
£114,334.16.3
ENTERED.
CLEARED.
Number or Vrsikls.
TONNAGE.
NUMBER OF VESSELS.
TONNAGE.
COUNTRIES WHENCK ARRIVED.
NUMBER OF
With Cargoes. Ballast.
With
CREWS.
VALUE OF CARGOES.
COUNTRIES
TO WHICH Departed.
NUMBER of
VALER
OF
Total.
Carget. Ballast.
Total.
With In Cargues. Batiast.
Total,
With Caryoet.
In Ballest
Chews,
CarGurs,
Toral.
...
...
:
China
6 2,213
£
2,213 174
13,960.9.2
4
British Consulate, Bangkok.
W. RAYMOND GINGELL, H.B.M.'s Acting Consul.
No. 2.—Return of BRITISH and FOREIGN SHIPPING at the PORT OF BANGKOK, 1856.
ending 31st December, 1856,
WITH CARGOES,
NATIONALITY OF VERSELS,
:
Vessels.
British,
Danish,
Dutch,
French,
Hamburgh,
Hanoverian,
New Granadian,
Portuguese,
***
Siamese,
United States,
...
...
***
***
:
...
Total,.........
:
Tune.
With TreaBURK AND BALLAST
IN BALLAST.
ONLY.
Tons.
Vencls.
TOTAL.
Tent.
Vessels.
Tons.
INVOICE VALUE OF
CARQUES,
ENTERED.
38
11,938 610
13
4,278 572
7
1,238 502
58
17,454 1,684
£213,789 17
0
4,585 12 6
173
1,241
1,485
2,899
12,411 13 4
766
221
987
9,375 0
0
450
193
218
668
5,689 11
8
...
193
2,637 10 8
400
400
海●
80
80
10,820
...
44
10,820
114
12
9,217
110
14
9,441
**
106,824 15. 10
39,747 57}
89
24,298
34
16,292
18
4,036
141
44,626⋅ |
£395,261 5 11}
CLEARED.
British,
40
Danish,
12,318 1,154
*..
Dutch,
· 1,430
...
!
French,
1
Hamburght,
Siamese,
47
269 368 14,053
da
...
United States,
5,879
Total,..
105
35,471
:
...
British Consulate, Bangkok.
...
40
12,318
£128,295 5 5
*1,154
5,124 13 0
1,430
6,324 8' 71
269
5,113 0
2
368
3,018 0
47
14,033
133,040 0
7
5,879
35,693 19 2}
105
35,471
£316,619 6
W. RAYMOND Gingell, H.B.M's Acting Consul.
V. [11
Deerudan da EXPORTS of the PORT OF BANGKOK, in the Your Ahok.
1
NOCO-ǝ*
NAMER OF-ARTHELEM
Areca Nut,
Beans,
Beef, Dried,
Benzoin,
Birds' Nests, Cardamoins,
Bastard,
Cocoa Nut Oil,
Copper (Japan and Old),
Cotton,
Fish,
Gambier,
Ganiboge,
Hemp,
Horns, Buffalo,
Deer,
Hides, Buffalo,
Indigo,
Iron Pans,
Ivory,
Lead,
Mangrove Bark, Peas,
Pepper, Black,
Long,
Rattans,...
Rice,
Rosewood,
Salt,...
Sapan wood, Silk, Raw,
Sticlac,
...
...
...
Sugar,
Tallow,
...
Tea,..
Teak,
Teelseed,
...
Tin,
Sundries,
...
∞
→
111
姿落吧
TUTAL..
JULY 4, 1857.]
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
BGREAT BRITAIN,
FRANCE.
#MKAFUERE.
QUANTITIKS.
VALUE.
QUANTITIES
VALCE.
QUANTITIRS.
CHINA.
SINGAPORE.
QUANTITIKA.
VALUE.
VALUR.
INDIA.
QUANTITIRA.
VALUE.
QUANTITIES. VALUR.
Foreign Weights and Measures.
B-glish Wrighte
and Measuree.
...
Piculs
19
"
บ
2,653
13,267
2,000
4,090
20
882
300
2,646
***
1,158
23
Catties
Picula
96
23
...
2,474
**
900
80
4,632
...
...
636
8,760
151
1,596
12,266.45
8,900
...
888888
291
42,760
5264
8,972
...
832
6,636
2,078
16,787
105
3,072
78
...
3,138
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
76
24
1,000
***
...
13,627
69,412.
7,946
47,074
...
::
30
- 250
...
52
23
939
892
51
1,550
27
175
1,050
222
1,924
810 ·
-1,4944| 11,482.20
...
39
300
44
:
242
150
1,145
486
101
354
582
2.734
3,821
300
24,537.20
***
288
720
***
...
...
•
:.
:
Pieces
Picula
...
"
47,086 | 60,500
...
622
33
25
7,750
875
...
39
9,375
...
***
1,543
2,700
842
2.096
676
9,117
1,922
23,064
23,646
304.864
4,315 | 12,110
1,016 | 11,416.40
27,260 |3,634,666 ib
116
1,624
116
15,466
Ticals cts.
2,673
3,132 Cwt.
13,567
2,882
3,431
6,736
· 1,158.
1,379
4,632
English Money.
£
8,
d.
રા
£1,695 17 6 842 0
579 0
174
207
14,740.45
1,842 11 101
2,232
2,976 tb
17,660
2,207 10
300
40,026,
43,660
5,157 10
0
5314
70,866 - „
9,032
1,131 10
2,910
3,464 Cwt.
23,443
2,930 7
183
218
6,210
776 5
0
76
90
1,000
1.25 0 0
"
21,373
25,682
116,486
"
31)
36
"
102
121
· 250
3,299
14,560 13
.31 5 0
412 7 6
0
52
62
HI 10
1,891
2,251
14.456.20
1,807
0 10
83
99
600
75 0 0
ท
4,766
5,674
28.770.20
3,596
5 10
"
438
521
1,206
150 15
0
+9
47,086
47,086 Pcs.
60,500
7,562 10 0
76
90 Cwt.
17,747
2,218 7
6
25
29
875
."
1,543
5,157
1,837
6,139
"
2,700
· 14,206
109 7
337 10 0
1,775 15 0
.43,520 42
203 0 0
348,161.40
1,624
...
548
...
:
...
...
220
"
...
350
113,802
19,135
1,695
154,299
8,735
- 548
652 Cwt.
1,695
211 17
163,237 231,602.45
277,259 | 330,070.
386,251.45
48,281
9 4
...
19,135
1,139 Tons
8.735
1,091 17
6
1,960
3,303
47
50
7,800
411
3,677
10,112
56,198
1,310
70
45,559
80,134
3.850
23,133
2,565
39,845.10
3,850
4,583 Cwt.
2,565
193
30,817.20
:
...
3,235
236
4,892
· 33,040
73,934
4,401 Tou:
128,244.10
479
63,866 tb
71,657.20
320 12 6
16,030 10 5
8,957 3 4
9,170
559
43,753
4,732
154,770
5,409
46,554.10
1,043
79,193 622,184
25,767
9,837
--182,798
7,422
8,836 Cwt.
64,800.10
8,100 0
5
40
480
245
4,869.30
....
Tons
Piculs
"
...
...
15
540
...
201
...
1,212
160,135
190,637
ท
1,025,120
128,140 0
40
48
**480
265!
35,399 tb
6,081.30
60
760
0 0
3 9
23
823
...
384
384 Ton
1,363
170 7
6
389
...
Value
12
:::
3,233
6,421
23,937
55
1,558
832
29,058
54
295
654
6,864
8,171 Cwt.
27,824
3,478 0 0
8,850
1,182
1,407
39,466
4,933 5 0
"
7,767
8,418.30
16.197.30
2,024 13
9
1,263,305
88,373
40,904
086,576
253,796
2 Salungs
Total Value,
The Tical is equal to 2/6.
No. IV.—RETURN of the BRITISH TRÅDE at the PORT OF BANGKOK, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856.
SDEPARTED.
VALUE of Cargo,
Ticals 2,532,954.30 £316,619 6 3
W. RAYMOND GINGELL, H.B.M.'s Acting Consul.
ARRIVED.
KNAME OF VERKEL.
DATE OF ENTRY.
TONNAGE.
1. No, or
CARWS.
//WHERE FROM.
NATURE OF Caroo.
* VALUE OF CARGO,
DATRELKAR "ANCE
TONNAGE,
WHERE BOUND,
NATURE OF CARGO.
Faize Allum,
65
...
***
Henry Miller,
Osprey,
25
January 28 February 8
632
300
Bombay
Swatow
Produce
>
January 16
250
23 Singapore
Piece Goods
Flavius,
Prince of Wales,
Nile,
Fiavius,
16
300
25
£10,761 13 4 7,758 2
16
6
16
300
19
99
"
February 6
826
76
10,315 14
2
March
11
170
TO
2.760 1
0
April
"
April
28
300
25
Piece Goods & Specie
2,395 16
&
May
250 | Singapore
826❘ Bombay
170
Singapore
300 | Shanghae
་
£13,498 15
1,337 10 0
3,770 0
0
2,031 5
0
15,150 15 0
5 1,512
8
3,008 6
0
3.
4
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[JULY 4, 1857.
No. IV. Return of the BRITISH TRADE, &c.—Continued.
ARRIVED.
No.
NAME OF VESSEL.
DATE OF ENTRY. TONNAGE.
No. of CREWS.
WHERE FROM.
NATURE Of Cargo.
VALUE OF Cargo,
DATE OF CLEAR- TONNAGE. ANCE.
WHERE BOUND.
NATURE OF Cargo.
Tiger, China,...
Elizabeth,... Ocean Bride,. Alexander, Samuel Stoddart, City of London,
Marmora,
Faize Allum,
April
28
148
9
Hongkong
Specie
May
26
658
20 Singapore
June
16
127
}]
Hongkong
"9
30
176
"
23 Singapore
July
14
150
5
99
Piece Goods &S.Stores Specie
16
431
13
"
"
Piece Goods & Specie
£2,583 6 8 June 17 10,416 13 4 July 14 766 13 4 June 28 5,201 5 0 July 28 416 13 4 4,529 11 8
143
Hongkong
Produce
658 London
"9
DEPARTED.
VALUE OF Cargo.
£1,750 0 0 11,046 12 6
127
Hongkong
"
600 0 0
176
Ningpo
"
2,028 0
21
"
150
Singapore
"
1,098 15
August 13
431 Shanghae
ท
2,476 176
19
282
26
Specie
2,291 13 4
14
282
39
Singapore
"
3,325 12 6
30
364
16
Piece Goods
4,059 15 10
99
30
364
•
"
"
3,782 7 6
30
632
"
65 Bombay
體
29,499 15 10 September12
632
12,503 15 0
10
Kusrovic,
August
1
393
42
"9
22,685
13
393
Metropolis,
18
341
31
Singapore
11
3,725 12 6
10
341
99
19
6,706 15 0 2,537 19
12
Macassar,
18
456
41
•
"
4.772
10
"
456 Ningpo
1,628 10
0
13
Alexander,
Septen ber 3
150
12
"
Piece Goods & Specie
3,044 3 4
...
Sold here to Siamese.
14
Eskdale,
15
486
12
"
ท
"
5,127 1 8
15
Pearl,
15
97
15
...
...
99
99
4
1,850 0
0
October 6 September27
486 .97
Singapore
Produce
"
3,129 5 0 1,301 13
9
16
Rolla,
25
165
15
"
Machinery & Specie
3,669 11
October 17
165 Hongkong
"
558 15 71
17
Tiger,
October
9
148
9 Hongkong
Stores.
104 3
27
18
Elizabeth,
13
127
8
Ballast
148 Singapore
"9
"9
99
24
19
Eagle,
14
371
•
15 Singapore
Sundries
127 Hongkong
625
20
Wild Irish Girl,
14
124
16
Ballast
...
"
21
Queen,
14
206
10
►
"
Hongkong
Sundries
59 5
22
Britain's Queen,
21
456
17
99
Singapore
Piece Goods & Specie
2,425
0 0
23
Futty Moobaruck,
24
202
30
29
Bombay
Piece Goods
6.839 7 6
24
Nora,...
27
167
17
Singapore
"
1,833 10 10
25
Futtle Galeel,
27
272
29
"
"
"
26
Gleaner,
28
485
25
"
"
27
Kusrovie,
November10
393
37
Sundries
n
28
Marmora,
10
364
29
...
29
Mariner's Hope,
...
30
Prince of Wales,
...
:
:
99
Mat Bags
12
246
29
Piece Goods
..
31
Nam Cheen,
:
:
"
12
826
76
"
"
Ship's Stores
15
70
20
Piece Goods
"
2,683 6 8 1,404 3 4 992 1 8 107 18 4 1,937 10 0 1,436 2 11 1.593 15
November18 October 24 November 6 28 December 8 November December 1 November28
371 Singapore
124
"
456
206 Hongkong Singapore
979 15
587 10 0
372 15 0
2,375 0 1,002 10 0
0
2,937 10 0
202 Bombay
3,075 0 0
167 Singapore
29
1,076 12
272
"
1,215 11 10
485
"
2,386
5 0
...
December 3 November29
364 Singapore 246
Produce
2,298
99
...
...
0
32
Raven,
24
170
20
"
Piece Goods & Specie
...
3,020 16
December 13
33
Metropolis,
27
341
30
...
:
"
Specie
170 Singapore
4,166 13 4
...
34
Faize Allum,
28
632
65
"
7,683 6
8
...
.35
Amy Douglas,
December 5
254
30
99
2,083 6
December 26
36
Scotch Lassie,.......
5
104
21
"
"
Ship's Stores
37
Smyrna,
10
240
18
24
"
Specie
38
Countess of Winton,
13
362
28
---
"
"
Mat Bags
39
Tiger,
15
148
26
...
"
Bags and Specie
3,153 0 5 6,250 0 0 26 0 10 662 10 0
December 26
"
222
254 Singapore 104
Produce
"
240
· 19
...
148 Singapore
Produce
Produce
6 8 895 0 0
320 12 6
7,241 15 10 680 10 0 2,144 & 71
531
5 0
In port on 1st January, 1857.
Repairing.
In port on 1st January, 1857. Sold here to Siamese.
In port on 1st January, 1857.
In port on 1st January, 1857.
40
John Brightman,
17
404
38
99
Specie
1,041 13 4
...
41
Punch,
18
158
19
"
Specie & Ship's Stores
2,242 5 10
...
***
42
Freak,
18
244
Hongkong
Specie
2,604 3 4
...
43
Oceanica,
20
273
9
...
"
Singapore
Specie & Ship's Stores
1399 19.10
44
Earl of Hardwicke,
24
247
19
"
Hongkong
Specie
770.16 8
**
45
Nora,
26
165
17
-
"
Singapore
Piece Goods & Specie
4,310 8 4
46
Mountain Maid,
29
329
14
19
"
2,977 14 2
...
...
47
Duck,
30
145
:
99
"
"
4,273 2 6
***
In port on 1st January, 1857.
48
Nile,
30
284
14
Ballast
99
99
...
...
49
Negrais,
30
82
17
"
99
"
...
...
50
Edwin Fox,
30
892
35
...
"
51
Perseverance,
:
30
280
....
:
52
Kossuth,
30
130
9
99
Hongkong
"
Specie Ballast
6,458 6 8
....
...
...
•
53
Abeona,
30
211
***
"
12❘ Singapore
54
Crimea,
:
47
58 17,454
1,477
November 1
£213,789 17 0
40
550 Ningpo 12,318
...
3,481
British Consulate, Bangkok,
Produce
5 0 128,295 5 5
W. RAYMOND GINGELL, H.B.M,'s Acting Consul.
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No. V.—RETURN of the IMPORTS at the PORT OF BANGKOK, in the Year 1656.
"ⱭHATWU V
TOTAL.om
1857.
JULY 4, 1857.]
WHONTS
From
CHINA.
Frems
SINGAPORE.
From
INDIA.
NAMES OF ARTICLES.
MEASURES.
QUANTIŢIES.
VALUE.
QUANTITIES.
VALUE.
QUANTITIES.
(Brocades, White,
Pieces
1,300
3,900
...
**
...
2,000
8,000
...
Dyed,
QUANTITIES.
VALUE.
Weights or Measures.
1,300 Pces.
...
2,000 »
200
$3,900
⚫ 8,000
300
...
200
300
...
Cambrics,
...
ท
...
9,480
23,950
Chintz,
...
"
7,040
2,114
...
9,480
7,040 n
23,950
2,114
170
1,020
Chowls,
...
"
...
370
1,020
"
...
200
450
Crape (China),
...
...
...
200
450
"
Dimity,
...
***
...
1,650
2,475
1,650
2,475
...
Domestics, Grey,
2,600
7,680
..
...
2,600
7,680
"
...
...
Drill,
...
...
99
...
955
1,910
955 "
1,910
...
Ginghant,
...
Long Cloths, Grey,
White,
Figured,
...
169,818
39,636
...
1,500
3,750
1,123
2,200
...
2,246
1,123 »
2,246
4,400
22,018
44,036
"
1,500
3,750
Foreign Money, Mexican Dollars.
VALUE.
English Money, @ 4/2 per §.
£812 10 0 1,566 13 4 62 10 0
4,989 11 8 440 8 4
212 10 0
93 15 0
515 12 6 1,600 0 0
397 18 4
467 18 4
9,174 3
4
781 5
...
100
300
100 "
300
...
Muslin,
Prints,
Sarongs, Shirtings, White, Grey,
...
...
...
250
--500.
250 ”
500
50,144
30,086
321,984
193,190
372,128
223,276
62 10 0
104 3 4
46,515 16 8
99
22,930
45,860
22,930
45,860
9,554 3 4
...
89,399
178,798
1,840
3,680
91,239
182,478
38,016 5 0
"
4,300
10,750
4,300
10,750
2,239 11 8
"9
White Figured,
Spotted,
...
Dyed,
1,820
4,550
947 184
1,820
4,550
99
7,949
23,847
7,949 "
23,847
4,968 2 6
5,070
34,900
5,070
24,900
7,270 16 8
"
Silk,
...
:
11,695
11,695
2,436 9 2
...
90
270
56
5
Twills,
Silk Gold Cloth,
Turkey Red Cloth, Surat,
99
90
270
་་་
ย
4,892
14,676
4,892
4,200
4,200
4,200
14,676
4,200
"
[Twist, Turkey Red,
"
"9
99
Coloured, White & Grey, ́ Surat Red,
Thread, Sewing,
:
:
:
:..
:
18,800
9,024
5,334
2,560
24,134 lbs.
11,584
3,510
1,650
3,510
1,650
ກ
168,800
75,405
30,100
10,000
198,900 "
85,405
54,918
18,500
54,918
18,500
39
2,016
890.24
2,016,
840.24
3,057 10 0 875 10 0
2,413 6 8
343 15 8 17,792 14 2
3,854 3 4 185 9 4
the
(Copper, Sheathing, Nails,
"
Iron,
Iron Nails,
Steel,
Gold,
...
Machinery,...
...
...
Cwt
1,833
52,720
1,333 Cwt
32,720
10,983 6 8
...
71
71
2,340
1
7,005
17,653.50
703
2,500
368 Cwt.
1,602
7,005 "
318
2,340
20,153.50
487 10 0
1,602
...
:..
+Sundries,
Opium-Benares,
*
Shipping Stores,
Specie,
Total Value....
Tabs
Oz.
...
...
Value
...
...
Chests
Value
150
900
150 Tubs
900
4,198 12 11
333 15
187 10 0
...
59 oz. 70 gr.
1,258
59 oz. 70 qr.
1,258
262 1 8
13,014
2,711 5 0
13,014
...
423 Chests
18,876
...
423 Chests
18,876
3,932 10
0
45,844.06
9,550 16 11
45,844.06
...
297,440
21,311.43
491,450
...
122,838
$318,751.43
$1,295,186.80
...
€30,345
*$283,316
788,890
174,494.43
$1,897,254,23
164,352
8
36,353 0 14
£395,261 5 111
METALS.
British Consulate, Bangkok:
SHIPPING STORES.-Anchors, Chains, Cordage, Canvas, Ironwork, &c.
BUNDRIES-From CHINA-Garlic, Trunks and Mat Bags, Sweetmeats, Crockery, Medicine, and Kittysols.
"
SINGAPORE.-China Paper, Dammar, Sulphur, Earthenware, Kittysols, Wood Oil, Seaweed, Flints, Gambier, Medicine, Sutong Fish, Mushrooms, Joss Sticks. BOMBAY.-Dates, Red Ochrc, Rosewater, Beeswax, Books, Cuttlery, Toys and Birmingham Articles.
W. RAYMONd gingell, H.B.M.'s Acting Consul
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
C
No. 31.
The Honghong Government Gazelle,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
[JULY 4, 1857.
1
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency The Chief Superintendent of Trade, publishes for general information, the following Locat Regulations for the Port of Bangkok, which have been issued by Her Majesty's Acting Consul in Siam, in cou currence with the Siamese Authorities.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st July, 1857.
LOCAL REGULATIONS,
FOR THE PORT OF BANGKOK, SIAM.
W. WOODGATE,
British Consulate, Bangkok, 27th May, 1857.
1. Masters of vessels are required to report in writing any Passengers at the same time as the arrival of the Ship; and due and timely notice must be given of the number, together with the names, of all Passengers to be received on board any vessel about to leave the Port. 2. Seamen, Lascars, and others belonging to vessels in Port, are not permitted to go on shore without a responsible officer in charge, and they are strictly prohibited from wearing or carrying their side knives, the Masters being distinctly responsible for the conduct of their men on shore.
3. All Loss of Property by Theft or Fraud; all Assaults or Felonies, whether on Shore or on board Ship, requiring redress, must be reported at the Consulate as soon as possible; and in cases of Theft, Peculation, or Assault, where British and Siamese subjects are both concerned; a Siamese if guilty of any criminal act, may be conveyed to H. M. Consul,-provided there is no officer of his country at hand. But British subjects will not be permitted to use violence to Siamese offenders, or take steps for the redress of their grievances 4. British subjects intending to reside within the Kingdom of Siam, are required to enrol themselves in the Consular Register kept for that purpose, within Thirty Days after arrival, in conformity with the 5th Article of the Treaty; and with Paragraph XXIX of Order in Council, dated at the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 28th Day of July, 1856.
5. The throwing of Stone and other descriptions of Ballast into the River, or outside the Bar within 7 Fathoms, is strictly prohibited. Masters of vessels under British colours, convicted of a breach of this Rule, will subject themselves to a Fine of not less than £10, and not exceeding £25, according to the circumstances of the case,
Masters of vessels having Ballast to discharge after having crossed the Bar, are requested to report the same to the British Consulate, when they will receive detailed instructions on this head.
6. All cases of Death occurring on board a vessel in Harbour, must be forthwith reported at the Consulate; and in case of sudden or accidental Death, the best information attainable will be required.
7. Masters of vessels under British colours desirous of moving their vessels to another Berth, or wishing to drop down the River, are required to apply for permission at the British Consulate, either in person or in writing.
Particular attention is directed to the Custom House Regulations, entered into between Mr Parkes and the Siamese Authorities. The following additional Rules have likewise been entered into by the undersigned, aud the Siamese Authorities :—
1. Every English merchaut having Cargo to load or discharge, must give due intimation thereof to the Custom House, when a Pass, if for Export Cargo, will be granted on application for each Lighter proceeding to deliver Cargo at the Bar. On arrival at Paknam, this Pass must be delivered to the Chief Authority there.
2. Both Import and Export Duties must be paid at the Custom House; and upon a vessel being ready to proceed to Sea, the Master or Consignee on application at the Custom House will receive two Certificates, the one for the payment of Import, the other for Export Duties. These being obtained, the Master will proceed to the British Consulate and deliver in to the Consul à true Manifest of outward Cargo, (in accordance with Form to be had at the Consulate,) together with the said Certificates. The Ship's Papers will then be returned to the Master, and the vessel allowed to leave.
3. When a vessel shall have taken in her Cargo and is about to drop down the River, the Consignee or Supercargo must at once pay the Duties at the Custom House, before a Receipt for Duties will be granted. In the case where Lighters are employed to go down to complete the loading of a vessel outside the Bar, and Consignees or Shippers do not wish to pay Duty on their Cargo till the Ship is loaded, a Certificate of its being due must be given, when a Pass will be granted by the Custom House, on which will be shown the Registered Custom House number of the vessel to which the Cargo is being conveyed. These Certificates will be presented for payment when the vessel has completed her outward Cargo. Should any disputes arise, the Certificates will be laid before the British Consul.
4. Merchants and others are cautioned when purchasing Rice brought from Petchaburi and Panat-sani-kom, (near Petriu,) to demand from the Owners of the Rice the receipt given by the Collectors of Rice Duties at these said places, and show it to the officer of Customs who is supervising the shipment, when, if it agrees with the quantity of Rice received on that date, (the date of Receipt,) according to his Accounts, the amount will be deducted from the Duties. Merchants are further cautioned against taking Duty Receipts for Rice which they have not bought, and which has been sold to other parties.
Steam for
True Copy, GEO. S. MORRISON.
SINGAPORE, PENANG, Point de GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES,
& SOUTHAMPTON; Also,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NE of the PENINSULAR & Oriental STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, will be despatched on FRIDAY, the 10th July,
ONE
at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 8th; SPECIE until Noon on the 9th; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 9th.
For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Öriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may bappen from incorrectness on such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,
Hongkong, 3d July, 1857.
THE
NOTICE.
HE Partnership of the undersigned, under the 1 Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1835. Any musettled affairs will be settled by either partner. L. A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
Victoria, Hongkong, 25th June, 1857.
SEA
NOTICE.
HONGRONG NAVAL YARD,
2d July, 1857. (EALED TENDERS, in triplicate, will be received at the NAVAL YARD, (Marked TENDERS FOR CONVEYING INVALIDS,) till THURSDAY the 9th instant, at Noon, for the CONVEYANCE TO ENGLAND of about 4 Officers, 1 OFFICER'S WIFE, about 80 NAVAL MILITARY INVALIDS, { more or less,) and a small quantity of STORES. Merchants or Ship-masters wishing to tender will be furnished with all necessary particulars at the Office by the undersigned.
His Excellency the REAR-ADMIRAL COMMANDER- IN-CHIEF will not bind himself to accept the Lowest Tender.
THE
W. RAYMOND GINGELL. H.B.M.'s Acting Consul,
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. THE Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STRAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, will close on Thursday, next, the 9th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the
o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d. ; and from 11 o'clock A.M., to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s.
Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid,
Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Post-Master.
In re SILVESTRE ANTONIO, POLICE CON
STABLE, deceased.
EDWIN HOLMES, Acting Naval Storekeeper.
"
CHARLES HENRY, POLICE CONSTABLE,
deceased.
99
HADDY MENONG, POLICE CONSTABLE,
deceased.
HENRY LUDLUM, POLICE CONSTABLE,
deceased.
ADVERTISEMENT.
N
OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS
POLICE DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 30th June, 1857. ENDERS will be received by the undersigned.
on or before Noon of WEDNESDAY the 8th or CODICILS of the above Parties that may be day of July, for MAKING and SUPPLYING in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on the undermentioned CLOTHING for the HONGKONG | FRIDAY, the 10th day of July, 1857; or, if none, POLICE-the MATERIALS to be furnished by the Con- that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS tractor,
OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Administration 1.-319 Blue CAMLET FROCKS, for European, In-will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court.
dian, and Chinese Force.
2.--240 Pairs Blue CAMLET TROWSERS, for Euro-
pean and Indian Force.
BERR, to be supplied from Police Store.
LINING FOR FROCKS, POLICE BUTTONS, and NUM-
Further particulars to be obtained upon application
at the "Central Police Station.”
A. GRANDPRE, Acting-Superintendent of Police,
By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
NOTICE.
THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant.
DAVIS & LAWRENCE
Hongkong, 28th February, 1857.
C
No. 31.
The Honghong Government Gazelle,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
[JULY 4, 1857.
1
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency The Chief Superintendent of Trade, publishes for general information, the following Locat Regulations for the Port of Bangkok, which have been issued by Her Majesty's Acting Consul in Siam, in cou currence with the Siamese Authorities.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st July, 1857.
LOCAL REGULATIONS,
FOR THE PORT OF BANGKOK, SIAM.
W. WOODGATE,
British Consulate, Bangkok, 27th May, 1857.
1. Masters of vessels are required to report in writing any Passengers at the same time as the arrival of the Ship; and due and timely notice must be given of the number, together with the names, of all Passengers to be received on board any vessel about to leave the Port. 2. Seamen, Lascars, and others belonging to vessels in Port, are not permitted to go on shore without a responsible officer in charge, and they are strictly prohibited from wearing or carrying their side knives, the Masters being distinctly responsible for the conduct of their men on shore.
3. All Loss of Property by Theft or Fraud; all Assaults or Felonies, whether on Shore or on board Ship, requiring redress, must be reported at the Consulate as soon as possible; and in cases of Theft, Peculation, or Assault, where British and Siamese subjects are both concerned; a Siamese if guilty of any criminal act, may be conveyed to H. M. Consul,-provided there is no officer of his country at hand. But British subjects will not be permitted to use violence to Siamese offenders, or take steps for the redress of their grievances 4. British subjects intending to reside within the Kingdom of Siam, are required to enrol themselves in the Consular Register kept for that purpose, within Thirty Days after arrival, in conformity with the 5th Article of the Treaty; and with Paragraph XXIX of Order in Council, dated at the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 28th Day of July, 1856.
5. The throwing of Stone and other descriptions of Ballast into the River, or outside the Bar within 7 Fathoms, is strictly prohibited. Masters of vessels under British colours, convicted of a breach of this Rule, will subject themselves to a Fine of not less than £10, and not exceeding £25, according to the circumstances of the case,
Masters of vessels having Ballast to discharge after having crossed the Bar, are requested to report the same to the British Consulate, when they will receive detailed instructions on this head.
6. All cases of Death occurring on board a vessel in Harbour, must be forthwith reported at the Consulate; and in case of sudden or accidental Death, the best information attainable will be required.
7. Masters of vessels under British colours desirous of moving their vessels to another Berth, or wishing to drop down the River, are required to apply for permission at the British Consulate, either in person or in writing.
Particular attention is directed to the Custom House Regulations, entered into between Mr Parkes and the Siamese Authorities. The following additional Rules have likewise been entered into by the undersigned, aud the Siamese Authorities :—
1. Every English merchaut having Cargo to load or discharge, must give due intimation thereof to the Custom House, when a Pass, if for Export Cargo, will be granted on application for each Lighter proceeding to deliver Cargo at the Bar. On arrival at Paknam, this Pass must be delivered to the Chief Authority there.
2. Both Import and Export Duties must be paid at the Custom House; and upon a vessel being ready to proceed to Sea, the Master or Consignee on application at the Custom House will receive two Certificates, the one for the payment of Import, the other for Export Duties. These being obtained, the Master will proceed to the British Consulate and deliver in to the Consul à true Manifest of outward Cargo, (in accordance with Form to be had at the Consulate,) together with the said Certificates. The Ship's Papers will then be returned to the Master, and the vessel allowed to leave.
3. When a vessel shall have taken in her Cargo and is about to drop down the River, the Consignee or Supercargo must at once pay the Duties at the Custom House, before a Receipt for Duties will be granted. In the case where Lighters are employed to go down to complete the loading of a vessel outside the Bar, and Consignees or Shippers do not wish to pay Duty on their Cargo till the Ship is loaded, a Certificate of its being due must be given, when a Pass will be granted by the Custom House, on which will be shown the Registered Custom House number of the vessel to which the Cargo is being conveyed. These Certificates will be presented for payment when the vessel has completed her outward Cargo. Should any disputes arise, the Certificates will be laid before the British Consul.
4. Merchants and others are cautioned when purchasing Rice brought from Petchaburi and Panat-sani-kom, (near Petriu,) to demand from the Owners of the Rice the receipt given by the Collectors of Rice Duties at these said places, and show it to the officer of Customs who is supervising the shipment, when, if it agrees with the quantity of Rice received on that date, (the date of Receipt,) according to his Accounts, the amount will be deducted from the Duties. Merchants are further cautioned against taking Duty Receipts for Rice which they have not bought, and which has been sold to other parties.
Steam for
True Copy, GEO. S. MORRISON.
SINGAPORE, PENANG, Point de GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES,
& SOUTHAMPTON; Also,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NE of the PENINSULAR & Oriental STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, will be despatched on FRIDAY, the 10th July,
ONE
at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 8th; SPECIE until Noon on the 9th; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 9th.
For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Öriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may bappen from incorrectness on such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,
Hongkong, 3d July, 1857.
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NOTICE.
HE Partnership of the undersigned, under the 1 Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1835. Any musettled affairs will be settled by either partner. L. A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
Victoria, Hongkong, 25th June, 1857.
SEA
NOTICE.
HONGRONG NAVAL YARD,
2d July, 1857. (EALED TENDERS, in triplicate, will be received at the NAVAL YARD, (Marked TENDERS FOR CONVEYING INVALIDS,) till THURSDAY the 9th instant, at Noon, for the CONVEYANCE TO ENGLAND of about 4 Officers, 1 OFFICER'S WIFE, about 80 NAVAL MILITARY INVALIDS, { more or less,) and a small quantity of STORES. Merchants or Ship-masters wishing to tender will be furnished with all necessary particulars at the Office by the undersigned.
His Excellency the REAR-ADMIRAL COMMANDER- IN-CHIEF will not bind himself to accept the Lowest Tender.
THE
W. RAYMOND GINGELL. H.B.M.'s Acting Consul,
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. THE Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STRAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, will close on Thursday, next, the 9th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the
o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d. ; and from 11 o'clock A.M., to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s.
Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid,
Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Post-Master.
In re SILVESTRE ANTONIO, POLICE CON
STABLE, deceased.
EDWIN HOLMES, Acting Naval Storekeeper.
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CHARLES HENRY, POLICE CONSTABLE,
deceased.
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HADDY MENONG, POLICE CONSTABLE,
deceased.
HENRY LUDLUM, POLICE CONSTABLE,
deceased.
ADVERTISEMENT.
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OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS
POLICE DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 30th June, 1857. ENDERS will be received by the undersigned.
on or before Noon of WEDNESDAY the 8th or CODICILS of the above Parties that may be day of July, for MAKING and SUPPLYING in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on the undermentioned CLOTHING for the HONGKONG | FRIDAY, the 10th day of July, 1857; or, if none, POLICE-the MATERIALS to be furnished by the Con- that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS tractor,
OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Administration 1.-319 Blue CAMLET FROCKS, for European, In-will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court.
dian, and Chinese Force.
2.--240 Pairs Blue CAMLET TROWSERS, for Euro-
pean and Indian Force.
BERR, to be supplied from Police Store.
LINING FOR FROCKS, POLICE BUTTONS, and NUM-
Further particulars to be obtained upon application
at the "Central Police Station.”
A. GRANDPRE, Acting-Superintendent of Police,
By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
NOTICE.
THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
The Hongkong Government Gazette,
THE undersigned is authorised to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on FRIDAY, the 10th day of Jay, 1857, at 11.30 A.M., on the Premises the OLD }SING BAKERY, Victoria, East, Two IRON CHESTS, a Lot of TRUNKS and FURNITURE,
■ Chinese VASE, STORES, &c., &c.
And,
at Noon precisely,all the Right, Title, and Interest of ALLUM in and to the North and West Sections of TOWN LOTS, No. 365 and 269 A., together with two Biscuit MACHINES, thereon erected.
The Sale of this Property is Subject to a Lease for Seven Months certain, at a Rental of $75 per month, Ground Rent under £7 per Annum.
Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
G. DUDDELL,
Anotioneer.
In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria,
Hongkong, Merchant, deceased.
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WANTED TO BORROW ON BOTTOMRY.
BOUT $15,000 on the Ship “RAJAH OF
LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- ASARAWAK," and her FREIGHT. Apply Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to
forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith.
HENRY RUTTER, Administrator.
Hongkong, 17th March, 1857.
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In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceused. ́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate | payment to
D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857.
Executors.
to Captain GILES on board, or to
Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
J. F. EDGER.
NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES
THE BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mall, Hongkong.-
PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition.
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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 11TH JULY, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 106.
The Coutract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE".
will, as hefore, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
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By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
No. 104.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has been pleased, with the concurrence of His Ex- lency The Lieutenant General Commanding Her Majesty's Troops, to appoint, subject to Her Majesty's approval, WILLIAM HENRY WHITE, Esquire, Military Auditor General, to be Acting Auditor General of Hongkong, in the preço of H. ReinHARD, Esquire, resigned,
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th July, 1857.
Na. 105.
PROCLAMATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
JOHN BOWRING.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL:D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honour- le the Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming Ordinance No. 1 of i57, entitled-
"An Ordinance for Intestates' Estates":
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 9th Day of July, 1857.
No. 106.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the Rule of Court for regulating Proceedings in Writs of Foreign Attachment, which Meted the Legislative Council of Hongkong, on the 5th March, 1857, has been approved and confirmed by Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1857.
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The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[JULY 11, 1857.
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No. 107.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Order of Her Majesty in Council, passed on the 22d October, 1856, to legalize the Currency of Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns in Hongkong and elsewhere, is published for general information; and it is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has decided that the same do take effect and come into force from the 11th July instant.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1857.
AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR, THE 22D DAY OF OCTOBER, 1856.
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS Prince AlbeRT, VISCOUnt PALMERSTON, MR LABOUCHERE, LORD STANLEey of aldeRLEY, SIR George grEY, BART. WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board, the Draft of a Proclamation declaring the Rates at which certain Gold Coins, to be called Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns, which have been and are intended to be struck at Her Majesty's Branch of the Royal Mint at Sydney, in New South Wales, are to pass current in Her Majesty's Colonies of Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hongkong: Her Ma- jesty having taken the same into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to approve thereof, and to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said Proclamation (Copy whereof is hereunto annexed) do take effect and come into force in each of Her Majesty's said Colonies and Possessions, upon and from and after the promulgation thereof by the Governors or Officers Administer- ing the Government of the said Colonies respectively. And the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honour able Henry Labouchere, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions therein accordingly. WM. L. BATHURST.
Draft Proclamation for giving Currency to Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns within the Colonies of Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hongkong.
WHEREAS, by an Order in Council bearing date the 19th day of August, 1853, we have thought fit to order that a Branch of Our Royal Mint should be established at or near Sydney, in New South Wales.
And whereas, in the 18th year of Our Reign, by an Order in Council, dated the 18th day of October, 1854, we have thought fit to order that certain pieces of Gold Money should be coined at the said Branch of Our Royal Mint, to be called respectively Australian Sovereigns and Australian Half Sovereigns, and to be of the same respective Weights, Fineness, and Values with the Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns now current within this our Realm.
And whereas, pursuant to and in virtue of the Powers given in Our said Orders in Council, it is provided that a Coinage of the said Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns shall be made, and that every such Australiau Sovereign shall have for the Obverse the Effigy of Her Majesty, with the Inscription “ Victoria D. G. Britanniar: Regina, F.D,” and the date of the year; and for the Reverse the word “ Australia” placed in the centre of the piece, encircled by a Laurel Wreath, and surmounted by the Royal Crown, with the Inscription Sydney Mint-One Sovereign," and with a Graining on the edge; and that every such Australian Half Sovereign shall have the Obverse in every respect similar to that of the Sovereign, and for the Reverse the same word “ Australia " in the centre, encircled and surmounted in like manner, but for the Inscription the words “ Sydney Mint-Half Sovereign" and a Graining on the edge.
And whereas, pieces of Gold Money have been and will be coined at Our said Branch of the Royal Mint in pursuance of Orders issued and to be issued: WE therefore, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, have thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclama- tion and We do Ordain, Declare, and Command, that the said pieces of Gold Money so to be coined shall be current and lawful money within our Colonies of Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hongkong, and shall pass and be received as current and lawful money therein, by the - Names aforesaid, and at the Values herein before assigned to them.
No. 108.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Under instructions from Her Majesty's Government, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize LUDWIG WIESE, Esquire, provisionally, as Consul for LUBECK at Hongkong, until the arrival of Her Majesty's Exequatur.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1857.
No. 109.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Under instructions from Her Majesty's Government, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize A. W. P. Kup, Esquire, provisionally, as Consul at Hongkong for His Majesty The KING OF THE NETHERLANDS, -until the arrival of Her Majesty's Exequatur.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1857.
No. 110.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
F
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Whereas, according to the Law of England, every Tradesman or Mechanic is at liberty to perform his work at whatever rate of remuneration it seems good to himself to accept, and all combinations for the control of such liberty are illegal: This is therefore to give notice, that any persons found to be interfering as above with the freedom of trade will be prosecuted by Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th July, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Draft Ordinance, read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information.
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HONGKONG.
ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIE REGINE.
No. of 1857.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance for amending Ordinance No. 3 of 1851.
[
July, 1857.]
Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof in manner following, that is to say:-
Title.
Preamble.
Ordinance No. 3 of
Ordinance No. 3 of 1851, Section One, is hereby amended, by expunging the words, " in the month ef January in each Year," and inserting in lieu of them the words, “at any time or times between the First 1851, a. 1, amended. Day of October and the Thirty-first Day of December both inclusive in each Year;" and by expunging the words during such Month of January," and inserting in lieu of them the words, "at any time or times between the said Days both inclusive, in the Year immediately preceding;" and by expunging the words * then current Year,” and “ such current Year," and inserting in lieu of them the words, " Year to which ruch Notice relates."
Future reprinted II. In every reprinted copy of the said Ordinance, the amendments hereinbefore specified shall be copies of the Ordi- accordingly made: And it shall not be afterwards necessary to print or reprint this Ordinance.
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No. 32.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade has received from H.E. the Captain General of the Phillip- pine Islands, &c., &c., Copy of a Decree, dated Manila, 18th June, declaring that,
Up to the 31st December next, Rice and Paddy will be admitted Duty free, under all Flags and from all places, in the Ports of Manila, Currimao in Ilocos South, San Miguel in Camarines, Capiz and Antique.
Which is hereby notified for General information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
The Honghong. Government Gazette.
In the motter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased.
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【OTICE-All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELÓW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. Brimɛlow.
D. LAPRAIK, A. 3. DIXSON, ƒ
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.
NOTICE.
Executors.
THE Partnership of the undersigned, under the Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any unsettled affairs will be settled by either partner.
Victoria, Hongkong,
25th June, 1857.
THE
NOTICE.
L. A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant,
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DAVIS & LAWRENCE.
Hongkong, 28th February, 1857.
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NOTICE.
[JULY 11, 1857.
WANTED TO BORROW ON BOTTOMRY,
BOUT $15,000 on the Ship “RAJAH OF
THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Publix, | to Captain GILES on board, or to and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASĶELL.
ASARAWAK, and her FREIGHT. Apply
Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.
In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deccused. "OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the
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Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
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FOR SALE.
J. F. EDGER,
At the Office of the“ China Mail.” LANK Forms of--POWERS OF ATTOR.
BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES,
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK be derin before claims against the Estate must found a SIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest all parties indebted are requested to make immediate
sent the 1st day of October, 1857, and form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE.
payment to
G. DUDDELL,Į D. LAPRAIK, ƒ
Hongkong, 11th April, 1857.
Exccutors.
In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria,
Hongkong, Merchant, deceased.
LL Persons having Claims against, or being in-
Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to
forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith.
HENRY RUTTER, Administrator.
Hongkong, 17th Ma ch, 1857,
Also,
SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And,
A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES—Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
19th March, 1857.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.-- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One: half of these charges for each Repetition.
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NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH JULY, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 107.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONgkong GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLamations, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
No. 111.
PROCLAMATION.:
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Scoretary.
Whereas the Commands of the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies have been received, instructing me to put in force the powers vested in me by Section One of Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, entitled "An Ordinance for better securing the Peace of the Colony," by suspending the operation of the same: Now, I, Sir John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, by virtue of the above recited powers, do hereby declare, that such Ordinance has been suspended by me in Executive Council, and the same is suspended accordingly.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 15th Day of July, 1857.
HONGKONG.
JOHN BOWRING.
ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE.
No. 8 of 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance for amending Ordinance No. 3 of 1851.
[15th July, 1857.]
Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say:
Ordinance No. 3 of
1. Ordinance No. 3 of 1851, Section One, is hereby amended, by expunging the words, "in the Month of January in each Year," and inserting in lieu of them the words, "at any time or times between the First 1851, §. 1, amended. Day of October and the Thirty-first Day of December both inclusive in each Year;" and by expunging the Words during such Month of January," and inserting in lieu of them the words, "at any time or times between the said Days both inclusive, in the Year immediately preceding" and by expunging the words *then current Year," and "such current Year," and inserting in lieu of them the words, "Year to which such Notice relates."
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Future reprinted
II. In every reprinted Copy of the said Ordinance, the Amendments hereinbefore specified shall be copies of the Ordi- accordingly made: And it shall not be afterwards necessary to print or reprint this Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 15th Day of July, 1857.
L. D'ALMADA e Castro,
Clerk of Councils.
JOHN BOWRING,
nance.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[JULY 18, 1857.
Power to suspend
HONGKONG.
ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIE REGINE.
No. 9 of 1857.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An amended Ordinance for better Securing the Peace of the Colony.
[15th July, 1857.]·
Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say :-
I. His Excellency The Governor in Council may, by Proclamation, from time to time suspend, and and revive this Ordi- from time to time revive, this Ordinance, or any portion thereof; and subject thereto, this Ordinance shall
come into force at the time of the passing thereof, and shall so henceforth continue,
nance.
Forms of Night Passes
II. Printed Forms of Passes shall be provided by the Superintendent of Police according to the to be provided, sealed, Form following, that is to say: and issued, by the Su- perintendent of Police.
Blanks to be filled up by the Occupier.
Penalty.
Power to rescind Passes.
Penalty for
not
having a Night Pass.
Power to arrest and
keep suspected Emis- series or bettors of Enemies, &c.
Power to deport for Five Years.
Co-operation Fire Brigades.
with
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This is to certify, that the bearer hereof [name] is authorised to pass and repass during the "Night Season from and to the House of [Employer's name] in [Street or Road] Victoria, during the 'period of Days from the date hereof. Dated this
Day of
A.D., 1857. '(Signed) A.B., Superintendent of Police.' which Forms shall bear Her Majesty's Arms, and be Sealed with the Police Office Seal; and shall be from time to time issued by the said Superintendent to such of the Occupiers of the several Houses within Victoria, for use, as he shall find to be fit and proper Persons to receive and use the same, and according to the Wants of such Occupiers: yet so as that no Chinese Occupiers shall receive or hold more than One such Form at any one time; and that no further issue of Forms be made to any Occupier but upon his delivering up or proving the Loss or Destruction of those whereof he was previously the holder.
III. Every Occupier using or allowing to be used any Pass, shall first fill up or cause to be filled up the blanks therein according to the truth of the case; and he shall not use nor allow to be used any Pass except in conformity with the facts thereby appearing; and every Offence against this Section shall be a Misdemeanor.
IV. The Superintendent of Police is empowered from time to time to call in and rescind any Pass previously issued by him, whether the times for which they were issued shall have then expired or not; and any Person wilfully disobeying any such call shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor.
V. Any Chinaman found at large elsewhere than in his own Habitation between the hours of Eight in the Evening and Sunrise, and not having a Pass duly issued and made out in conformity with Sections Two and Three of this Ordinance, shall be summarily punished by any Justice of the Peace for every such Offence, either by a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars nor less than Fifty Cents, or by Imprisonment and Hard Labour for a term not exceeding Fourteen Days nor less than One Day, or by Public Whipping or Public Exposure in the Stocks, yet so as that no such Offender shall receive more than Twenty blows, or be exposed for more than Two Hours, for any one Offence.
VI. Any Justice of the Peace may lawfully arrest, or cause to be arrested, with or without Warrant, any Person whom he shall reasonably suspect to be an Emissary or Abettor of Her Majesty's Enemies, or of Pirates, or of Chinamen disaffected to Her Majesty's Government, or otherwise dangerous to the and good order of this Colony, and him safely keep until he can be dealt with according to law.
peace
VII. His Excellency in Council may, by Order under his hand, prohibit any Person, not being a natural born or naturalized Subject of Her Majesty, from residing or being within this Colony during any space of time not exceeding Five Years; and (if such Order shall not be obeyed by the said Person) then may, by some other Order also under the hand of His said Excellency, authorize and direct the arrest and imprisonment of such Person without bail or mainprize, and for his Deportation (being so arrested and imprisoned) beyond the limits of this Colony, in which deportation force may be used if need be for the purposes thereof, and if by the said lastmentioned Order it be so expressed.
VIII. Every Person whomsoever required by the Superintendent of Police to co-operate with any Fire Brigade, whether consisting of Volunteers or not, so that the same be approved by His Excellency, or in the working of Fire Engines, or in the suppression of Fire, shall be bound to obey such requisition under the penalty, for every case of disobedience, of not less than Ten Dollars nor more than Fifty Dollars, to be imposed by any Justice of the Peace. or (if such Justice shall think fit and the Offender shall be a Ordinance No. 1 of Chinaman) of not more than Fifteen Blows nor less than Five Blows. 1855 (Sections Three
IX. Sections Three to Eight, both inclusive, of the expired Ordinance No. 1 of 1855, are hereby to Eight) revived and revived and made perpetual. made perpetual.
Ordinance No. 14 of
X. Division Eight of Section Three of Ordinance No. 14 of 1845 is hereby amended, by expunging 1845 (Section Three,di- the words One Hundred and Fifty,' and inserting the words Three Hundred' in the stead thereof. vision Eight) amended. XI. If any Chinaman, not being the holder of a Night Pass, shall carry abroad with him, whether by
Chinamen not hold Night or Day, any Deadly Weapon whatsoever, he shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor. ing Passes shall not carry Arms.
XII. All acts done or attempted before the passing of this Ordinance, and which would have been lawful if so done or attempted after the passing thereof, are hereby authorized and made valid, and no Indemnity for past.
man shall at any time hereafter be called in question for or in respect of the same.
acts.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 15th Day of July, 1857.
L. D'ALMADA e Castro,
Clerk of Councils.
JOHN BOWRING.
57.
LY 18, 1857.]
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
112.
3
f the
tiary ative
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Government Notification No. 103 of 4th instant, calling for Tenders for the conveyance of Chinese Convicts to Labuan,-it is hereby made known, that a communication has been received from the Governor at Colony, to the effect that Ships arriving there can be supplied with Coals from the Mine at Moarra.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th July, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
f the
113.
■ and
shall
Othe
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank poration in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
3 the
the
1857.
from within
ng to
■ One
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th July, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
kevint of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank_Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month
ending 30th June, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED.............$309,270. SPECIE IN reserve,
200,000.
"
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st July, 1857.
P. CAMPBELL, Manager.
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mmpected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that I found the necessary Amonnt
of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.
J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant.
Vitoria, Hongkong, 17th July, 1857.
* 103.
:
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
Wanted, a Passage to Labuan for Fifty Chinese Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME | THE business hitherto carried on by the under- OURT, will be held on FRIDAY, the 31st, signed, under the style of TRAUTMANN
& Co., is hereby declared closed.
ad of Saturday, the 25th) day of July, A.D.
1, at 12 o'clock at Noon.
By Order of the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF Superintendent or POLICE,
Central Police Station,
15th July, 1857. *NDERS will be received by the undersigned, on *d before the 27th instant, for TRIMMING, HTING, and KEEPING CLEAN, Two Hun- 33483 and Fifty, or more, PUBLIC OIL LAMPS, * Districts of TAEPINGSHAN, Cheung-wan, ***ING-WAN, &c., for Six Months, commencing on August ensuing. The Person tendering will
pe mecited to furnish OIL, WICK, and the necessary
All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co.
1
J. F. H. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857.
WE
NOTICE.
E have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHAnghar, and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day.
HARKORT & Co.
Shanghae, 1st July, 1857.
NOTICE.
for Lighting and Keeping alight the said HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between
* during the night. The Lamps and Burners furnished by Her Majesty's Government. her particulars as regards SIZE OF LAMPS and TY OF DISTRICT will be given on application Persons tendering to send in Samples of OIL
*euvre Office.
A. GRAND-PRE, Acting-Superintendent of Police.
NOTICE.
THER
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
THE Partnership of the undersigned, under the Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any unsettled affairs will be settled by either partner.
Victoria, Hongkong,
25th June, 1857.
L. A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deccased. ̃OTICE.—All Persons having Claims on the
to forward parti
culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
D. LAPRAIK,
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.
Executors.
In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria,
Hongkong, Merchant, deceased.
WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day A of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL..
Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.
NOTICE.
E undersigned being about to close their Busi-THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY
request that all Outstanding Accounts
went in for Liquidation within Fourteen 22d Instant,
* this date.
EDULJEE FURDONJEE & Co.
Bingkong, 13th July, 1857.
DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the
DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857.
LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forth with.
HENRY RUTTER,
Hongkong, 17th Ma ch, 1857.
Administrator.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.—
PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of those charges for each Repetition.
THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH JULY, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 108.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Öfficial Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Va. 114.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint The Reverend ARTHUR TAYLOR Acting Marriage Registrar, during the absence on leave to England of J. C. Power, Esquire.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st July, 1857.
N. 112.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to `Government Notification No. 103 of 4th instant, calling for Tenders for the conveyance of The Chinese Convicts to Labuan,-it is hereby made known, that a communication has been received from the Governor of that Colony, to the effect that Ships arriving there can be supplied with Coals from the Mine at Moarra.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th July, 1857.
103.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Wanted, a Passage to Labuan for Fifty Chinese Convicts. Scaled Tenders will be received at this Office.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th July, 1857.
N. 33.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Diplomatic Department.
Dr WILLIAM KANE having tendered his resignation of the appointment of Acting British Consular Agent Macao, His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade has been pleased to **ept the same.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th July, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
2
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
Next MAILS, per Steamer
NOTICE.
THE next CRIminal SessioNS of the SUPREME
THE NMR GENERAL Mchose for BOMBAY, T Cut, will be held on FRIDAY, the 31st,
EUROPE, &c, on Saturday, He 25th Instent, at 6 o'clock r.M. A SUPPLEMENtary Mail will be made up the following morning from 7 to half-past 7. LETTERS received for a late fee of 6d.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Post-Master.
Hongkong, 24th July, 1857.
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT de gallE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;
Also,
TH
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “SHANGHAE,” Captain ROSKELL, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas- sengers, Specic, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 26th Instant, at 9 A.M.
CARGO will be received on board until Noon on the 24th; SPECIE until Noon on the 25th; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 25th Instant.
For Particulars regarding FREIGut and Passage, apply at the Peninsular & Öriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental
Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1857.
TH
NOTICE.
THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW.
Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
M
PUBLIC AUCTION.
́ESSRS SMITH & BRIMELOW have re- ceived instructions to sell, an MONDAY, the 27th day of July, 1857, by Order of the MORTGAGEE, under a Power of Sale,—
All that PIECE or PARCEL OF GROUND, situate at Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, con- taining in the whole Siz Thousand and Four Hundred Square Feet (6,400 sq. ft.), Registered in the Land OFFICE as ÎNLAND LỘT No. 481, in the name of YEONG Assow, with the BUILDINGS thereon erected.
TITLE direct from the Crown. Annual GROUND Rent £20, 61, 4d..
For further particulars apply to
WM. GASKELL, Queen's Road, Solicitor for the Mortgages,
Hongkong, 21st July, 1857. -
|
|
instead of Saturday, the 5th) day of July, ▲.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon.
By Order of the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
NOTICE.
THE business hitherto carried on by the under-
| & Co., is hereby declared closed.
T
[JULY 25, 1857.
NOTICE.
Office or SuPERINTENDENT Or Policy.
CENTRAL POLICE STATION,
18th July, 1857.
ENDERS will be received by the undersigned, on and before the 27th instant, for TRIMMING, LIGHTING, and KEEPING CLEAN, Two Hus- dred And Fifty, or more, PUBLIC OIL LAMPS, † in the Districts of TAEPINGShan, Cheung-WAN, Shrong-Wan, &c, for Six Months, commencing on the 1st August ensuing. The Person tendering will be required to furnish OIL, WICK, and the necessary LABOUR for Lighting and Keeping alight the said. Lamps during the night. The Lamps and Burners
All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of will be furnished by Her Majesty's Government.
by Messrs HARKORT & Co.
J. F. H. TRAUTMANN.
Shanghae, 30th June, 1857.
WE
NOTICE.
E have removed our Establishment from Canton to Shanghae, and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day.
HARKORT & Co.
Shanghae, 1st July, 1857.
NOTICE.
THE
Further particulars as regards Size of Lamps and LOCALITY OF District will be given on application at the above Office.
The Persons tendering to send in Samples of Oil and Wick.
A. GRAND-PRE, Acting-Superintendent of Polico
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased.
N
OTICE.-All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti Busi-culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELÓW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
THE undersigned being about to close their
ness, request that all Outstanding Accounts may be sent in for Liquidation within Fourteen Days from this date.
EDULJEE FURDONJEE & Co. Hongkong, 13th July, 1857.
TH
NOTICE.
[\HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant.
DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857.
THE
NOTICE.
THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL.
Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.
TH
NOTICE.
THE Partnership of the undersigned, under the Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any unsettled affairs will be settled by either partner. L. A. LÜBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
Victoria, Hongkong,
25th June, 1857.
In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased.
LL Persons having Claims against, or being in-
Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested, to
forward particulars of the same to the undersigned | forthwith.
HENRY RUTTER, Administrator.
Hongkong, 17th March,‘1857,
D. LAPRAIK, A. S. DIXSON, Executors. Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.
FOR SALE.
COM
YOMMERCIAL
GUIDE,
4TH
EDITION:
William's DICTIONARY in the CANTON
DIALECT; also
William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in
CHINESE.
Apply at the Rev. J. W. Joanson's, Gouyh
Street, Hongkong.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1857.
•
FOR SALE.
At the Office of the “China Mail.” LANK Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR-
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newes form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE.
Also,
SAILING DIRECTIONS for the Rivar MIN ;
And,
A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with a CHARGES Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold i the Pound Avoirdupois.
19th March, 1857.
Printed at the Office of the China Hall, Hongkong. PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-n Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, O Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-On half of there charges for each Repetition.
57.
THE
POLICY.
med, on MING, o lies. AMPS,
¡G-WAN, ncing on ring will Lecessary the said Burners nent.
MUS and plication
es of Ont
RE.
t of Polies
JAMES BRIME
s on the
ard parti IELOW;
e, are re- eof, to the
Hongkong
NEW SERIES.
Government
GAZETTE.
VOL. III. No. 109.
recutors,
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST AUGUST, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
EDITION;
• CANTUN
ISH and in
IN'S, Gory
No. 34.
tr
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
il." FATTOR
PARTIES
* LADING.
R'S CHECK
d the newest
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., has this day been pleased to appoint, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government, Mr OSMUND CLEVERLY to be Acting British Consular Agent at Macao, vice Dr WILLIAM KANE, resigned,
By Order,
IVER MIN ;
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st August, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
EA, with off
1, and sold by
Hongkong-
les, Thirtyar
nd under, O ty Cents--Ora Nea
No. 115.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor having been pleased to grant Six Months' Leave of Absence on Medical Certificate to the Honourable THOMAS CHISHOLM ANSTEY, Esquire, Attorney General, HENRY KINGSMILL, Esquire, will, during that gentleman's absence, perform the duties of Acting Attorney General, and has been sworn in accordingly.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th July, 1857.
No. 116.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Government Notification No. 93 of 11th June last, it is hereby made known, that WILLIAM LE MESURIER, Esquire, Assistant Commissary General, is appointed Member of the Commission to inquire into the state of certain Public Accounts of this Colony, in the place of FITZJames Edward Watt, Esquire, absent on duty.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th July, 1857.
No. 117.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Attention is drawn a Second Time to the following Return, from the Surveyor General's Department, of Allotments of Land, the Leases of which have not yet been executed. Parties in default after this Second Notice will be com-
unicated with by the Law Officers of the Crown.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st July, 1857.
57.
THE
POLICY.
med, on MING, o lies. AMPS,
¡G-WAN, ncing on ring will Lecessary the said Burners nent.
MUS and plication
es of Ont
RE.
t of Polies
JAMES BRIME
s on the
ard parti IELOW;
e, are re- eof, to the
Hongkong
NEW SERIES.
Government
GAZETTE.
VOL. III. No. 109.
recutors,
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST AUGUST, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
EDITION;
• CANTUN
ISH and in
IN'S, Gory
No. 34.
tr
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
il." FATTOR
PARTIES
* LADING.
R'S CHECK
d the newest
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., has this day been pleased to appoint, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government, Mr OSMUND CLEVERLY to be Acting British Consular Agent at Macao, vice Dr WILLIAM KANE, resigned,
By Order,
IVER MIN ;
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st August, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
EA, with off
1, and sold by
Hongkong-
les, Thirtyar
nd under, O ty Cents--Ora Nea
No. 115.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor having been pleased to grant Six Months' Leave of Absence on Medical Certificate to the Honourable THOMAS CHISHOLM ANSTEY, Esquire, Attorney General, HENRY KINGSMILL, Esquire, will, during that gentleman's absence, perform the duties of Acting Attorney General, and has been sworn in accordingly.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th July, 1857.
No. 116.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Government Notification No. 93 of 11th June last, it is hereby made known, that WILLIAM LE MESURIER, Esquire, Assistant Commissary General, is appointed Member of the Commission to inquire into the state of certain Public Accounts of this Colony, in the place of FITZJames Edward Watt, Esquire, absent on duty.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th July, 1857.
No. 117.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Attention is drawn a Second Time to the following Return, from the Surveyor General's Department, of Allotments of Land, the Leases of which have not yet been executed. Parties in default after this Second Notice will be com-
unicated with by the Law Officers of the Crown.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st July, 1857.
The
Hongkong Government Gazettę.
RETURN of CROWN LANDS, Rented, and for which LEASES have not been EXECUTED.
No. of Lor.
HOLDER.
DATE OF ENTRY..
LAUGUST 1, 1857.
28th July, 1857.
LOCALITY.
Inland.
Marine Hospital Society
Ex-cutors of the late William Stewart
26th June, 1843 25th June, 1848. 31st August, 1844
"
Seamen's Hospital Wongneichung South Taipingshan
"
Squatter, said to be Le Alun
Chinese Temple
Shaik Hassan Ally and Shaik Ameer
"
24th December, 1844 27th November, 1849
99
19th December, 1851
17th March, 1855
14th May, 1855
"
"
"
Near the Mosque
Taipingshan West South of Mosque
Taipingshan, above Joss House
"
Inland.
86
87
225d
Palmer, Job
258m
Atang
222
Ahung
248
Palmer, Job
2436
814
Shaik Ameer
347
Markwick, C.
360
Savelle, J. J.
361
890
391
398
Woods, F.
401
99
402
"
403
404
436
414
446.
Lo Ahoong
·447
448
450
452
Gray, Samuel
490
491
505
Tung Alok
506
39
511
Leong Awoh
512
"
513
Rowland, J. C.
"
"
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Tong Alum
Lo-sang-ke
Leong Achin
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Berenhart, A.
Berenhart, A.
"
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29th May, 1855
9th July, 1855
4th August, 1855
"
1st October, 1855
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16th November, 1855
North of Hospital Hill
West Point
"
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West Point near Old Naval Stores
99
Near Albany Godowns
21st July, 1856
West Point
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. ȚIE Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, will close on Sunday, The usual SUP- the 9th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. PLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the follow- ing morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 A.M., to 123 P.M., for a late fee of 1s.
Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Post-Master.
Hongkong, 1st August, 1857.
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, APEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;
Also,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NE of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on MÓNDAY, the 10th of August, at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 p.m., the 8th; also, SPECIE and PARCELS until 5 P.M. on the 8th.
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NOTICE.
THE next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COUrt, THE
in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 7th day of August, A.d. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon.
By Order of the Court,
ON
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
NOTICE.
the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Firm at SHANGHAE,
MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner in our Firm from the same date.
THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
By Order of the Official Administrator.
THE undersigned is instructed to sell that old
established Public House “ THE CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN,” situated in Queen's Road, Corner of Taipingshan West; together with the valuable TOWN LOT No. 92, on which the Tavern is built. The Sale will take place on the Premises, on
WEDNESDAY,
the 5th day of August, 1857,
at 11 o'clock a.m.
CROWN RENT £3, 12s. 5d. Conditions and further particulars of Sale to be seen at the Office of Mr G. C. TURNER, Crown Solicitor. FLETCHER & Co.
Hongkong, 29th July, 1857. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA.
HONGKONG BRANCH.
THIS Branch is now open for General Banking Business. CURRENT ACCOUNTS can be opened, on which no Commission will be charged, or Interest allowed.
For SHROFFING, a charge of 50 Cents per Mille will be made.
RATES OF INTEREST
G. DUDDELL,
Auctioneer.
N.B. On the day of the above Sale, at 12 o'clock, the following LOTS OF LAND, situated above the MOSQUE, will be sold to the highest bidder, viz.,-Nos. 341, 342, 392, 347, 346, and | 345.
Victoria, Hongkong, 27th July, 1857.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
of Valuable PROPERTY in Taipingshan. THE undersigned have received instructions from the Mortgagee, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on
will be allowed on Fixed Deposit accounts, subject TUESDAY, the 11th August Next, at Noon, on the
For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Pinsular & Oriental Steam Navigation | to,— Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 1st August, 1857.
NOTICE.
#11E undersigned being about to close their Busi- 1 ness, request that all Outstanding Accounts may be sent in for Liquidation within Fourteen Dys from this date.
EDULJEE FURDONJEE & Co. Hongkong, 13th July, 1857.
P Cent, P Annum.
One Month's Notice of Withdrawal, at 3
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The Branch Discounts Bills, and Grants Drafts, on the LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, and its Agencies in BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, CEYLON, SINGAPORE, and SHANGHAI,—the Rates for which may be had on application.
1st August, 1857.
THE
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JOHN COSTERTON, Manager.
NOTICE.
HE Partnership of the undersigned, under the Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any unsettled affairs will be settled by either partner.
Victoria, Hongkong, 25th June, 1857.
L.A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
Premises,―
LOT 1.-That THREE-STORIED SHOP, situated at the Corner of Taipingshan, Central Sirect, and the Ground on which the same is built, registered in the LAND OFFICE as INLAND LOT No. 239, measuring 840 square feet. Annual GROUND RENT £1.5.0.
LOT 2.-All those FIVE DWELLING HOUSES,
quite New, and in good Repair, situated in the neighbourhood of the above Lot; also the Ground on which they are built, registered in the LAND OFFICE as INLAND LOT No. 280, measuring 5,440 square feet. Annual GROUND RENT £4.18,8.
Terms of PaymENT,—25 per Cent to be paid on the fall of the Hummer, and the Remainder in 48 Hours after,-MEXICAN Dollars weighed at 7.1.7. SMITH & BRIMELOW,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 30th July, 1857.
NOTICE THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES TSMITI in our Firmy ceased by his death en
the 2d of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW.
Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
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Hongkong Government Gazettę.
RETURN of CROWN LANDS, Rented, and for which LEASES have not been EXECUTED.
No. of Lor.
HOLDER.
DATE OF ENTRY..
LAUGUST 1, 1857.
28th July, 1857.
LOCALITY.
Inland.
Marine Hospital Society
Ex-cutors of the late William Stewart
26th June, 1843 25th June, 1848. 31st August, 1844
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Seamen's Hospital Wongneichung South Taipingshan
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Chinese Temple
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19th December, 1851
17th March, 1855
14th May, 1855
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Taipingshan West South of Mosque
Taipingshan, above Joss House
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Inland.
86
87
225d
Palmer, Job
258m
Atang
222
Ahung
248
Palmer, Job
2436
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Shaik Ameer
347
Markwick, C.
360
Savelle, J. J.
361
890
391
398
Woods, F.
401
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Lo Ahoong
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North of Hospital Hill
West Point
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21st July, 1856
West Point
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. ȚIE Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, will close on Sunday, The usual SUP- the 9th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. PLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the follow- ing morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 A.M., to 123 P.M., for a late fee of 1s.
Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Post-Master.
Hongkong, 1st August, 1857.
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, APEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;
Also,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NE of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on MÓNDAY, the 10th of August, at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 p.m., the 8th; also, SPECIE and PARCELS until 5 P.M. on the 8th.
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NOTICE.
THE next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COUrt, THE
in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 7th day of August, A.d. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon.
By Order of the Court,
ON
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
NOTICE.
the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Firm at SHANGHAE,
MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner in our Firm from the same date.
THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
By Order of the Official Administrator.
THE undersigned is instructed to sell that old
established Public House “ THE CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN,” situated in Queen's Road, Corner of Taipingshan West; together with the valuable TOWN LOT No. 92, on which the Tavern is built. The Sale will take place on the Premises, on
WEDNESDAY,
the 5th day of August, 1857,
at 11 o'clock a.m.
CROWN RENT £3, 12s. 5d. Conditions and further particulars of Sale to be seen at the Office of Mr G. C. TURNER, Crown Solicitor. FLETCHER & Co.
Hongkong, 29th July, 1857. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA.
HONGKONG BRANCH.
THIS Branch is now open for General Banking Business. CURRENT ACCOUNTS can be opened, on which no Commission will be charged, or Interest allowed.
For SHROFFING, a charge of 50 Cents per Mille will be made.
RATES OF INTEREST
G. DUDDELL,
Auctioneer.
N.B. On the day of the above Sale, at 12 o'clock, the following LOTS OF LAND, situated above the MOSQUE, will be sold to the highest bidder, viz.,-Nos. 341, 342, 392, 347, 346, and | 345.
Victoria, Hongkong, 27th July, 1857.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
of Valuable PROPERTY in Taipingshan. THE undersigned have received instructions from the Mortgagee, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on
will be allowed on Fixed Deposit accounts, subject TUESDAY, the 11th August Next, at Noon, on the
For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Pinsular & Oriental Steam Navigation | to,— Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 1st August, 1857.
NOTICE.
#11E undersigned being about to close their Busi- 1 ness, request that all Outstanding Accounts may be sent in for Liquidation within Fourteen Dys from this date.
EDULJEE FURDONJEE & Co. Hongkong, 13th July, 1857.
P Cent, P Annum.
One Month's Notice of Withdrawal, at 3
{
99
"
99
4
•
"
99
"
"
99
"
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7
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Two do., Three do., Six do., Twelve do.,
99
The Branch Discounts Bills, and Grants Drafts, on the LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, and its Agencies in BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, CEYLON, SINGAPORE, and SHANGHAI,—the Rates for which may be had on application.
1st August, 1857.
THE
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JOHN COSTERTON, Manager.
NOTICE.
HE Partnership of the undersigned, under the Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any unsettled affairs will be settled by either partner.
Victoria, Hongkong, 25th June, 1857.
L.A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
Premises,―
LOT 1.-That THREE-STORIED SHOP, situated at the Corner of Taipingshan, Central Sirect, and the Ground on which the same is built, registered in the LAND OFFICE as INLAND LOT No. 239, measuring 840 square feet. Annual GROUND RENT £1.5.0.
LOT 2.-All those FIVE DWELLING HOUSES,
quite New, and in good Repair, situated in the neighbourhood of the above Lot; also the Ground on which they are built, registered in the LAND OFFICE as INLAND LOT No. 280, measuring 5,440 square feet. Annual GROUND RENT £4.18,8.
Terms of PaymENT,—25 per Cent to be paid on the fall of the Hummer, and the Remainder in 48 Hours after,-MEXICAN Dollars weighed at 7.1.7. SMITH & BRIMELOW,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 30th July, 1857.
NOTICE THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES TSMITI in our Firmy ceased by his death en
the 2d of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW.
Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
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NOTICE.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
Morsigned begs to inform the Public, that ls a POWER OF ATTORNEY from DR EARTON, late of Hongkong, authorizing | nl and collect all Sums of Money which may hereafter become, due to him, the
, K. BARTON; and the undersigned | < upon those Persons who are indebted Dr BARTON, to pay the Sums due without Cay to
*** Road, Hongkong,
27th July, 1857.
NOTICE.
J. J. BRAGA.
I have removed our Establishment from Carton to SHANGHAE, and have admitted F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our fren this day.
** Mar, 1st July, 1857.
HARKORT & Co.
NOTICE.
Msiness hitherto carried on by the under-
, under the style of TRAUTMANN
hereby declared closed.
NOTICE
THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between THE FOLLIAM GASKELL and JAMES
BROWN, as Allorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public,|| | and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL.
Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.
NOTICE.
3
THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr IIENRY
22d Instant.
TH DAVIS in our Firm, ccused by his death on the
DAVIS & LAWRENCE.
Hongkong, 28th February, 1857.
FOR SALE.
At the Office of the “China Mail."
Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR-
In the mutter of the Estate of the lute Mr JAMES BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES,
N
SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased. ́OTICE.-All "Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- culars of the same to Mr JAMES W BRIMELOW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the Baid JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
D. LAPRAIK,
D. LADRASON,}
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.
Executors.
In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased.
A
LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to
atstanding Business will be taken charge of forward particulars of the same to the undersigned
**7% HARKORT & Co.
J. F. II. TRAUTMANN.
se, 30th June, 1857.
forthwith.
HENRY RUTTER, Administrator.
Hongkong, 17th March, 1857.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE.
Also,
SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN;
And,
A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with alt CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
19th March, 1857.
Printed at the Ofice of the China Mail, Hongkong.-
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THE
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Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, TUESDAY, 4TH AUGUST, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 109.*
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 35.
• GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. ·
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, Governor of Hongkong, &c., &c., having received from His Excellency The Naval Co.nmander-in-Chief the following Noti- fication, announcing the Blockade of the Port and River of Canton, to date from the 7th Instant, publishes the same for general information.
By Order,
W. WOODGATE.
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th August, 1857.
By SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Rear-Admiral of the White, and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed and to be employed in the East Indies and Seas adjacent.
It being necessary, pending the settlement of existing differences between the Chinese Government and the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, that the River of Canton should continue in the sole occupation of the British Forces: I do, by virtue of the Power and Authority in me vested, and with the concurrence of His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, hereby notify that, from and after the 7th Instant, the River and Port of Canton, by all its entrances, will be placed in a state of strict Blockade by a competent Naval Force of Her Britannic Majesty. And it is hereby further notified, that all the measures authorized by the Laws of Nations, and existing Treaties with Neutral Powers, will be adopted and executed with respect to all Vessels which may attempt to violate the said Blockade.
Given on board H. M. Ship Calcutta, at Hongkong, this 3d August, 1857.
(Signed)
M. SEYMOUR.
By Command of the Commander-in-Chief,
(Signed)
Wx. D. JEANS.
True Copy,
GEO. S. MORRISON.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong-PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents.
Terms of Advertisements,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cenis-One-half of these charges for each Repetition,
THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH AUGUST, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 110.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
"THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMAtions, Notifications, and Public PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
No. 118.
JOHN BOWRING.
•PROCLAMATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
By His Excellency_SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honour- ble Henry Labouchere, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the two following Ordinances, namely :
Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, entitled-
"An Ordinance for Fees and Costs ;"
Ordinance No. 4 of 1857, entitled-
“ An Ordinance for amending the Ordinances therein mentioned :"
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said two Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 7th Day of August, 1857.
No. 119.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular, received from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
CIRCULAR.
Downing Street, 4th June, 1857,
St.-You are aware that it was provided by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, that from and after the 1st of May, 1855, an rial Number would be appropriated to every British Ship, and that such Number would be permanently marked upon her beam-end, and entered upon her Certificate of Registry.
By that means the identity of every British vessel is established throughout the world.
But in order to realize that advantage fully, it was necessary to enable Ships to communicate by Signals their distinctive Numbers to her Ships at Sea, as well as to Signal-Stations on Shore; and the enormous extent of the British mercantile navy made it impracticable devise the means under any of the existing Codes of Signals, to signify or telegraph the special Numbers of vessels readily.
That difficulty led the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to appoint a Committee of experienced Officers to consider whole subject of Telegraphic Communication at Sea, and that Committee have recommended, and Her Majesty's Government have ded, a new Code of Signs or Signals which are represented, with slight variations, by the Flags now employed in Maryatt's Code, so as these are applicable.
Of that new Code I now transmit to you one copy, which you will deposit in the hands of the Resident functionary at the Chief Signal tion of the Colony, under your government, whose business it is to attend to the Signals of Ships.
The object and character of that Code, and the advantages which it possesses over all other Codes now in use, are sufficiently plained in the Report of the Committee, and in the remarks which preface the Book.
la truth, no British vessel should be without that Code, and I earnestly recommend to you to impress upon the mercantile interests Hongkong, the great advantages which they cannot fail to secure by taking care that their vessels are provided with copies of the book,
his published by Mr Mitchell, 54 Gracechurch Street, at the price of 7%.
THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH AUGUST, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 110.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
"THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMAtions, Notifications, and Public PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
No. 118.
JOHN BOWRING.
•PROCLAMATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
By His Excellency_SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honour- ble Henry Labouchere, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the two following Ordinances, namely :
Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, entitled-
"An Ordinance for Fees and Costs ;"
Ordinance No. 4 of 1857, entitled-
“ An Ordinance for amending the Ordinances therein mentioned :"
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said two Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 7th Day of August, 1857.
No. 119.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular, received from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
CIRCULAR.
Downing Street, 4th June, 1857,
St.-You are aware that it was provided by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, that from and after the 1st of May, 1855, an rial Number would be appropriated to every British Ship, and that such Number would be permanently marked upon her beam-end, and entered upon her Certificate of Registry.
By that means the identity of every British vessel is established throughout the world.
But in order to realize that advantage fully, it was necessary to enable Ships to communicate by Signals their distinctive Numbers to her Ships at Sea, as well as to Signal-Stations on Shore; and the enormous extent of the British mercantile navy made it impracticable devise the means under any of the existing Codes of Signals, to signify or telegraph the special Numbers of vessels readily.
That difficulty led the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to appoint a Committee of experienced Officers to consider whole subject of Telegraphic Communication at Sea, and that Committee have recommended, and Her Majesty's Government have ded, a new Code of Signs or Signals which are represented, with slight variations, by the Flags now employed in Maryatt's Code, so as these are applicable.
Of that new Code I now transmit to you one copy, which you will deposit in the hands of the Resident functionary at the Chief Signal tion of the Colony, under your government, whose business it is to attend to the Signals of Ships.
The object and character of that Code, and the advantages which it possesses over all other Codes now in use, are sufficiently plained in the Report of the Committee, and in the remarks which preface the Book.
la truth, no British vessel should be without that Code, and I earnestly recommend to you to impress upon the mercantile interests Hongkong, the great advantages which they cannot fail to secure by taking care that their vessels are provided with copies of the book,
his published by Mr Mitchell, 54 Gracechurch Street, at the price of 7%.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[AUGUST 8, 1857.
I further transmit to you copy of the Mercantile Navy List, which contains the Name and Official Number of every British Registered vessel, as well as her distinctive Code Sigual, as represented by Four Letters and their corresponding Flags.
This List will be found very useful for purposes of reference, and may afford the means of detecting fraud in cases where a Ship's name has been illegally assumed or altered for improper purposes.
J
It is published by Messrs Bradbury and Evans, of 1 Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, and also by Mr Mitchell, of 54 Gracechurch Street, at the price of Seven Shillings and Sixpence, and will be renewed every year.
You will deposit that List in the hands of the Registrar of Shipping for Hongkong.
I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Humble Servant,
THE OFFICER Administering the GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG.
No. 120
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
H. LABOUCHERE.
A Despatch having been received from the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, advising that the true intent of the Regulations appended to the Chinese Passenger Act is, that for every Passenger on board there shall be distinctly Twelve Superficial Feet of the Lower Deck itself, and likewise Five Superficial Feet of the Upper Deck, available to Passengers for air and exercise: It is hereby notified that, for the future, the Emigration Officer will not grant a Clearance to any Passenger Ship carrying more Passengers than the space Between-Decks and Tin the Cabins will allow.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
No.121.
GOVERNMENT
NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
In consequence of the diversity of practice which has hitherto prevailed, in reference to the mode of regulating the Contributions of Civil Officers of the Colonial Government to the Superannuation Fund, levied under the Act 4th and 5th William IV., Chapter 24; the following Notice is issued by order of His Excellency The Governor, for the information of the several Departments concerned.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
NOTICE.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1. In pursuance of Instructions from the Home Government, as notified to the Colonial Officers, under date 1st February, 1847: No Civil Officer, having taken service under the Colonial Government prior to 1st February, 1847, can found a claim to Pension, &c. under the terms of the Act, without having paid the prescribed Rates of Contribution from the original date of his appointment, and con- tinued the same during the entire period of his Service.
2, All Civil Officers entering. the Colonial Service subsequent to 1st February, 1847, are imperatively required to contribute from their Salaries in the proportions prescribed by the Act, with the following exceptions only:
3. All Persons holding Offices in Courts of Justice (under the terms of the Act), and all persons appointed for temporary or pro visional purposes, are not liable to pay the Contributions specified in the Act; but unless, in the latter case, the authority from the Colonial Government expressly specifies the temporary nature of such appointment, the Financial Officers will be obliged to enforce the required deduction upon each payment on account of Salary.
4. The Half Salaries of Officers absent on leave will be liable to the deduction, as well as the remaining Half Salaries issued in the Colony to those appointed to Act in their behalf: provided, however, that the Persons so acting are already holding appointments in the Colonial Civil Service, which render them liable to the terms of the Act, but not otherwise.
5. The adjustments of any Claims for arrear for periods prior to 1847, (under the Provisions of Paragraph I,) or of Unpaid Contribn- tions for Periods subsequent to 1847, will form the subject of such special arrangement by the Colonial Treasurer as may be found necessary.
All current issues of Colonial' Salaries will be liable to the prescribed contributions under the terms of the foregoing arrangements, which will be adhered to in the Departments of the Colonial Treasury and Audit Office—and the result duly reported to the Home .Government.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
F. FORTH,
Colonial Treasurer. W. H. WHITE,
Acting Auditor General,
All Parties indebted to the Crown on Account of Rent Due on the 24th of June last, are requested to pay the same into the hands of the Cashier of this Department, on or before the 14th Instant; after which date the Names of the Parties indebted to the Crown, as above stated, will be forwarded to the Crown Solicitor.
FRED. FORTH,
·Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
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Colonial. Treasurer.
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The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[AUGUST 8, 1857.
I further transmit to you copy of the Mercantile Navy List, which contains the Name and Official Number of every British Registered vessel, as well as her distinctive Code Sigual, as represented by Four Letters and their corresponding Flags.
This List will be found very useful for purposes of reference, and may afford the means of detecting fraud in cases where a Ship's name has been illegally assumed or altered for improper purposes.
J
It is published by Messrs Bradbury and Evans, of 1 Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, and also by Mr Mitchell, of 54 Gracechurch Street, at the price of Seven Shillings and Sixpence, and will be renewed every year.
You will deposit that List in the hands of the Registrar of Shipping for Hongkong.
I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Humble Servant,
THE OFFICER Administering the GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG.
No. 120
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
H. LABOUCHERE.
A Despatch having been received from the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, advising that the true intent of the Regulations appended to the Chinese Passenger Act is, that for every Passenger on board there shall be distinctly Twelve Superficial Feet of the Lower Deck itself, and likewise Five Superficial Feet of the Upper Deck, available to Passengers for air and exercise: It is hereby notified that, for the future, the Emigration Officer will not grant a Clearance to any Passenger Ship carrying more Passengers than the space Between-Decks and Tin the Cabins will allow.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
No.121.
GOVERNMENT
NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
In consequence of the diversity of practice which has hitherto prevailed, in reference to the mode of regulating the Contributions of Civil Officers of the Colonial Government to the Superannuation Fund, levied under the Act 4th and 5th William IV., Chapter 24; the following Notice is issued by order of His Excellency The Governor, for the information of the several Departments concerned.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
NOTICE.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1. In pursuance of Instructions from the Home Government, as notified to the Colonial Officers, under date 1st February, 1847: No Civil Officer, having taken service under the Colonial Government prior to 1st February, 1847, can found a claim to Pension, &c. under the terms of the Act, without having paid the prescribed Rates of Contribution from the original date of his appointment, and con- tinued the same during the entire period of his Service.
2, All Civil Officers entering. the Colonial Service subsequent to 1st February, 1847, are imperatively required to contribute from their Salaries in the proportions prescribed by the Act, with the following exceptions only:
3. All Persons holding Offices in Courts of Justice (under the terms of the Act), and all persons appointed for temporary or pro visional purposes, are not liable to pay the Contributions specified in the Act; but unless, in the latter case, the authority from the Colonial Government expressly specifies the temporary nature of such appointment, the Financial Officers will be obliged to enforce the required deduction upon each payment on account of Salary.
4. The Half Salaries of Officers absent on leave will be liable to the deduction, as well as the remaining Half Salaries issued in the Colony to those appointed to Act in their behalf: provided, however, that the Persons so acting are already holding appointments in the Colonial Civil Service, which render them liable to the terms of the Act, but not otherwise.
5. The adjustments of any Claims for arrear for periods prior to 1847, (under the Provisions of Paragraph I,) or of Unpaid Contribn- tions for Periods subsequent to 1847, will form the subject of such special arrangement by the Colonial Treasurer as may be found necessary.
All current issues of Colonial' Salaries will be liable to the prescribed contributions under the terms of the foregoing arrangements, which will be adhered to in the Departments of the Colonial Treasury and Audit Office—and the result duly reported to the Home .Government.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
F. FORTH,
Colonial Treasurer. W. H. WHITE,
Acting Auditor General,
All Parties indebted to the Crown on Account of Rent Due on the 24th of June last, are requested to pay the same into the hands of the Cashier of this Department, on or before the 14th Instant; after which date the Names of the Parties indebted to the Crown, as above stated, will be forwarded to the Crown Solicitor.
FRED. FORTH,
·Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
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MR MORESBY,
The
Notary Public and Solicitor, VICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bouk, late the Offices of Mr H. J. penr, Solicitor, &c.
Jong, 3d Angust, 1857.
NOTICE.
My 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Firm * SHANGHAE.
** ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner
· Firm from the same date.
FLETCHER & Co.
-okong, 29th July, 1857.
NOTICE.
Partnership of the undersigned, under the |_ Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved il consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any el affairs will be settled by either partner. L. A. LUBECK, FRANS KNOOP.
Vetoria, Hongkong, 25th June, 1857.
NOTICE.
E Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the
DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hengkong, 28th February, 1857.
TH
Tistant.
NOTICE.
HE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on 24 of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW.
Hinakong, 22d July, 1857.
NOTICE.
WE have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAɛ, and have admitted
Y. J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our
from this day.
1857.
HARKORT & Co.
Shanghae, 1st July,
NOTICE.
Hongkong Government Gazette.
Steam for
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;
Also.
THE
BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. HE PENINSULAR & Oriental SteaM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “GANGES,” Captain J. BOWEN, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on MONDAY, the 10th August, at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 8th; also, SPECIE and PARCELS until 5 P.M. on the 8th.
For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE
REQUIRED.
|
TH
PUBLIC AUCTION.
3
of Valuable PROPERTY in Taipingshan. THE undersigned have received instructions from the Mortgages, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on TUESDAY, the 11th August Neal, at Noon, on the Premises,-
LOT 1.-That THREE-STORIED SHOP, situated at the Corner of Taipingshan, Central Street, and the Ground on which the same is built, registered in the LAND OFFICE as INLAND LOT No. 239, measuring 840 square feet. Annual GROUND Rext £1.5.0.
LOT 2.--All those Five DWELLING HOUSES, quite New, and in good Repair, situated in the neighbourhood of the above Lot; also the Ground on which they are built, registered in the LAND OFFICE as INLAND LOT No. 280, measuring 5,440 square feet. Annual GROUND RENT £4.18.8.
TERMS OF PAYMENT,—25 per Cent to be paid on the fall of the Hammer, and the Remainder in 48 Hours after,—MEXICAN Dollars weighed at 7.1.7. SMITH & BRIMELOW,
Auctioneers.
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
In not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 5th August, 1857. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA.
HONGKONG Branch,
THIS Branch is now open for General Banking
THI
Business. CURRENT ACCOUNTS can be opened,
on which no Commission will be charged, or Interest allowed.
For SHROFFING, a charge of 50 Cents per Mille will be made.
RATES OF INTEREST
E business hitherto carried on by the under will be allowed on Fixed Deposit accounts, subject
best, an der the style of TRAUTMANN
to,-
▲ Ca, is hereby declared closed.
Al Outstanding Business will be taken charge of One Month's Notice of Withdrawal, at 3 {Cent,
Messrs HARKORT & Co.
J. F. H. TRAUTMANN.
Sanghae, 30th June, 1857.
NOTICE.
THE
HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Allorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the dreease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day ✅ April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.
|
Hongkong, 30th July, 1857.
the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased.
́OTICE.—All 'Persons having Claims on the
said Estate, are requested to forward parti- culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
D. LAPRAIK,
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.
Executors.
In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased.
debted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith.
HENRY RUTTER,
LL Persons having Claims against, or being in-
Hongkong, 17th March, 1857.
Administrator.
4TH GUIDE,
EDITION;
William's DICTIONARY in the CANTON
DIALECT; also
FOR SALE.
Annum.
COM
YOMMERCIAL
"9
99
カラ
"
"
99
"
7
"
+
99
Two do., Three do., Six do., Twelve do.,
The Branch Discounts Bills, and Grants Drafts, on the LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, and its Agencies in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Ceylon, SINGAPORE, and SHANGHAI,-the Rates for which may be had on application.
1st August, 1857.
JOHN COSTERTON, Manager.
William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in
CHINESE.
Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNson's, Gough
Street, Hongkong.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1857.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.-
PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. Taans or ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- kalf of these charges for each Repetition.
al.
the
es of
THE
Hongkong
NEW SERIES.
Government
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH AUGUST, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 111.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 122.
JOHN BOWRING.
PROCLAMATION.
•
pur-
Whereas by a certain Act of Parliament passed in the Sixth Year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for punishing Offences committed by Transports kept to labour in the Colonies, and
"it better regulating the Powers of Justices of the Peace in New South Wales," it is amongst other things enacted, "That it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, by any Order or Orders to be by him from time to time for that purpose issued, with the Advice of His Privy Council, to appoint, or by any such Order or Orders in Council to authorize the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, or other Persons for the time being administering the government of any of His Majesty's Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, to appoint the Place or Places within His Majesty's Dominions to which any Offender convicted in any such Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, and being under Sentence or Order of Transportation, shall be sent or transported; and, "that all such persons shall, within the Place or Places to which, in pursuance of any such Order or Orders in Council, they shall or may be so sent or transported, be subject and liable to all such and the same Laws, Rules, and Regulations, as are or shall be in force in any such Place or Places with respect to Convicts transported from Great Britain;" And whereas Her Majesty, by an Order by Her issued, by the Advice of Her Privy Council, on the 22d day of May, 1840, in suance of the said Act of Parliament, and in exercise of the Powers thereby in Her in that behalf vested, did order that the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, or other Persons for the time being administering the Government of any of Her Majesty's Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, shall, by Proclamations to be by them respectively for that purpose issued, appoint the Place or Places within Her Majesty's Dominions to which any Offender, con- victed in any such Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, and being under Sentence or Order of Transporta- tion, shall be sent or transported, provided that neither the Colony of Bermuda, nor any of Her Majesty's Colonies in New Holland, or in the Southern Ocean, be so appointed for that purpose other than the Island of Van Dieman's Land and Norfolk Island, and the Islands adjacent to and comprised within the Government of Van Dieman's Land: Now therefore, I, Sir JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superin- tendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, in pursuance of the said Order in Council and Act of Parliament respectively, and in exercise of the Powers thereby respectively in me, as such Governor as aforesaid, vested, do appoint, that any Offenders, not exceeding the number of Sixty, convicted in the said Colony, and being under Bentence or Order of Transportation, shall be sent by the first convenient opportunity to the Colony of Labuan.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 14th Day of August, 1857.
No. 123.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands will be held on the ground on Tuesday, the 1st September, 1857.
1
·
1
Plans of the Lots to be Sold, with the Conditions of Sale, may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office.
The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered at the Sale, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th August, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
THE
Hongkong
NEW SERIES.
Government
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH AUGUST, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 111.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 122.
JOHN BOWRING.
PROCLAMATION.
•
pur-
Whereas by a certain Act of Parliament passed in the Sixth Year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for punishing Offences committed by Transports kept to labour in the Colonies, and
"it better regulating the Powers of Justices of the Peace in New South Wales," it is amongst other things enacted, "That it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, by any Order or Orders to be by him from time to time for that purpose issued, with the Advice of His Privy Council, to appoint, or by any such Order or Orders in Council to authorize the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, or other Persons for the time being administering the government of any of His Majesty's Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, to appoint the Place or Places within His Majesty's Dominions to which any Offender convicted in any such Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, and being under Sentence or Order of Transportation, shall be sent or transported; and, "that all such persons shall, within the Place or Places to which, in pursuance of any such Order or Orders in Council, they shall or may be so sent or transported, be subject and liable to all such and the same Laws, Rules, and Regulations, as are or shall be in force in any such Place or Places with respect to Convicts transported from Great Britain;" And whereas Her Majesty, by an Order by Her issued, by the Advice of Her Privy Council, on the 22d day of May, 1840, in suance of the said Act of Parliament, and in exercise of the Powers thereby in Her in that behalf vested, did order that the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, or other Persons for the time being administering the Government of any of Her Majesty's Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, shall, by Proclamations to be by them respectively for that purpose issued, appoint the Place or Places within Her Majesty's Dominions to which any Offender, con- victed in any such Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, and being under Sentence or Order of Transporta- tion, shall be sent or transported, provided that neither the Colony of Bermuda, nor any of Her Majesty's Colonies in New Holland, or in the Southern Ocean, be so appointed for that purpose other than the Island of Van Dieman's Land and Norfolk Island, and the Islands adjacent to and comprised within the Government of Van Dieman's Land: Now therefore, I, Sir JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superin- tendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, in pursuance of the said Order in Council and Act of Parliament respectively, and in exercise of the Powers thereby respectively in me, as such Governor as aforesaid, vested, do appoint, that any Offenders, not exceeding the number of Sixty, convicted in the said Colony, and being under Bentence or Order of Transportation, shall be sent by the first convenient opportunity to the Colony of Labuan.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 14th Day of August, 1857.
No. 123.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands will be held on the ground on Tuesday, the 1st September, 1857.
1
·
1
Plans of the Lots to be Sold, with the Conditions of Sale, may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office.
The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered at the Sale, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th August, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1. 2
The Hongkong Government Gazettą.
Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold.
BOUNDARY Measurements.
[August 15, 1857.
CONTENT
ORDER
FIXED
IN
OF
LOCALITY.
SALE.
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ANNUAL
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311
220
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137
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THOS. L. WALKER,
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No. 124.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Acting Surveyor General.
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The following Draft Market Ordinance, read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information.
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W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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Preamble.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1854.
An Inspector of Markets to be appoint
ed.
His duties, and As- sistants.
Governor in Council
HONGKONG.
ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. of 1857.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in 'China, with the Advice of the Legislative .Council of Hongkong.
The Market Ordinance, 1857. ̧
[
August, 1857.]
Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I. Ordinance No. 2 of 1854 is hereby repealed.
Sum of
II. There shall be from time to time appointed by His Excellency, some proper Person to hold the Office of Inspector of Markets during His Excellency's pleasure, at such Salary (not exceeding the monthly
Dollars,) as His Excellency in Council shall from time to time determine. III. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, all Markets, now or hereafter to be established, and all Buildings or Places wherein the same are or shall be holden, shall be under the immediate Superin- tendence of the said Inspector of Markets, (without prejudice nevertheless to any Jurisdiction or Authority 'now or hereafter to be vested in any other Servant of the Crown within this Colony); and the said Inspector shall be charged with the duty of enforcing this Ordinance, and also such By-Laws as shall from time to time be issued by His Excellency in Council respecting such Markets and Buildings, or Places wherein the same are or shall be holden, under the Powers in that behalf given or created by this Ordinance, and also of receiving and enforcing payment of the Rents, Taxes, and Fees, hereinafter-mentioned and he shall be aided and assisted in the premises by such Clerks or other Subordinates including (for every Market) an Assistant Inspector, and at such Salaries as His said Excellency in Council shall determine.
IV. His Excellency in Council shall also be empowered from time to time to establish any New empowered to establish Market or Markets, or to close any Market or Markets, which may be established under the provisions of and close Markets, and this Ordinance within the district of Victoria, as defined by Government Notification No. 69 of 1857, to make Regulations and By-Laws.
published under the provisions of the Seventh Section of Ordinance No. 6 of 1857, and to make such Regulations for the letting of Houses, Shops, Stalls, or Standings therein, and the Durations and Conditions of such lettings, and the Rents to be received for the same, and also such By-Laws for the good govern- ment of the said Markets, the repression or prevention of Disorder therein, and the advancement of the Commerce thereof, as to His said Excellency shall seem meet: yet so as that no such Regulations or By- Laws shall be contrary to this Ordinance, or, until the same shall have been once at least published in the Hongkong Government Gazette, be capable of being enforced; and all such Regulations and By-Laws when so published shall be Law, and shall to all intents and purposes have the same force and effect as if they had been enacted by a special Ordinance of the Legislative Council in that behalf.
No Market to be deemed established till
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V. No Market shall be deemed to be established, until after Notification made by His said Excellency notified in the Gazette. in Council, in the Hongkong Government Gazette, that the same is so established and open for public use.
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No. 124.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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The following Draft Market Ordinance, read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information.
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Preamble.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1854.
An Inspector of Markets to be appoint
ed.
His duties, and As- sistants.
Governor in Council
HONGKONG.
ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. of 1857.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in 'China, with the Advice of the Legislative .Council of Hongkong.
The Market Ordinance, 1857. ̧
[
August, 1857.]
Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I. Ordinance No. 2 of 1854 is hereby repealed.
Sum of
II. There shall be from time to time appointed by His Excellency, some proper Person to hold the Office of Inspector of Markets during His Excellency's pleasure, at such Salary (not exceeding the monthly
Dollars,) as His Excellency in Council shall from time to time determine. III. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, all Markets, now or hereafter to be established, and all Buildings or Places wherein the same are or shall be holden, shall be under the immediate Superin- tendence of the said Inspector of Markets, (without prejudice nevertheless to any Jurisdiction or Authority 'now or hereafter to be vested in any other Servant of the Crown within this Colony); and the said Inspector shall be charged with the duty of enforcing this Ordinance, and also such By-Laws as shall from time to time be issued by His Excellency in Council respecting such Markets and Buildings, or Places wherein the same are or shall be holden, under the Powers in that behalf given or created by this Ordinance, and also of receiving and enforcing payment of the Rents, Taxes, and Fees, hereinafter-mentioned and he shall be aided and assisted in the premises by such Clerks or other Subordinates including (for every Market) an Assistant Inspector, and at such Salaries as His said Excellency in Council shall determine.
IV. His Excellency in Council shall also be empowered from time to time to establish any New empowered to establish Market or Markets, or to close any Market or Markets, which may be established under the provisions of and close Markets, and this Ordinance within the district of Victoria, as defined by Government Notification No. 69 of 1857, to make Regulations and By-Laws.
published under the provisions of the Seventh Section of Ordinance No. 6 of 1857, and to make such Regulations for the letting of Houses, Shops, Stalls, or Standings therein, and the Durations and Conditions of such lettings, and the Rents to be received for the same, and also such By-Laws for the good govern- ment of the said Markets, the repression or prevention of Disorder therein, and the advancement of the Commerce thereof, as to His said Excellency shall seem meet: yet so as that no such Regulations or By- Laws shall be contrary to this Ordinance, or, until the same shall have been once at least published in the Hongkong Government Gazette, be capable of being enforced; and all such Regulations and By-Laws when so published shall be Law, and shall to all intents and purposes have the same force and effect as if they had been enacted by a special Ordinance of the Legislative Council in that behalf.
No Market to be deemed established till
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V. No Market shall be deemed to be established, until after Notification made by His said Excellency notified in the Gazette. in Council, in the Hongkong Government Gazette, that the same is so established and open for public use.
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His Excellency in Council may lawfully cause to be closed, any Market now in use, under the Existing Markets repealed Ordinance, upon first making Compensation (if any such be due) for the closing thereof, which may be closed on mak- pensation, and the amount thereof, (if any,) shall be first determined and fixed by the Ways and Means ing Compensation.
led in the Crown Leases in Hongkong, as to Compensation for the Value of Lands resumed by the
1.
VII. After the expiration of Ten Days from the establishment of any Market, and the Notification
Prohibition of other
creof as aforesaid, no Market shall be opened or kept open except under the provisions of this Ordinance; Markets.
every Market which shall be opened or kept open otherwise than under the provisions of this Ordinance, together with the Building or Buildings (if any) wherein the same shall happen to be holden, be eemed a common Nuisance.
VIII. Licensed Hawkers may lawfully hawk for Sale any Green Vegetables or Fruit, Bean Curds, Certain marketable zee, and Soup, and Boatman may lawfully sell any Fresh Fish from their Boats to the Crews or Articles may be sold capants of other Boats or Vessels; provided that such Boats or Vessels be at a distance from the Shore out of Market.
at least 300 Feet; neither shall this Ordinance prevent any Person from selling on his own Premises any d. Milk, Confectionary, or Salt Fish, (provided that such Salt Fish be sold in quantities not less at any time than the weight of one Picul,) nor (if a Licensed Victualler or a Keeper of a Boarding, Eating, or Fe House, or Cook Shop) from supplying any Cooked provisions to a Customer.
All other sales of
IX All Persons soever within the said District of Victoria (except in the cases specified in Section fight) are hereby forbidden to sell or expose for sale in any place soever, not being a Public Market within marketable Articles out
meaning of this Ordinance, any articles of Food, Fodder, or Fuel, usually sold or exposed for sale in a Public Market.
X. No Sales within any Market shall take place but in a Stall or in a Shop; and such Stalls and Shops the Rooms or Dwelling Houses over or adjoining such Shops, shall be constructed of such dimensions designs, and of such materials, as His said Excellency in Council shall direct. XI. No Lessee or Renter of a Stall, or of a Shop or House, shall underlet or assign the same, or any Part thereof, without a written License of His said Excellency in Council.
of Market prohibited.
Sales in Markets to take place in Stalls or Shops. Stalls and Shops how to be con-
structed.
Underletting forbid-
Wholesale Depots to
den.
Market.
XII. In every Market to be established under this Ordinance, there shall be set apart Two Lan or trepots for the Wholesale sale and purchase of Fish, Fowl (whether alive or dead), Vegetables and Fruit, be provided in each which the retail Dealers in such articles having Stalls or Shops in such Market can purchase their supplies. the same; (and such Lan or Entrepots, and the Persons frequenting or using the same, shall be regulated governed by such By-Laws and Rules as shall from time to time be made in that behalf by His said cellency in Council ;) and no Person shall be allowed to vend any Articles in any such Lan or Entrepot as Wholesale Trader or Dealer therein, except under such License as shall be ordered by His said Excellency Council, and His said Excellency in Council shall also be empowered from time to time grant such censes as aforesaid, and make such Regulations for the Duration or Conditions thereof, and the Fees or axes to be imposed or levied for the same; and such Licenses shall not be transferable or assignable, but License shall be granted to every applicant for the same.
tle.
Slaughtering of Cat-
Erection or adap-
XIII. His said Excellency in Council is further empowered to grant unto any Undertaker in such man- eer, for such Consideration or Rent, upon such Conditions, and for such Period, as shall be from time to time certained and fixed by any Regulations to be made by His said Excellency in Council for that purpose, ve sole Privilege of Slaughtering Cattle for the supply of the said Markets, or of any one residing in the
District of Victoria, and of providing Slaughtering-houses for that purpose as next hereinafter men- tation of Slaughter cdtand the Undertaker who shall have obtained the said Privilege, shall immediately thereupon erect upon houses. ach Site or Sites as His said Excellency in Council shall approve (provided that such Site or Sites be not thin the said District of Victoria) all proper Buildings, or, with the like approval, set apart and adapt any lings already belonging to him for the Slaughtering of Cattle, and every such Erection or Adaptation- l be commenced, finished, and made ready for Public use, according to a Plan which shall have been first mined by the Surveyor General, and by him certified in writing under his hand to be a fit and proper pace in that behalf'; and when the same shall have been so finished and made ready for Public use, the d Undertaker shall give notice thereof in the English and Chinese Tongues, by the publication thereof in The Hongkong Government Gazette, and by printed Hand-bills posted on some conspicuous place in Victoria *...cesaid.
XIV. After the expiration of Ten Days from the said publication, no Person resident within the said Dtrict of Victoria, shall slaughter any Cattle, or dress any Carcass for Sale as Food of Man, in any other
ace than the said Slaughter-houses or Buildings.
Slaughtering else. where prohibited.
Tariff of Tolls for
XV. The said Undertaker shall at all times, during such period of the Day or Night as shall be from 1. De to time determined by His Excellency in Council, allow any Person (who shall first pay or tender the use of Slaughter-
ing-houses. him such Toll as in that behalf is provided by a Tariff of Tolls to be fixed by His said Excellency Council, with powers to alter and vary the same from time to time) to Slaughter any Cattle, or Dress any Ceas for sale as Food of Man within his said Slaughter-houses or Buildings.
XVI. No Person shall keep, sell, or expose for Sale in, or bring into, any Market or Slaughter- Keeping or selling be, any article of human Food which shall be in an unwholesome condition; nor bring, lead, or drive Food, or slaughtering or keep, or slaughter in any Slaughter-house, nor permit to be so brought, led, or driven thereto, Cattle in an unwhole- → kept, or slaughtered therein, any Cattle which shall be in an unwholesome condition, or unfit for the
od of Man.
some condition.
Keeping, selling, or feeding Cattle on un- wholesome Fodder.
Inspector and As-
access.
XVII. It is also forbidden to any Person to keep, sell, or expose for Sale in, or to bring into, any Market or Slaughter-house, any Fodder being in an unwholesome Condition, or unfit for Food of Cattle or
ber Beasts, or to give, or allow to be given, any such Fodder to any Cattle, in any Slaughter-house.
XVIII. For the performance of the several duties of the Inspector of Markets and his said Assistants der this Ordinance, he and they, together or singly, shall have at all times free jaccess to every part of sistants to have free ey Market, and of every Stall and Building therein being, and of every Slaugliter-house, and shall have *d exercise therein the functions of Officers of Police; and none shall presume to impede, obstruct, or
st him, them, or any of them, in the performance of the said functions and duties respectively.
XIX. Except where otherwise by this Ordinance provided, it shall be unlawful for any Person soever demand or receive any Chattel, Money, or other valuable Thing as, or for, or upon, pretence of Fee, Fees, &c., than
provided under this Toll, Rent, Stallage, or otherwise, for access or admission to, or buying, or selling, or slaughtering Ordinance, to be Ex- By Market or Slaughter-house respectively; and every demand or receipt of any Chattel, Money, or other tortion.
thing, except where expressly permitted by this Ordinance, shall be deemed Extortion.
by
Exaction of other
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XX. All Rents of Stalls, Shops, or Houses, and all Fees or Taxes, on or for Licenses, shall be paid Application of Rents, the Inspector into the Treasury, to the use of the Crown; and all Expenses incurred or to be and power to mortgage red by this Government, in, about, or incident to, the execution of this Ordinance, shall be a primary
ze upon the same; and His Excellency in Council is hereby empowered to take up and borrow Money the purposes of this Ordinance, upon the Security and by anticipation of all Rents of Stalls, let or to be under the authority of this Ordinance, and to charge or mortgage the same for the repayment of eys so taken up and borrowed.
Rents,
.ces.
The Honghong Government Gazette.
[August 15, 1857
Forms of deeds, &c. XXI. Every such Mortgage, and (if transferred) every Transfer thercof, shall be by Deed, and m 10 & 11 Vict. c. 16. respectively be according to the Forms in Schedules B and C to "The Commissioners' Clauses Act, 184; annexed, or to the like effect: And the said Schedules, and also Sections Seventy-eight to Eighty-thr both inclusive, shall be incorporated with this Ordinance, and shall apply to the said Markets, and be constre Governor as if the following Amendments had been made therein respectively, that is to say, the word " instead of the word "Commissioners;" the term "Officer having charge of the Land Office and Register Deeds," instead of the term "Clerk to the Commissioners;" and the word "Rents," instead of the wo ** Rates."
Penalties for Offen-
1. Against Sections VII & IX.
2. Against Sections
X & XII.
· 3. Against Section XI.
4. Against Sections
XIV & XV.
5. Against Section XVI.
6. Against Section XVII.
7. Against Sections XVIII & XIX.
Saving as to Nui-
sances,
Prevention of Cruel- ty to Animals.
XXII. All Violations or Disobediences of, or Defaults in compliance with, the Provisions of the Sections of this Ordinance, next hereinafter specified, shall be heard and determined summarily und Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, and on conviction of such Offences, the respective Offenders shall be sentence to pay the several Penalties next hereinafter specified.
1. For every Offence against Section Seven or Section Nine, a Fine not exceeding Two Hundre Dollars, nor less than One Dollar,-over and above the expenses (in cases of Nuisance) ✅ abating and removing the same.
2. For every Offence against Section Ten or Section Twelve, a Fine not exceeding Twenty-filt
Dollars, nor less than Ten Cents.
3. For every Offence against Section Eleven, a Fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, nor les
than Ten Dollars.
4. For every Offence against Section Fourteen or Section Fifteen, a Fine not exceeding Two Hundre
Dollars, nor less than One Dollar.
5. For every Offence against Section Sixteen, a Fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars, nor l
than Twenty-five Dollars,- -over and above the expenses of the removal of the Food or Catty in question, and also (if the Court shall order the destruction thereof) the expenses of such destruction.
6. For every Offence against Section Seventeen, a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Ort
Dollar,
7. For every Offence against Section Eighteen or Section Nineteen, a Fine not exceeding Tr
Hundred Dollars, nor less than Twenty-five Dollars.
XXIII. Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall protect the Occupier of any such Stall or She or the Undertaker of any such Slaughter-house, from an Information or other legal Proceedings fort Nuisance, should any such be commenced either at the suit of the Crown or of any private Person.
XXIV. Every Person who shall, from and after the passing of this. Ordinance, cruelly Beat, Ill-tres Overdrive, Abuse, or Torture, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, overdriven, abused,· Vehic tortured, any Animal, or shall convey, or carry, or cause to be conveyed, or carried, in or upon any Hurdle, or otherwise, any Animal, in such a manner or position as to subject such Animal to unnecessa pain or suffering, shall, for every such offence, Forfeit and Pay a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dolla nor less than One Dollar; and if any Person shall, by cruelly beating, ill. treating, overdriving, abusing, torturing any Animal, do any Damage or Injury to any Animal, or shall thereby cause any Damage Injury to be done to any Person, or to any Property, every such Offender shall, on conviction of such Offence pay to the Owner of such Animal (if the Offender be not the Owner thereof,) or to the Person who she sustain Damage or Injury as aforesaid, such Sum by way of compensation, not exceeding the sum of Fil Dollars, as shall be ascertained and determined by the Justice or Justices of the Peace by whom su Person shall have been convicted; or in default thereof, shall be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding 0: Calendar month: Provided always, that the Payment of such Compensation, or any Imprisonment for th nonpayment thereof, shall not prevent, or in any manner affect, the Punishment, to which such Person, or th Owner of such Animal, may be liable, for or in respect of the beating, ill-treating, or abusing of the said Anima Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any Proceeding by action against such Offender the Employer of such Offender,, where the Amount of Damage or Injury is not sought to be recovere under this Ordinance; and all cases of Violations or Disobediences of, or Claims for Compensation, under th Provisions of this Section, shall be heard and determined summarily under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.
Lands, or of XXV. If any Person shall be entitled to any Compensation in respect of any
Intere any Compensation in cases not provided for therein, which shall have been taken for or injuriously affected by the Works necessary for the establishme by Section VI, to be of the said Markets and Slaughter-houses, and for which satisfaction shall not have been made under th allowed by Justices, Arbitrators, or a Jury, provisions of the Sixth Section of this Ordinance, and if the Compensation claimed in such case sh as the case may be. not exceed the sum of Two hundred Dollars the same shall be settled by Two Justices of the Peac 8 & 9 Vict. cap. 18. in the manner provided by the Twenty-fourth Section of the "Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1815 the several provisions of which Section of the said Act are hereby, for the purposes of this Sectio incorporated with this Ordinance; and if the Compensation claimed in such case shall exceed the sur of Two hundred Dollars, such Person may have the same settled either by Arbitration or by the Verdic of a Jury, as he shall think fit; and if such Person desire to have the same settled by Arbitration, shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing to the Colonial Secretary, or the Undertaker of sur Slaughter-house as aforesaid, as the case may be, of such his desire, stating in such Notice the Natu of the Interest in such Lands, in respect of which he claims Compensation, and the Amount of t Compensation so claimed thereon, and unless the Parties from whom such Compensation shall claimed be willing to pay the amount of Compensation so claimed, and shall enter into a writte Agreement for that purpose within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of any such Notice from
Lant Party so entitled, the same shall be settled by Arbitration in the manner provided by the said “ Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," Sections Twenty-five to Thirty-seven both inclusive, so far as the same * consistent with the Laws, and applicable to the local circumstances of this Colony: the several Provisio of which said several Sections of the said Act are hereby, (so far as aforesaid,) for the purposes of this Secti incorporated with this Ordinance; or if the Person so entitled as aforesaid desires to have such questions Compensation settled by Jury, it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing as aforesaid of such desire, stating such particulars as aforesaid, and unless the Parties from whom such Compensation shall claimed be willing to pay the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and enter into a written Agreement! that purpose, they shall, within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of such Notice, issue their Warrant the Sheriff to Summon a Jury for settling the same, in the manner provided by the said "Lands' Claus Consolidation Act, 1845," Sections Thirty-eight to Fifty-eight both inclusive, except so far as the s Sections are inconsistent with the Laws of this Colony, touching the Constitution of Juries, the Number a Qualifications of the Jurors thereof, and the mode of impanelling the same: the several Provisions of whi said several last-mentioned Sections of the said Act are hereby, (except as last aforesaid,) for the purpos of this Section, incorporated with this Ordinance; and in default thereof, they shall be liable to pay to t Person so entitled as aforesaid the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and the same may be recovered! him with Costs by Action in the Supreme Court.
Interpretation Cattle."
of XXVI. The word "Cattle" in this Ordinance shall include Ram, Ewe, Wether, Lamb, Goat, Kid,
Swine, but shall not include Horse, Ass, or Mule.
Moneys to be paid in Mexican Dollars,
XXVII. All Sums of Money to be paid under, or by virtue of, this Ordinance, or any of its Provisi whether for Rent, Tolls, Taxes, Fees, Fines, or otherwise, are to be paid in Mexican Dollars.
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AUGUST 15, 1857.]
The Hongkong Government Gazettę.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
1, and m
Act, 1847
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constury Governor Register:
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No. 125.
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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,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
ns of the
rily und
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th August, 1857.
Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month
ending 31st July, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED.............$352,785. SPECIE IN RESERVE,
"
200,000.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st August, 1857.
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No. 126.
P. CAMPBELL,
Manager.
I inspected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and bereby certify that I found the necessary Amount
of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.
J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1857.
FRED. FORTH,
Colonial Treasurer.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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With reference to Goverment Notification No. 95, it is hereby notified, that the Acting Surveyor General has been instructed to order the Materials of West Point Hill Police Station to be sold by Public Auction on the 1st September, immediately after the Sale of the Lots of Ground in that direction.
The Acting Surveyor General has also been authorized to direct the disposal by Auction, on the same day, and after the Sale of the Lots on the West of the City, the Materials of the intended Boat House on the Sea Shore of the Parade Ground.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th August, 1857.
lare CHARLES LOWE,
deceased.
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LALL KHAN, P. CONSTABLE, SAMUEL JARRETT, P CONSTABLE, „ THOS. MURPHY, P. CONSTABLE, OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS * CODICILS of the above Parties that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on FRIDAY, the 21st day of August, 1857; or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS CP ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Administration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court,
By the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON,
AND CHINA.
THIS
HONGKONG Branch.
THIS Branch is now open for General Banking Business. CURRENT Accounts can be opened, which no Commission will be charged, or Interest wed.
For SHROFFING, a charge of 50 Cents per Mille will be made.
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RATES OF INTEREST
OFFI
MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c.
Hongkong. 3d August, 1857.
NOTICE.
THE
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on | the 2d of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
HE Partnership of the undersigned, under the dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any unsettled affairs will be settled by either partner. L. A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP.
Victoria, Hongkong,
25th June, 1857.
THE
NOTICE.
THE business hitherto carried on by the under- signed, under the style of TRĂUTMANN & Co., is hereby declared closed.
All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co.
J. F. II. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857.
WR
NOTICE.
E have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAE, and have admitted be allowed on Fixed Deposit accounts, subject Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our
Firm from this day.
One Month's Notice of Withdrawal, at 3
Two do.,
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99
99
Cent, Annum.
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99
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6
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99
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The Branch Discounts Bills, and Grants Drafts, No1
the LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, and its Ar-ncies in BOMBAy, Madras, CalCUTTA, CEYLON, SINGAPORE, and SHANGHAL, the Rates for which my be had on application.
1st August, 1857.
JOHN COSTERTON, Manager.
HARKORT & Co.
Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased. OTICE. All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said James W. BRIMELOW.
D. LAPRAIK,
D. L. DIXSON,}
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.
Executors.
NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.
NOTICE.
ΟΝ
the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Firm at SHANGHAE.
MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner in our Firm from the same date.
FLETCHER & Co.
Hongkong, 29th July, 1857.
BLANK
FOR SALE.
At the Office of the “China Mail.” LANK Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE
Also,
SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN;
And,
A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with al CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois.
19th March, 1857.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents--One- Aalf of these charges for each Repetition,
2
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[August 22, 1857.
The Amount accepted for each License, the Party, tendering will be required to pay into the Colonial Treasury Quarterly, and in advance.
The usual Regulations will be imposed.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th August, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CHARLES ST GEORGE CLEVERLY, Esquire, Surveyor General, having returned to the Colony from leave of
absence, has this day re-assumed charge of his Office accordingly.
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By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th August, 1857.
No.123.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands will be held on the ground on Tuesday, the 1st September, 1857, commencing at 2 o'clock P.M., on Lot No. 1.
Plans of the Lots to be Sold, with the Conditions of Sale, may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office.
The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered at the Sale, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary..
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th August, 1857.
Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold.
BOUNDARY MEASUREMENTS.
CONTENT
DEB
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LOCALITY.
OF
SALE.
N.
S.
E.
W.
SQUARE Fabt.
FIXED ANNUAL RENT.
£ s. d.
65
1
West Point
75
220
148
13,770
27 16 0
45 5
75
63
73
87
3,460
10
0 0
16
2345678
52號
524
105
105
5,512
17 10 0
99
19
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52吋
524
105
105
5,512
17 10 0
521
524
105
105
5,512
12 0 0
524
52吋 105
105
5,512
12 0 0
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52吋
52吋 105
105
5,512
17 10 0
"
521
52克 105
105
5,512
17 10 0
39
9
521
52
105
105
5,512
17 10 0
»
10
Caine Road
30
314
220
2211
6,788
4 3 4
320
392
160
25,364
11 12 9
11
12
Zetland Street
197
132
20
201
2,706
10 00
100
100
20
20
2,000
8 00
13
14
'Queen's Road East
40
40
200
200
8,000
15 0 0
15
Spring Gardens
60
85
40
50
3,262
10
9 9
7+
6
262
263
1,593
5
24
16
17.
6
263
260
1,569
5 19
17
18
Mosque
171
176
237
200
37,863
5 20
THOS. L. WALKER,
Acting Surveyor General,
57.
Just 22, 1857.]
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
asury
126.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Government Notification No. 95, it is hereby notified, that the Acting Surveyor General has instructed to order the Materials of West Point Hill Police Station to be sold by Public Auction on the 1st ember, immediately after the Sale of the Lots of Ground in that direction.
The Acting Surveyor General has also been authorized to direct the disposal by Auction, on the same day, and the Sale of the Lots on the West of the City, the Materials of the intended Boat House on the Sea Shore of the le Ground.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
leave of
ES, etary.
Tuesday,
General's
mation.
GES, cretary..
FIXED
ANNUAL RENT.
£ s. d.
10
27 16 0
0 0
17 10 0
17 10 0
12
00
12
00
17 10 0
17 10 0
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th August, 1857.
POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
Next GENERAL MAILS, per Steamer
ACH GENERALI MONDAY,
7: Instant, nt 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUP- Mantany Mail will be made up on the follow- rming. LETTERS received from 9 to 11
AM, for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 * 19 ¡24 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Les posted between the hours of 11 and Half- * 12 o'clock must be prepaid.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Post-Master.
gleng, 17th August, 1857.
Steam for
GAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, REN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES,
& SOUTHAMPTON;
Also,
KOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCutta. SE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- 118 Company's Steam-ship “ FORMOSA,” :: a W. M. GILLSON, with Her Majesty's Mails. vors, Sperie, and Cargo, will leave this for the lices, on TUESDAY, the 25th August, at
GO will be received on board until 5 P.M., 131; SPECIE until Noon on the 24th, and ELS until 2 P.M. on the 24th.
Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation ety's Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED.
Written Declaration of the Contents and Value Packages for the Overland Route is required 156 Egyptian Government, and must be delivered the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the af lading or with Parcels; and the Company do en kald themselves responsible for any Detention or ee which may happen from incorrectness on * codaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.
Peninsular & Oriental
Narigation Company's Office, gkong, 17th August, 1857.
CANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON,
AND CHINA.
HONGKONG Branch.
Branch is now open for General Banking Business CURRENT ACCOUNTS can be opened, ich no Commission will be charged, or Interest
*be made.
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NOTICE.
THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME
(instead of Tuesday, the 25th) day of August, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon.
By Order of the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar. In re SILVESTRE ANTONIO, POLICE
STABLE, deceas d.
MR MORESBY,
Notary Public and Solicitor,
FFICES removed to the first door West of the
OF
Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J.
TARRANT, Solicitor, &c.
Hongkong, 3d August, 1857.
NOTICE.
ПHE business hitherto carried on by the under- CON-ned, under the style of TRAUTMANN
CHARLES HENRY, POLICE CONSTABLE,
deceased.
"
HADDY MENANG, POLICE CONSTABLE,
deceased.
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HENRY LUDLAM,, POLICE Constable,
deceased.
All Claims the above Estates
must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 14th day of February, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division.
All persons indebted to the above Estate are re- quested to make immediate Payment to
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar-Official Administrator.
NOTICE.
& Co., is hereby declared closed.
All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co.
J. F. II. TRAUTMANN.
Shanghae, 30th June, 1857.
WR
NOTICE
E have removed our Establishment from Canton to Shanghae, and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN & Partner in our Firm from this day.
Shanghae, 1st July, 1857.
HARKORT & Co.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased. OTICE-All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- HEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our Firm,culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; ceased on the 30th April last.
THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTON ΤΗ
T
REISS & Co.
China, 20th August, 1857.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—THAT HE Partnership heretofore subsisting hetween CHARLES EDWIN BATESUN and JOHN
and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
BUTT, as General and Commission Merchants at Canton, under the Firm of BATESON, BUTT & Co., is dissolved by mutual consent, (as advertised in the London Gazette, dated Jung 16th, 1857.)
the The Affairs of the late Partnership will be wound up by CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, who will sign the firm in Liquidation.
BATESON, BUTT & Co. Macao, 18th August, 1857.
THE
SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. HE undersigned has received instructions from the Executors of the late JAMES SMITH, Esquire, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIMELOW, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on THURSDAY, the 3d day of September, 1857, at 11 A.M. precisely,—
All those TIVO MARINE LOTS, Nos. 99 and 100, adjoining the “ Bowring Prays,” North of the Post-office, Victoria, Hongkong,-measuring on the North 174 feet, South 174 feet, East 340 fert, West 340 feet.-Annual Crown Rent, £65,0s. (d., Mille-together with those new and substantial BUILDINGS
now in the course of erection thereon.
de Suropping, a charge of 50 Cents per
RATES OF INTEREST The allowed on Fixed Deposit accounts, subject
Cent, Annum.
The Meath's Notice of Withdrawal, at 3
20.4 204 ჭე.
99
99
"
"
99
4
"
99
6
"
"
"
99
"
7
Branch Discounts Bills, and Grants Drafts, ** LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, and its 2es in BOMBAY, Madras, CalcUTTA, CEYLON, SALAPAK, and SHANGHAL—the Rates for which * be had on application.
17 10 0 4 3 4 11 12 9 10 0 U 8 00
15
0 0
99
5555
La August, 1857.
24
19
5 20
JOHN COSTERTON, Manager,
TERMS.-The Sale and Purchase are subject to the Builder's Contract, which can be seen at the office of the Auctioneer. 25 per Cent of the purchase Moncy to be paid on the fall of the Hammer, and the remainder on completion of Transfer. Title Gua- ranteed.
G. duddell, Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 22d August, 1857. N.B.-Immediately after the Sale of the above Property, Mr Duddell will sell that Beautiful under | SUBURBAN LOT, No. 141, situate
Glenealy. This Lot has been lately cleared, a rating Wall built, Trees planted, &c., &c. A lovely Site for a Residence, commanding a full view of the Harbour. Ground Rent, £33, 10s.
D. LAPRAIK,
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857.
NOTICE.
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Executors.
E Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on 2d of July.
SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857.
TI
NOTICE.
HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said James Brown, on the 28th day of April, 1857.
WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857.
NOTICE
On the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Firm
N
at SHANGHAE.
MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner in our Firm from the same date.
FLETCHER & Co.
Hongkong, 29th July, 1857.
FOR SALE.
EDITION;
4TH GUIDE, YOMMERCIAL
William's DICTIONARY in the CANTON
DIALECT; also
William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in
CHINESE.
Apply at the Rev. J. W. Jonsson's, Gough
Street, Hongkong.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1857.
Centa.
Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.-
PRICE, $12 per Annum. Singlo Copies, Thirty-six TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,-Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cente-One- half of these charges for each Repetition.
LKER,
General.
THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 29TH AUGUST, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 113.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONgkong GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” vil, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, Notifications, and Public Papers, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Na. 130.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Payments on Account of Police and Jails, and Receipts on Account of Police Rates,
1st January 1855, to 30th June 1857, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th August, 1857.
COLONY OF HONGKONG.
Statement of Payments on account of the POLICE and JAILS, shewing the Net RECEIPTS on account of POLICE Rates, from 1st January 1855 to 30th June 1857.
RECEIPTS.
HALF-YEAR 1887.
PAYMENTS.
YEAR 1855.
YEAR 1885.
£ 8. d.
£
8. d.
£ 8. d.
Police Rate Collected, 3,917 3 61| 3,868 1 91|42,890 14 1| Sheriff's Department,C..........
Imy paid from the temeral Revenue,
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B
YEAR 1855.
YEAR 1856.
HALF-YEAR 1857.
£
£
£ 8. d. 514 5 6 4,618 19 9
d. 607 12 21
6,511 9 117
d. 382 15 10 5,462 9 10
Superintendent of Police, ....
Establishments....... 5,133 5 31 7,119 2 1 5,845 584
4,942 15 4
Police, exclusive of Estab-
lishment, Jails, do.
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do.
584 0 1 649 7 3 1,268 3 11 1,268 7 4 1,657 11 14 719 19 9
Total,......£6,985 12 81| 9,426 0 6 7,833 9 5
3,068 9 2 5,557 18 9
Total,......£6,985 12 81 | 9,426 064 | 7,833 9 5
4 The Lighting Rate amounting to £610,5.84 is
claded in the Receipts.
REMARKS.
B Deficiency of Taxes and Police Rates as com- pared with Expenditure under the' special heads specified above, £13,569.3.3,
C The Departments of the Chief Magistrate and of the Sheriff, amounting respectively to £5,503.7.0 and £1,500.0.0, are not included in the Payments.
FRED. FORTH, Treasurer.
J. A. CARVALHO,
Accountant.
$20 August, 1857.
N131.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that the usual Licenses for the Privileges of Weighing Salt and Quarrying Stone throughout the Island, will be put up to Public Auction on Thursday, the 3d September next, at 1 P.M., at the Chief Magis-
Ve's Office.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th August, 1857.
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Morst 29, 1857.]
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency Her Britannic Majesty's Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the joined Notification, by the Siamese Minister for Foreign Affairs, of certain Regulations for the Port of Bangkok, published for general information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th August, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
NOTIFICATION
Tuesday,
General's
mation.
-ES, -elary.
Fixed
NNUAL Rent.
CONCERNING BALLAST, SEAMEN, &c.
Notification of His Excellency Chau Phya Rawewongsa Maha Kosa Thibodi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Merchants of every in, Race, and Language, who visit Bangkok to trade.
BE IT KNOWN TO ALL, I have consulted with H. B. M. Consul, the U. S. Consul, and the Portuguese Consul, who is also Acting sul for France, on the following topics: At the present day many more Merchant vessels come to Bangkok to trade than formerly. Ter throw their Ballast, Stone, Sand, and Earth, into the Bed of the River. Ere long the River will become shallow, and the Channel will
structed, so that it will be difficult for Merchant ships, and trading vessels to come in and go out.
Seamen, Lascars, and others of the Ships' Crews also go on Shore, wandering about on the Sabbath, and during the day. At night and through with their work, they wander about, drink liquor to intoxication, and quarrel with the Citizens, Seamen, Lascars, and others the Ships' Crew: `n some instances they have cut and stabbed people to death, and difficulties have originated frequently. The three ols are aware of all these facts, and have consented that we should notify the Foreign Merchant Vessels coming here to trade, under ser control, as well as the vessels that are under the control of the Siamese, that they are henceforth forbid throwing Ballast, Stone, Sand, and Earth, in any distance near the Bar within 7 fathoms deep, and any where in the Bed of the River. If Ballast, Stone, Sand, and Earth, *to be discharged, report to the Consuls, or to the Siamese authorities, that they may designate a place, after which it may be discharged. Captains and Masters of vessels disobey this Proclamation, and persist in throwing their Ballast within the prescribed limits, they shall be ined from 80 to 200 Ticals, according to the nature of their offence: for a slight offence they will be fined 80 Ticals, for a grave
fence they will be fined as high as 200 Ticals.
Let Captains and Masters of vessels prohibit their Seamen, Lascars, and others of their Crew, having weapons and knives, and going Shore, except on business, or to purchase Food, and then let them be in charge of a responsible Officer. If Captains and Masters of tels do not prohibit their Seamen, Lascars, and others of their Crew, but allow them to wander about on Shore, the Officers whose cess it is will seize and deliver them to their Consuls. The Consuls will punish them, and the case will be reported to His Siamese Majesty.
His Gracious Majesty Phra Bard Somdetch Boromanat Bophit Phra Chaum Klau, Chau yu Hua, the First King of Siam, has been rised of these Regulations, and the Royal Order has been issued: Whereas Foreign Merchant vessels have been prohibited, these must the Regulations of the Realm. Therefore Ships belonging to this Capital, Royal Ships, and the Ships of the Farmers, that trade in eign Ports, and all vessels having Ballast, ought to be, and are hereby equally forbidden. If they disobey these Regulations, and
in throwing their Ballast in any distance near the Bar, within 7 fathoms deep, or any where in the Bed of the River, the Captaius, Masters of said vessels shall be similarly fined. A part of the fine must be given to the informer, and the remainder shall belong to The Realm, and must be delivered over to the Royal Treasury. Let all Traders know these Regulations and obey them in every particular. This Notification is given, Monday, 2d of the waxing of the 7th month, in the year of the Minor Serpent, 9th of the decade, and * of the Reign of our Sovereign.
Bangkok, June 8th, 1857.
£ s. d.
True Copy,
GEO. S. Morrison.
NOTICE.
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10 0 0 17 10 0 17 10 0 12
0 0
12 0 በ
17 10 0
17 10 0
17 10 0
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POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
NOTICE.
THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME
Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the HE next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT,' COURT, will be held on MONDAY, the 31st
PENINSULAR & Oriental SteaM NAVIGATION PANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, will close on WEDNES | *V the 9th September next, at 6 o'clock P.M.
Val SuPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up
following morning. LETTERS received from wil o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d. ; and from
*.. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- p«: (2 o'clock must be prepaid.
WM. CHAPMAN,
Post-Master.
Bgkong, 26th August, 1857.
Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES,
& SOUTHAMPTON;
Also,
SOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NE of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS,
in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 4th day of September, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon.
By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
HA
NOTICE.
"AVING received an intimation from the Trea- sury, that a LIST of ARREARS OF RENT due to the Crown will be placed in my hands for collection: I, the undersigned, hereby give Notice to all Parties in Arrear, that Legal Proceedings will be taken to recover the same, without any further intimation from me.
G. COOPER TURNER,
:
Crown Solicitor.
Dated 26th August, 1857.
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Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and T
will leave this for the above Places, on
HURSDAY, the 10th of September, at 2 P.M.
CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., * de 8ih; SPECIE until Nooh on the 9th, and
**RCELS until 2 P.M. on the 9th.
For Particulars regarding FRRIGHT and PASSAGE, #y at the Peninsular & Ŏriental Steam Navigation
An
jay Office, Hongkong.
GNTENTS AND value of pACKAGES ARE
REQUIRED.
A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value Packages for the Overland Route is required
*** Fgyptian Government, and must be delivered
Shipper to the Company's Agents with the
Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do themselves responsible for any Detention or
de which may happen from incorrectness on
**a declaration.
ROBT. S. WALKER,
Peninsular & Oriental,
»Superintendent.
Navigation Company's Office, Hagkong, 26th August, 1857.
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年
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月
初什
七六
日
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(instead of Tuesday, the 25th) day of August, A.E. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon.
By Order of the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar.
In the Estate of the late Dr. WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased.
N°
OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay-
ment to
ADAM SCOTT,
AND. 1. DIXTON,}
or
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Hongkong, 29th August, 1057,
In re CHARLES LOWE
LALL KHAN, Police Constable,
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Exccutors.
deceased.
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99
NOT
SAMUEL JARRETT, Police Constable, THOS. MURPHY, Police Constable, ́OTICE,-All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the Official AdminI- STRATOR, before the 24th day of February, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division.
All persons indebted to the above Estates, are re- quested to make immediate payment to
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,
Acting Registrar-Official Administrator,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—THAT
E Partnership heretofore subsisting between CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, and JOHN
BUTT, as General and Commission: Merchants at Canton, under the Firm of BATESON, BUTT & Co., is dissolved by mutual consent, (as advertised in the London Gos:lle, dated June 16th, 1857.)
The Affairs of the late Partnership will be wound
up by CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, who will sign the firm in Liquidation.
BATESON, BUTT & Co.
Macao, 18th August, 1837.
1857.
.
"est of the Mr H. J.
he under- TMANN
charge of
IANN.
Hongkong
THE
Government
ient from admitted er in our
& Co.
NEW SERIES.
JAMES BRIME.
Is on the
ard parti- IELOW;
2, are re-
cof, to the
ecutors.
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH SEPTEMBER, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 114.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"
**
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PHOCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 132.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
1836 May 1
. JAMES death on
LOW.
our Firm
■ Partner
& Co.
The following Account, rendered by the Trustees of St John's Cathedral for the Year ending April last, is published for general information, in accordance with Paragraph 16 of Ordinancę No. 2 of 1847.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victória, Hongkong, 2d September, 1857.
Cr.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
THE TRUSTEES of ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL in Account Current with R. C. ANTROBUS, Treasurer.
1856
To Balance due for Singing expenses,.
$69.86 May 1 By Balance of last account,
$395.11
ngkong. Thirty-siz
nder, One nia--Ons-
1857 February 3 April
"
Repairs and erection of new Out-house,...................... Clerk's Salary, for 12 Months,
144.17 178.27
1857 January 1
Seat rents for year 1856-57, collected to date,
per List,..
822.00
99.
Wages of Two Coolies, for 12 Months....
120.00
Bread and Wine, for 12 Months, ............... Candles and Washing, &c., &c.,...................................
" Repairs to Organ, ..
99
Printing expenses,.....
.....
Balance in favor of Trustees,.......
13.06
$39.34
16.00
6.00.
621.47
1857
$1,217,11 || April 11 | By Balance brought down,
+1,217.11
$621.47
E.E.
Hongkong, 11th April, 1857.
R. C. ANTROBUS, Trustee and Treasurer to Body of Trustçes.
This account examined and compared with Vouchers and found correct.
GEO. LYALL, Auditor.
N. R. MASSON,
Auditor on the part of the Government.
No. 133.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Public Service having experienced great inconvenience in consequence of Government Servants vacating their Appointments without informing their Superordinates of such intention: Notice is hereby given, that from aid after this date, every person entering the Colonial Service will be understood to have done so subject to the condition of his not resigning his Office without giving One clear Month's notice in Writing of such proposed resignation.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d September, 1857.
Ao. 184.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The subjoined Return of the Land Sale held on the 1st Instant, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1
1857.
.
"est of the Mr H. J.
he under- TMANN
charge of
IANN.
Hongkong
THE
Government
ient from admitted er in our
& Co.
NEW SERIES.
JAMES BRIME.
Is on the
ard parti- IELOW;
2, are re-
cof, to the
ecutors.
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH SEPTEMBER, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 114.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"
**
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PHOCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 132.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
1836 May 1
. JAMES death on
LOW.
our Firm
■ Partner
& Co.
The following Account, rendered by the Trustees of St John's Cathedral for the Year ending April last, is published for general information, in accordance with Paragraph 16 of Ordinancę No. 2 of 1847.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victória, Hongkong, 2d September, 1857.
Cr.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
THE TRUSTEES of ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL in Account Current with R. C. ANTROBUS, Treasurer.
1856
To Balance due for Singing expenses,.
$69.86 May 1 By Balance of last account,
$395.11
ngkong. Thirty-siz
nder, One nia--Ons-
1857 February 3 April
"
Repairs and erection of new Out-house,...................... Clerk's Salary, for 12 Months,
144.17 178.27
1857 January 1
Seat rents for year 1856-57, collected to date,
per List,..
822.00
99.
Wages of Two Coolies, for 12 Months....
120.00
Bread and Wine, for 12 Months, ............... Candles and Washing, &c., &c.,...................................
" Repairs to Organ, ..
99
Printing expenses,.....
.....
Balance in favor of Trustees,.......
13.06
$39.34
16.00
6.00.
621.47
1857
$1,217,11 || April 11 | By Balance brought down,
+1,217.11
$621.47
E.E.
Hongkong, 11th April, 1857.
R. C. ANTROBUS, Trustee and Treasurer to Body of Trustçes.
This account examined and compared with Vouchers and found correct.
GEO. LYALL, Auditor.
N. R. MASSON,
Auditor on the part of the Government.
No. 133.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Public Service having experienced great inconvenience in consequence of Government Servants vacating their Appointments without informing their Superordinates of such intention: Notice is hereby given, that from aid after this date, every person entering the Colonial Service will be understood to have done so subject to the condition of his not resigning his Office without giving One clear Month's notice in Writing of such proposed resignation.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d September, 1857.
Ao. 184.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The subjoined Return of the Land Sale held on the 1st Instant, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1
2
NO. OF LOT.
[SEPTEMBER 5, 1857.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
ABSTRACT OF LAND SALE, held on the 1st September, 1857.
PURCHASER.
FIXED ANNUAL RENTAL.
...
6
1150∞NÓS ET A CO 10 1
9
12
F. Genachr,
T. L. Walker,
Achee Choy, Achee Choy, T. L. Walker,
T. L. Walker,
...
...
...
...
:
:
T. L. Walker, for H. R. Hardie, ... T. L. Walker, for W. T. Bridges, Messrs Dent & Co.,
...
T. L. Walker, for G. Duddell, Cheong Assow, for J. M. d' Almada, Cheong Assow, for G. Duddell,
....
...
...
...
Total,..
...
:
:..
:
...
·...
T:..
BIN
PREMIUM.
SI
712
£
5.
d.
Dollars.
32 16 2
65
3 6
5
18
10
18
7
40
17 10
0
5
17 10
0
5
79
2.
5
8 12
0
5
7 6
5
5
5 8
10
5
5 2
0
5
21 15 4
5
£163 10 7
$160
CHRH GIZARE
CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surveyor General.
such
No. 135.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION:
Notice is hereby given, that the Stone Quarrying Farm will be discontinued for the ensuing Twelve Months. All Persons desirous of procuring Stone from the Crown Lands must obtain previous Permission in Writnig from the Surveyor General.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th September, 1857.
No. 37.
Sten
A
AC
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
T
#!
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., has received, from H.M. Consul at Bangkok, copy of a Notification by the Siamese Authorities, fixing the Value and Conditions of Circulation of the Dollar in that country, of which His Excellency directs the subjoined translation to be published for generat information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th August, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
With reference to a printed Notification issued some time since, enjoining the Nobles, both of high and low rank, the Authorities of Towns, and the People, to use Dollars in buying and selling with one another, by which means the loss of time (which could otherwise be employed in business) occasioned by the necessity of changing them into Ticals might be obviated, and advantages result to both sides: è Again, as regards the Decree, contained in the printed Notification circulated some time since, stating that 3 Dollars should be reckoned as equal to 5 Ticals, 24 Dollars to 40 Ticals, and 48 Dollars to 80 Ticals,—the British and American Consuls and a large body of the Merchants have represented to Chow Phya Rawiwongsa Mala Kosa Thibodi, that the Siamese Traders, who bring produce for såle, will not receive Dollars in payment in accordance with that decree, but want Ticals, and will not credit the notification: Their Excellencies the Ministers, "having consulted together, considered that the reason the people will not receive Doilars and use them, was, that they are unable to distinguish good Doliars from false. Then, therefore, they (the Ministers) ordered the Officers of the Royal Treasury to burn and test the Dollars, and, should they be found good, to stamp them with the Seal of the Kingdom, the same as is used for stamping the Ticals. This will shew that such money has passed through the Treasury, has been tested by the Officers of the Treasmy, and is good If the merchants and people see the impression of the Seal (with which Ticals are stamped) on the Dollars, let them receive and use them, lct there be no mistrust that the money is not good, but let them be used at the rate of 3 dollars to 5 Ticals. For reckoning a lesser amount, Dollar is equivalent to 1 Tical 2 Salungs 6 hun 6 Le 6 Se. The use of Cowries cannot be regulated, as they are
It is therefore decreed that,— constanly changing in value.
money.
1
1 Dollar is equal to,
2
"
7
"
"
9
10
11
"
12
"
15
11
18
24
19
48
"
60
"
1 Ticals
3
5
D
210210
2 Salungs
"
"
n
19
"
10
"
11
13
15
16
18
20
25
•
30
40
#
80 " 100 "
1 Fuang
1 Phai.
2
"
39
"
"
10000010
"
#
0120-20-2
T
หา
-:1
"
Let the merchants and people reckon money according to this; and if the amount is larger, then let them still reckon according to this rule. If the merchants and people see the Royal Seal on the Dollars, the same as is on Ticals, let them receive and use them the same as Ticals. Every day, at present, in the Royal Treasury, Dollars are used in State business, and this year, Salaries will be paid in Dollars. If the circulation of Dollars becomes general in the country, much advantage will result to both sides in commercial transactions, and the loss of time occasioned by the search for Ticals will be obviated.
This Notification was issued on Friday, 3d day of waxing moon of 9th month, year of the Minor Serpent, year of the Era 1219, (24th July, 1857,)
A True Translation
E. F. J. FORREST.
AOIZE
True Copy,
GEO. 8. MORRISON.
2
NO. OF LOT.
[SEPTEMBER 5, 1857.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
ABSTRACT OF LAND SALE, held on the 1st September, 1857.
PURCHASER.
FIXED ANNUAL RENTAL.
...
6
1150∞NÓS ET A CO 10 1
9
12
F. Genachr,
T. L. Walker,
Achee Choy, Achee Choy, T. L. Walker,
T. L. Walker,
...
...
...
...
:
:
T. L. Walker, for H. R. Hardie, ... T. L. Walker, for W. T. Bridges, Messrs Dent & Co.,
...
T. L. Walker, for G. Duddell, Cheong Assow, for J. M. d' Almada, Cheong Assow, for G. Duddell,
....
...
...
...
Total,..
...
:
:..
:
...
·...
T:..
BIN
PREMIUM.
SI
712
£
5.
d.
Dollars.
32 16 2
65
3 6
5
18
10
18
7
40
17 10
0
5
17 10
0
5
79
2.
5
8 12
0
5
7 6
5
5
5 8
10
5
5 2
0
5
21 15 4
5
£163 10 7
$160
CHRH GIZARE
CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surveyor General.
such
No. 135.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION:
Notice is hereby given, that the Stone Quarrying Farm will be discontinued for the ensuing Twelve Months. All Persons desirous of procuring Stone from the Crown Lands must obtain previous Permission in Writnig from the Surveyor General.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th September, 1857.
No. 37.
Sten
A
AC
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
T
#!
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., has received, from H.M. Consul at Bangkok, copy of a Notification by the Siamese Authorities, fixing the Value and Conditions of Circulation of the Dollar in that country, of which His Excellency directs the subjoined translation to be published for generat information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th August, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
With reference to a printed Notification issued some time since, enjoining the Nobles, both of high and low rank, the Authorities of Towns, and the People, to use Dollars in buying and selling with one another, by which means the loss of time (which could otherwise be employed in business) occasioned by the necessity of changing them into Ticals might be obviated, and advantages result to both sides: è Again, as regards the Decree, contained in the printed Notification circulated some time since, stating that 3 Dollars should be reckoned as equal to 5 Ticals, 24 Dollars to 40 Ticals, and 48 Dollars to 80 Ticals,—the British and American Consuls and a large body of the Merchants have represented to Chow Phya Rawiwongsa Mala Kosa Thibodi, that the Siamese Traders, who bring produce for såle, will not receive Dollars in payment in accordance with that decree, but want Ticals, and will not credit the notification: Their Excellencies the Ministers, "having consulted together, considered that the reason the people will not receive Doilars and use them, was, that they are unable to distinguish good Doliars from false. Then, therefore, they (the Ministers) ordered the Officers of the Royal Treasury to burn and test the Dollars, and, should they be found good, to stamp them with the Seal of the Kingdom, the same as is used for stamping the Ticals. This will shew that such money has passed through the Treasury, has been tested by the Officers of the Treasmy, and is good If the merchants and people see the impression of the Seal (with which Ticals are stamped) on the Dollars, let them receive and use them, lct there be no mistrust that the money is not good, but let them be used at the rate of 3 dollars to 5 Ticals. For reckoning a lesser amount, Dollar is equivalent to 1 Tical 2 Salungs 6 hun 6 Le 6 Se. The use of Cowries cannot be regulated, as they are
It is therefore decreed that,— constanly changing in value.
money.
1
1 Dollar is equal to,
2
"
7
"
"
9
10
11
"
12
"
15
11
18
24
19
48
"
60
"
1 Ticals
3
5
D
210210
2 Salungs
"
"
n
19
"
10
"
11
13
15
16
18
20
25
•
30
40
#
80 " 100 "
1 Fuang
1 Phai.
2
"
39
"
"
10000010
"
#
0120-20-2
T
หา
-:1
"
Let the merchants and people reckon money according to this; and if the amount is larger, then let them still reckon according to this rule. If the merchants and people see the Royal Seal on the Dollars, the same as is on Ticals, let them receive and use them the same as Ticals. Every day, at present, in the Royal Treasury, Dollars are used in State business, and this year, Salaries will be paid in Dollars. If the circulation of Dollars becomes general in the country, much advantage will result to both sides in commercial transactions, and the loss of time occasioned by the search for Ticals will be obviated.
This Notification was issued on Friday, 3d day of waxing moon of 9th month, year of the Minor Serpent, year of the Era 1219, (24th July, 1857,)
A True Translation
E. F. J. FORREST.
AOIZE
True Copy,
GEO. 8. MORRISON.
THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1857.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. III. No. 115.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGkong goveRNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.-
No. 136.
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,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th September, 1857.
Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the_Bank_of_the_Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month
ending 31st August, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED,................................$358,794. SPECIE IN reserve,
"
200,000.
P. CAMPBELL, Manager.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, lat September, 1857.
I impected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that I found the necessary Amount
of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.
J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant.
Victoria, Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
No. 137.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FRED. FORTH,
Colonial Treasurer.
The Police Rate Assessment for the Year 1858, having to be made in the Last Quarter of the Current Year, Two Assessors of such Rate will be appointed previous to the First of October. Gentlemen desirous of acting as Assessors, are requested to forward their Applications in Writing to this Office, before the 20th instant,
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th September, 1857.
No. 138.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN has been pleased to approve and confirm the Appointment of The Honourable WILLIAM THOMAS BRIDGES, Esquire, D.C.L., Acting Colonial Secretary, to a Seat in the Executive and Legislative Councils of this Colony, during the absence of W. T. MERCER, Esquire, Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th September, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
2
The Hongkong - Government Gazettę.
[SEPTEMBER 12, 1857.
Preamble.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1854.
ed.
An Inspector of
His duties, and As- sistants.
HONGKONG.
ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIE REGINÆ.
No. of 1857.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
The Market Ordinance, 1857.
[
1857.]
Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I. Ordinance No. 2 of 1854 is hereby repealed.
II. There shall be from time to time appointed by His Excellency, some proper Person to hold the Markets to be appoint- Office of Inspector of Markets during His Excellency's pleasure, at such Salary (not exceeding the Monthly Sum of One Hundred and Twenty Dollars,) as His Excellency in Council shall from time to time determine. III. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, all Markets, now or hereafter to be established, and all Buildings or Places wherein the same are or shall be holden, shall be under the immediate Superin- tendence of the said Inspector of Markets, (without prejudice nevertheless to any Jurisdiction or Authority now or hereafter to be vested in any other Servant of the Crown within this Colony); and the said Inspector shall be charged with the duty of enforcing this Ordinance, and also such By-Laws as shall from time to time be issued by His Excellency in Council respecting such Markets and Buildings, or Places wherein the same are or shall be bolden, under the Powers in that behalf given or created by this Ordinance; and also of receiving and enforcing payment of the Rents, Taxes, and Fees, hereinafter-mentioned; and he shall be aided and assisted in the premises by such Clerks or other Subordinates, and at such Salaries, as His said Excellency in Council shall determine.
Governor in Council
IV. His Excellency in Council shall also be empowered from time to time to establish any New empowered to establish Market or Markets, or to close any Market or Markets, which may be established under the provisions of and close Markets, and to make Regulations
this Ordinance within the district of Victoria, as defined by Government Notification No. 69 of 1857, and By-Laws.
published under the provisions of the Seventh Section of Ordinance No. 6 of 1857, and to make such Regulations for the letting of Houses, Shops, Stalls, or Standings therein, and the Durations and Conditions of such lettings, and the Rents to be received for the same, and also such By-Laws for the good govern- ment of the said Markets, the repression or prevention of Disorder therein, and the protection of the traffic thereof, as to His Excellency in Council shall seem meet: yet so as that no such Regulations or By- Laws shall be contrary to this Ordinance, or capable of being enforced until the same shall have been once at least published in the Hongkong Government Gazette, and posted in the Markets, and in conspicuous places, in Chinese characters, for the space of Seven Days; and alt such Regulations and By-Laws when so published and posted shall be Law, and shall to all intents and purposes have the same force and effect as if they had been enacted by a special Ordinance of the Legislative Council in that behalf. No Market to be deemed established till
V. No Market shall be deemed to be established, until after Notification made by His said Excellency notified in the Gazette. in Council, in the Hongkong Government Gazette, that the same is so established and open for public use.
VI. Existing Markets may
His Excellency in Council may Lawfully cause to be closed any Market now in use under the be closed on making said repealed Ordinance, upon first making Compensation (if any such be due) for the closing thereof; which Compensation either Compensation, and the amount thereof, shall be settled either by Arbitration or by the Verdict of a Jury as by Arbitration or by the Person claiming the same shall think fit; and if such Person desire to have the same settled by Arbitra- the Verdict of a Jury tion, it shall be so settled in the manner and by the ways and means provided by the "Lands Clauses Con- 8 & 9 Vict cap. 18.
-solidation Act 1845," Sections Twenty-five to Thirty-seven, both inclusive, so far as the same are consistent with the Laws and applicable to the Local Circumstances of this Colony; the several Provisions of which said several Sections of the said Act are hereby (so far as aforesaid) for the purposes of this Section incor- porated with this Ordinance; or if the Person claiming such Compensation as aforesaid desires to have such question settled by a Jury, it shall be so settled in the manner and by the ways and means provided by the said "Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845," Sections Thirty-eight, to Fifty-eight, both inclusive, except so far as the said Sections are inconsistent with the Laws of this Colony, touching the Constitution of Juries, the number and Qualifications of the Jurors thereof, and the mode of impanelling the same: the several Provisions of which said several last mentioned Sections of the said Act are hereby (except as last aforesaid) for the purposes of this Section incorporated with this Ordinance.
VII. After the expiration of Ten Days from the establishment of any Market, and the Notification thereof as aforesaid, no Market shall be opened or kept open except under the provisions of this Ordinance; and every Market which shall be opened or kept open otherwise than under the provisions of this Ordinance, shall, together with the Building or Buildings (if any) wherein the same shall happen to be holden, be deemed a common Nuisance. Provided always that his Excellency in Council may, and is hereby empowered, to suspend the operation of this Section with respect to any Market now existing, and which it may be deemed expedient to continue or keep open after the passing of this Ordinance.
Prohibition of other Markets.
Certain marketable-
out of Market.
VIII. Licensed Hawkers may lawfully hawk for sale any Green Vegetables or Fruit, Bean Curds, Articles may be sold Congee, and Soup, and Boatmen may lawfully sell any Fresh Fish from their Boats to the Crews or Occupants of other Boats or Vessels; provided that such Sales take place at a distance from the Shore of at least Three Hundred Feet; neither shall this Ordinance prevent any Person from selling on his own Premises any Bread, Milk, Confectionary, or Salt Fish, (provided that such Salt Fish be sold in quantities not less at any one time than the weight of one Picul,) nor (if a Licensed Victualler or a Keeper of a Boarding, Eating, or Coffee House, or Cook Shop) from supplying any Cooked provisions to a Customer.
IX. All Persons soever within the said District of Victoria or the Harbour thereof (except in the marketable Articles out cases specified in Section. Eight) are hereby forbidden to sell or expose for sale in any place soever, not of Market prohibited. being a Public Market within the caning of this Ordinance, any articles of Food for man usually sold or expo ed for sale in a Public Market. Provided always that nothing in this Ördinance contained shall apply to the sale of Rice.
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Sales in Markets to X. No.Sales within any Market shall take place but in a Stall or in a Shop; and such Stalls and Shops, take place in Stalls or and the Rooms or Dwelling Houses over or adjoining such Shops, shall be constructed of such dimensions Shops. Stalls and and desigus. and of such materials, as the Surveyor General shall direct, subject to the approval of His Shops how to be con- structed.
Excellency in Council.
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XI. No Lessee or Renter of a Stall, or of a Shop or House, within any Market, shall underlet or assign the same, or any part thereof, without a written License of His said Excellency in Council. Wliolesale Depots to
XII. In every Market to be established under this Ordinance, there shall be set apart Two Lan or be provided in eacli Entrepots for the sale and purchase by Wholesale of Swine, Fish, Fowl (whether alive or dead), Vegetables and Fruit, in which the Retail Dealers in such articles having Stalls or Shops in such Market may purchase
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upplies of the same; (and such Lan or Entrepots, and the Persons frequenting or using the same, shall regulated and governed by such By-Laws and Rules as shall from time to time be made in that behalf in said Excellency in Council;) and no Person shall be allowed to vend any Articles in any such Lan or pot as a Wholesale Trader or Dealer therein, except under such License as shall be ordered by His Excellency in Council, who is hereby empowered from time to time to grant such Licenses as aforesaid, and make such Regulations for the Duration or Conditions thereof, and the Fees or Taxes to be imposed exvied for the same; and such Licenses shall not be transferable or assignable, but a License shall be
ted to every approved applicant for whom there may be accommodation.
XII. His said Excellency in Council is further empowered to grant unto any Person or Persons, in A manner, for such Consideration or Rent, upon such Conditions, and for such Period, as shall be from tle.
to time ascertained and fixed by any Regulations to be made by His said Excellency in Council for st purpose, the sole Privilege of Slaughtering Cattle for the supply of the said Markets, or for the supply
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Victoria.
Slaughtering else.
XIV. After the expiration of Ten Days from the said last mentioned notice, no Person resident within the said District of Victoria shall slaughter any Cattle, or dress any Carcass for Sale as Food for Man, in where prohibited.
other place than the said Slaughter-houses or Buildings.
XV.
Every Grantee of the privilege of Slaughtering Cattle shall at all times, during such period of Tariff of Tolls for or Night as shall be from time to time determined by His Excellency in Council, allow any Person the use of Slaughter- ho shall first pay or tender unto him such Toll as in that behalf is provided by a Tariff of Tolls to be ing houses. ed by His said Excellency in Council, with powers to alter and vary the same from time to time) to ghter any Cattle, or Dress any Carcass for sale as Food for Man, within the said Slaughter-houses or
ngs.
XVI. No Person shall keep, sell, or expose 'for Sale in, or bring into, any Market or Slaughter-house, Keeping or selling **r article of human Food which shall be in an unwholesome condition; or bring, lead, carry, or drive into, Food, or slaughtering keep or slaughter in any Slaughter-house, or permit to be so brought, led, carried, or driven thereto, Cattle in an unwhole lept or slaughtered therein, any Cattle which shall be in an Unwholesome Condition, or unfit for the food of Man.
some condition.
Keeping, selling, or feeding Cattle on un wholesome Fodder.
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XVII. It is also forbidden to any Person to keep, sell, or expose for Sale in, or to bring into, any Market or Slaughter-house, any. Fodder being in an Unwholesome Condition, or unfit for the Food of Cattle
other Beasts, or to give, or allow to be given, any sucli Fodder to any Cattle in any Slaughter-house.
XVIII. For the performance of the several duties of the Inspector of Markets and his Assistants under * Ordinance, he and they, together or singly, shall have at all times free access to every part of every Market, and of every Stall and Building therein, and of every Slaughter-house; and shall have and exercise herein the functions of Officers of Police; and none shall presume to impede, obstruct, or resist him, them, ar any of them, in the performance of the said functions and duties respectively.
XIX. Except where otherwise by this Ordinance provided, it shall be unlawful for any Person soever Exaction of other demand or receive any Chattel, Money, or other valuable Thing as, or for, or under, pretence of a Fee, Fees, &c., than
, Toll, Rent, Stallage, or otherwise, for access or admission to, or buying, or selling, or slaughtering, Ordinance, to be Ex- provided under this any Market or Slaughter-house respectively.
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XX. All Monies payable to the Crown under this Ordinance for Rents, Fees, or Taxes, shall be paid Application of Rents, ter by the Inspector into the Treasury, to the use of the Crown; and all Expenses incurred or to be and power to mortgage curred by this Government, in, about, or incident to, the execution of this Ordinance, shall be a primary Rents. large upon the same; and His Excellency in Council is hereby empowered to take up and borrow Money the purposes of this Ordinance, upon the Security and by anticipation of all Rents of Stalls, let or to be under the authority of this Ordinance, and to charge or mortgage the same for the repayment of Monies so taken up and borrowed.
XXI. Every such Mortgage, and (if transferred) every Transfer thereof, shall be by Deed, and may pectively be according to the Forms in Schedules B and C to "The Commissioners' Clauses Act, 1847," exed, or to the like effect: And the said Schedules, and also Sections Seventy-eight to Eighty-three chinclusive, shall be incorporated with this Ordinance, and shall apply to the said Markets, and be construed if the following Amendments had been made therein respectively, that is to say, the word "Governor, tead of the word “Commissioners;" the term "Officer having charge of the Land Office and Register of Deeds," instead of the term “Clerk to the Commissioners;" and the word " Rents," instead of the word * Rates."
.
Forms of deeds, &c. 10 & 11 Vick. o. 16.
XXII. All Violations or Disobediences of, or Defaults in compliance with, the Provisions of the Penalties for Offen- bertions of this Ordinance, next hereinafter specified, shall be heard and determined summarily under ces
dinance No. 10 of 1844, and on conviction of such Offences, the respective Offenders shall be sentenced pay the several Penalties, or in default of payment thereof, to suffer the several Terms of Imprisonment
ctively hereinafter specified.
1. Against Sections
1. For every Offence against Sections Seven, Eighteen, or Nineteen, a Fine not exceeding Two
Hundred Dollars, nor less than Twenty Dollars,-over and above the expenses (in cases of VII & XVIII & XIX. Nuisance under Section Seven) of abating and removing the same. Or Imprisonment for a term not exceeding Six Months nor less than One Month.
2. Against Sections
2. For every Offence against Sections Nine, Ten, or Twelve, a Fine not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars,
nor less than Ten Cents; or Imprisonment for a term not exceeding One Month or less than IX, X & XII. Twenty-four Hours.
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than Ten Dollars,-over and above the expenses of the removal of the Food or Cattle in question, XVI. and also (if the Court shall order the destruction thereof) the Expenses of such Destruction or Imprisonment for a term not exceeding Six Months or less than Ten Days.
5. Against Section
5. For every Offence against Section Seventeen, a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than One
Dollar; or Imprisonment for a term not exceeding One Mouth or less than Twenty-four Houts. XVI. XXIII. Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall protect the Occupier of any such Stall or Shop, Saving as to Nui- * Grantee of the privilege of Slaughtering Cattle, from an Information or other Legal Proceedings for sauces.
should
any such he commenced either at the suit of the Crown up of any private Person.
Prevention of Cruel- ty to Animals.
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XXIV. Every Person who shall, from and after the passing of this Ordinance, cruelly Beat, Ill-treat Overdrive, Abuse, or Torture, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, overdriven, abused, tortured, any Animal, or shall convey, or carry, or cause to be conveyed, or carried, in or upon any Vehicle, Hurdle, or otherwise, any Animal, in such a manner or position as to subject such Animal to unnecessary pain or suffering, shall, for every such offence, Forfeit and Pay a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars nor less than One Dollar; or in default of payment be imprisoned for a term not exceeding One Month less than Twenty-four Hours; and if any Person shall, by cruelly beating, ill-treating, overdriving, abusing, " torturing any Animal, do' any Damage or Injury to any Animal, or shall thereby cause any Damage or Injury to be done to any Person, or to any Property, every such Offender shall, on conviction of such Offence, pay to the Owner of such Animal (if the Offender be not the Owner thereof,) or to the Person who shal sustain Damage or Injury as aforesaid, such Sum by way of compensation, not exceeding the sum of Fifty Dollars, as shall be ascertained and determined by the Justice or Justices of the Peace by whom such Person shall have been convicted; or in default thereof, shall be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding One Month: Provided always, that the Payment of such Compensation, or any Imprisonment for the nonpayment thereof, shall not prevent, or in any manner affect, the Punishment to which such Person, or the Owner of such Animal, may be liable, for or in respect of the beating, ill-treating, or abusing of the said Animal: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any Proceeding by action against such Offender, or the Employer of such Offender, where the Amount of Damage or Injury is not sought to be recovered! under this Ordinance; and all cases of Violations or Disobediences of, or Claims for Compensation, under the Provisions of this Section, shall be heard and determined summarily under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844. Compensation in XXV. If any Person shall be entitled to any Compensation in respect of any Lands or Buildings, or of eases not provided for any Interest therein, which shall have been taken for or injuriously affected by the Works necessary for the by Section VI, to be establishment of the said Markets and Slaughter-houses, or otherwise in the carrying out the provisions of allowed by Justices, this Ordinance, and for which satisfaction shall not have been made under the provisions of the Sixth Section of this Ordinance, and if the Compensation claimed in such case shall not exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, the same shall be settled by Two Justices of the Peace in the manner provided by the Twenty-fourth Section of the "Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," the several provisions of which Section of the said Act are hereby, for the purposes of this Section, incorporated with this Ordinance; and if the Compensatio claimed in such case shall exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, such Person may have the same settled either by Arbitration or by the Verdict of a Jury, as he shall think fit; and if such Person desire to have! the same settled by Arbitration, it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing to the Colonial Secretary, or the Grantee or Grantees of the privilege of Slaughtering Cattle as aforesaid, as the case may be, of such his desire, stating in such Notice the Nature of the Interest in such Lands, in respect of which he claim Compensation, and the Amount of the Compensation so claimed thereon; and unless the Parties from whom such Compensation shall be claimed be willing to pay the amount of Compensation so claimed, and shall enter into a written Agreement for that purpose within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of any suc Notice from any Party so entitled, the same shall be settled by Arbitration in the manner hereintofort provided by the Sixth Section of this Ordinance; or if the Person so entitled as aforesaid desires to have such question of Compensation settled by Jury it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing as aforesaid of such his desire, stating such particulars, as aforesaid, and unless the Parties from whom such Compensa tion shall be claimed be willing to pay the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and enter into a writte Agreement for that purpose, they shall, within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of such Notice, issu their Warrant to the Sheriff to Summon a Jury for settling the same, in the manner hereinbefore provided by Section Six; and in default thereof, they shall be liable to pay to the Person so entitled as aforesaid the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and the same may be recovered by him, with Costs, by Action in the Supreme Court.
Arbitrators, or a Jury, as the case may be.
8 & 9 Vict. cap. 18.
Interpretation
"Cattle."
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Moneys to be paid in Current Dollars.
XXVI. The word "Cattle" in this Ordinance shall include Ram, Ewe, Wether, Lamb, Goat, Kid, or Swine, but shall not include Horse, Ass, or Mule.
XXVII. All Sums of Money to be paid under, or by virtue of, this Ordinance, or any of its Provisions, whether for Rent, Tolls, Taxes, Fees, Fines, or otherwise, are to be paid in Current Dollars.
No. 38.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
The undersigned having obtained Leave of Absence from his post, to proceed to Europe, His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING has been pleased, pending reference to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to appoint GEORGE STAUNTON MORRISON, Esquire, to Officiate as Secretary and Registrar to Her Majesty's Plenipo- tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th September, 1857.
In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased.
NOTI
In re JUAN ANTONIO MARTINEZ, deceased.
TOTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN,
and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against or CODICILS of the above Party that may be
the said Estate, will please to send them in in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on
for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of September, 1857; said Estate, aro requested to make immediate pay- or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court.
By the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar.
In the mutter of the Estate of the late Mr RICHARD NEIL, of Victoria, deceased.
ment to
ADAM SCOTT, { or AND. S. DIXSON, J Hongkong, 29th August, 1857.
Νο
Executors.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deccuscd. ́OTICE.-All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- N° Estate, are requested to forward particulare culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; of the same to Mr H. W. HYATT; and all Persons and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- indebted to the said Estate, are requested to pay the | quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the respective amounts thereof to the said H, W.HYATT. | said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
"OTICE.—All Persons having Claims on the said
H. W. HYATT,
Esecutors.
J. MURPHY,
Hongkong, 5th September, 1857.
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D. LAPRAIK,
· Executors.
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857,
TE
W. WOODGATE.
BOTTOMRY.
ENDERS will be received at the Office of th undersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY
on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA," until Noon of th Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceedir: TWELVE THOUSand Dollars, ($12,000.)
TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chil Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—THAT THE Partnership heretofore subsisting hetween CHARLES EDWIN BATESON and JOHN BUTT, as General and Commission Merchants & & is by mutual consent, (as advertise Canton, under the Firm of BATESON, BUT!! & Co. is disolved bite, dated June 16th, 1357.)
The Affairs of the late #artnership will be wour! up by CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, who wi sign the firm in Liquidation.
BATESON, BUTT & Ca Macao, 18th August, 1857.
Prevention of Cruel- ty to Animals.
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XXIV. Every Person who shall, from and after the passing of this Ordinance, cruelly Beat, Ill-treat Overdrive, Abuse, or Torture, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, overdriven, abused, tortured, any Animal, or shall convey, or carry, or cause to be conveyed, or carried, in or upon any Vehicle, Hurdle, or otherwise, any Animal, in such a manner or position as to subject such Animal to unnecessary pain or suffering, shall, for every such offence, Forfeit and Pay a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars nor less than One Dollar; or in default of payment be imprisoned for a term not exceeding One Month less than Twenty-four Hours; and if any Person shall, by cruelly beating, ill-treating, overdriving, abusing, " torturing any Animal, do' any Damage or Injury to any Animal, or shall thereby cause any Damage or Injury to be done to any Person, or to any Property, every such Offender shall, on conviction of such Offence, pay to the Owner of such Animal (if the Offender be not the Owner thereof,) or to the Person who shal sustain Damage or Injury as aforesaid, such Sum by way of compensation, not exceeding the sum of Fifty Dollars, as shall be ascertained and determined by the Justice or Justices of the Peace by whom such Person shall have been convicted; or in default thereof, shall be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding One Month: Provided always, that the Payment of such Compensation, or any Imprisonment for the nonpayment thereof, shall not prevent, or in any manner affect, the Punishment to which such Person, or the Owner of such Animal, may be liable, for or in respect of the beating, ill-treating, or abusing of the said Animal: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any Proceeding by action against such Offender, or the Employer of such Offender, where the Amount of Damage or Injury is not sought to be recovered! under this Ordinance; and all cases of Violations or Disobediences of, or Claims for Compensation, under the Provisions of this Section, shall be heard and determined summarily under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844. Compensation in XXV. If any Person shall be entitled to any Compensation in respect of any Lands or Buildings, or of eases not provided for any Interest therein, which shall have been taken for or injuriously affected by the Works necessary for the by Section VI, to be establishment of the said Markets and Slaughter-houses, or otherwise in the carrying out the provisions of allowed by Justices, this Ordinance, and for which satisfaction shall not have been made under the provisions of the Sixth Section of this Ordinance, and if the Compensation claimed in such case shall not exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, the same shall be settled by Two Justices of the Peace in the manner provided by the Twenty-fourth Section of the "Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," the several provisions of which Section of the said Act are hereby, for the purposes of this Section, incorporated with this Ordinance; and if the Compensatio claimed in such case shall exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, such Person may have the same settled either by Arbitration or by the Verdict of a Jury, as he shall think fit; and if such Person desire to have! the same settled by Arbitration, it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing to the Colonial Secretary, or the Grantee or Grantees of the privilege of Slaughtering Cattle as aforesaid, as the case may be, of such his desire, stating in such Notice the Nature of the Interest in such Lands, in respect of which he claim Compensation, and the Amount of the Compensation so claimed thereon; and unless the Parties from whom such Compensation shall be claimed be willing to pay the amount of Compensation so claimed, and shall enter into a written Agreement for that purpose within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of any suc Notice from any Party so entitled, the same shall be settled by Arbitration in the manner hereintofort provided by the Sixth Section of this Ordinance; or if the Person so entitled as aforesaid desires to have such question of Compensation settled by Jury it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing as aforesaid of such his desire, stating such particulars, as aforesaid, and unless the Parties from whom such Compensa tion shall be claimed be willing to pay the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and enter into a writte Agreement for that purpose, they shall, within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of such Notice, issu their Warrant to the Sheriff to Summon a Jury for settling the same, in the manner hereinbefore provided by Section Six; and in default thereof, they shall be liable to pay to the Person so entitled as aforesaid the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and the same may be recovered by him, with Costs, by Action in the Supreme Court.
Arbitrators, or a Jury, as the case may be.
8 & 9 Vict. cap. 18.
Interpretation
"Cattle."
of
Moneys to be paid in Current Dollars.
XXVI. The word "Cattle" in this Ordinance shall include Ram, Ewe, Wether, Lamb, Goat, Kid, or Swine, but shall not include Horse, Ass, or Mule.
XXVII. All Sums of Money to be paid under, or by virtue of, this Ordinance, or any of its Provisions, whether for Rent, Tolls, Taxes, Fees, Fines, or otherwise, are to be paid in Current Dollars.
No. 38.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
The undersigned having obtained Leave of Absence from his post, to proceed to Europe, His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING has been pleased, pending reference to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to appoint GEORGE STAUNTON MORRISON, Esquire, to Officiate as Secretary and Registrar to Her Majesty's Plenipo- tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th September, 1857.
In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased.
NOTI
In re JUAN ANTONIO MARTINEZ, deceased.
TOTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN,
and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against or CODICILS of the above Party that may be
the said Estate, will please to send them in in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on
for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of September, 1857; said Estate, aro requested to make immediate pay- or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court.
By the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar.
In the mutter of the Estate of the late Mr RICHARD NEIL, of Victoria, deceased.
ment to
ADAM SCOTT, { or AND. S. DIXSON, J Hongkong, 29th August, 1857.
Νο
Executors.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deccuscd. ́OTICE.-All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- N° Estate, are requested to forward particulare culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; of the same to Mr H. W. HYATT; and all Persons and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- indebted to the said Estate, are requested to pay the | quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the respective amounts thereof to the said H, W.HYATT. | said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
"OTICE.—All Persons having Claims on the said
H. W. HYATT,
Esecutors.
J. MURPHY,
Hongkong, 5th September, 1857.
¦
D. LAPRAIK,
· Executors.
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857,
TE
W. WOODGATE.
BOTTOMRY.
ENDERS will be received at the Office of th undersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY
on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA," until Noon of th Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceedir: TWELVE THOUSand Dollars, ($12,000.)
TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chil Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
TH
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—THAT THE Partnership heretofore subsisting hetween CHARLES EDWIN BATESON and JOHN BUTT, as General and Commission Merchants & & is by mutual consent, (as advertise Canton, under the Firm of BATESON, BUT!! & Co. is disolved bite, dated June 16th, 1357.)
The Affairs of the late #artnership will be wour! up by CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, who wi sign the firm in Liquidation.
BATESON, BUTT & Ca Macao, 18th August, 1857.
Prevention of Cruel- ty to Animals.
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XXIV. Every Person who shall, from and after the passing of this Ordinance, cruelly Beat, Ill-treat Overdrive, Abuse, or Torture, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, overdriven, abused, tortured, any Animal, or shall convey, or carry, or cause to be conveyed, or carried, in or upon any Vehicle, Hurdle, or otherwise, any Animal, in such a manner or position as to subject such Animal to unnecessary pain or suffering, shall, for every such offence, Forfeit and Pay a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars nor less than One Dollar; or in default of payment be imprisoned for a term not exceeding One Month less than Twenty-four Hours; and if any Person shall, by cruelly beating, ill-treating, overdriving, abusing, " torturing any Animal, do' any Damage or Injury to any Animal, or shall thereby cause any Damage or Injury to be done to any Person, or to any Property, every such Offender shall, on conviction of such Offence, pay to the Owner of such Animal (if the Offender be not the Owner thereof,) or to the Person who shal sustain Damage or Injury as aforesaid, such Sum by way of compensation, not exceeding the sum of Fifty Dollars, as shall be ascertained and determined by the Justice or Justices of the Peace by whom such Person shall have been convicted; or in default thereof, shall be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding One Month: Provided always, that the Payment of such Compensation, or any Imprisonment for the nonpayment thereof, shall not prevent, or in any manner affect, the Punishment to which such Person, or the Owner of such Animal, may be liable, for or in respect of the beating, ill-treating, or abusing of the said Animal: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any Proceeding by action against such Offender, or the Employer of such Offender, where the Amount of Damage or Injury is not sought to be recovered! under this Ordinance; and all cases of Violations or Disobediences of, or Claims for Compensation, under the Provisions of this Section, shall be heard and determined summarily under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844. Compensation in XXV. If any Person shall be entitled to any Compensation in respect of any Lands or Buildings, or of eases not provided for any Interest therein, which shall have been taken for or injuriously affected by the Works necessary for the by Section VI, to be establishment of the said Markets and Slaughter-houses, or otherwise in the carrying out the provisions of allowed by Justices, this Ordinance, and for which satisfaction shall not have been made under the provisions of the Sixth Section of this Ordinance, and if the Compensation claimed in such case shall not exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, the same shall be settled by Two Justices of the Peace in the manner provided by the Twenty-fourth Section of the "Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," the several provisions of which Section of the said Act are hereby, for the purposes of this Section, incorporated with this Ordinance; and if the Compensatio claimed in such case shall exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, such Person may have the same settled either by Arbitration or by the Verdict of a Jury, as he shall think fit; and if such Person desire to have! the same settled by Arbitration, it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing to the Colonial Secretary, or the Grantee or Grantees of the privilege of Slaughtering Cattle as aforesaid, as the case may be, of such his desire, stating in such Notice the Nature of the Interest in such Lands, in respect of which he claim Compensation, and the Amount of the Compensation so claimed thereon; and unless the Parties from whom such Compensation shall be claimed be willing to pay the amount of Compensation so claimed, and shall enter into a written Agreement for that purpose within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of any suc Notice from any Party so entitled, the same shall be settled by Arbitration in the manner hereintofort provided by the Sixth Section of this Ordinance; or if the Person so entitled as aforesaid desires to have such question of Compensation settled by Jury it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing as aforesaid of such his desire, stating such particulars, as aforesaid, and unless the Parties from whom such Compensa tion shall be claimed be willing to pay the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and enter into a writte Agreement for that purpose, they shall, within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of such Notice, issu their Warrant to the Sheriff to Summon a Jury for settling the same, in the manner hereinbefore provided by Section Six; and in default thereof, they shall be liable to pay to the Person so entitled as aforesaid the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and the same may be recovered by him, with Costs, by Action in the Supreme Court.
Arbitrators, or a Jury, as the case may be.
8 & 9 Vict. cap. 18.
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"Cattle."
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Moneys to be paid in Current Dollars.
XXVI. The word "Cattle" in this Ordinance shall include Ram, Ewe, Wether, Lamb, Goat, Kid, or Swine, but shall not include Horse, Ass, or Mule.
XXVII. All Sums of Money to be paid under, or by virtue of, this Ordinance, or any of its Provisions, whether for Rent, Tolls, Taxes, Fees, Fines, or otherwise, are to be paid in Current Dollars.
No. 38.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
The undersigned having obtained Leave of Absence from his post, to proceed to Europe, His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING has been pleased, pending reference to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to appoint GEORGE STAUNTON MORRISON, Esquire, to Officiate as Secretary and Registrar to Her Majesty's Plenipo- tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th September, 1857.
In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased.
NOTI
In re JUAN ANTONIO MARTINEZ, deceased.
TOTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN,
and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against or CODICILS of the above Party that may be
the said Estate, will please to send them in in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on
for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of September, 1857; said Estate, aro requested to make immediate pay- or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court.
By the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar.
In the mutter of the Estate of the late Mr RICHARD NEIL, of Victoria, deceased.
ment to
ADAM SCOTT, { or AND. S. DIXSON, J Hongkong, 29th August, 1857.
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Executors.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deccuscd. ́OTICE.-All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- N° Estate, are requested to forward particulare culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; of the same to Mr H. W. HYATT; and all Persons and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- indebted to the said Estate, are requested to pay the | quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the respective amounts thereof to the said H, W.HYATT. | said JAMES W. BRIMELOW.
"OTICE.—All Persons having Claims on the said
H. W. HYATT,
Esecutors.
J. MURPHY,
Hongkong, 5th September, 1857.
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D. LAPRAIK,
· Executors.
Hongkong, 11th July, 1857,
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W. WOODGATE.
BOTTOMRY.
ENDERS will be received at the Office of th undersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY
on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA," until Noon of th Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceedir: TWELVE THOUSand Dollars, ($12,000.)
TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chil Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—THAT THE Partnership heretofore subsisting hetween CHARLES EDWIN BATESON and JOHN BUTT, as General and Commission Merchants & & is by mutual consent, (as advertise Canton, under the Firm of BATESON, BUT!! & Co. is disolved bite, dated June 16th, 1357.)
The Affairs of the late #artnership will be wour! up by CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, who wi sign the firm in Liquidation.
BATESON, BUTT & Ca Macao, 18th August, 1857.
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in, cr Anin nder. ?cove nder: 11. igs, or y for : ision 1 Sec: Hune ty-fou 'the Densat le sett : to 1: ecret: , of e cla ties fr ned, a any so einto! lave st afores a writt ce, is provide esaid on in t. SEPTEMBER 12, 1857.] T་: NOTICE. The Hongkong Government Gazettę. VIE Copartnership hitherto carrying on Business as MERCHANTS and Commission MerchantS aw and London, under the Firm of ORGAN, MCEWEN & Co., and in Singapore, pararia, and Manila, under the Firm of MCEWEN ▲ Co., was dissolved on the 30th April lust, by t of the Subscribers, the sole surviving Partners. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY, nd JOHN HARVEY. R. HODGE, } Witnesses. KsTurw Brown, asgow, 4th June, 1857. WITH Reference to the above Advertisement, the Subscribers beg to intimate, that the Pala Business of the late Firm of MCEWEN & Co. continue to be carried on by them, in conjunction ↳ Mr WILLIAM Martin, and Mr Robert V. CARAME, under the Firms of RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co., in London and Glasgow, and FINDLAY, RICHARDSON & Co., in Manila. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, + OFF MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Hongkong. 3d August, 1857. NOTICE. Tighed, under the style of TRAUTMANN THE business hitherto carried on by the under- & Co., is hereby declared closed. All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co. J. F. 11. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857. WE NOTICE. E have removed ́our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAɛ, and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day. Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. HARKORT & Co. NOTICE. IE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY. | the 2d of July. Casgow, 4th June, 1857. TITH reference to the above Advertisements, it is hereby intimated, that the Business here- pice carried on at Singapore and Bataria, under : Firm of MCEWEN & Co., is now carried on in annnces by the “ BORNEO COMPANY LI- VITED.-under the management, at Singapore, of Y: JOHN HARVEY, Managing Director of the Company in the East, and at Buturia of Mr * IN BLACK, who is authorized to sign for the 3 Company. ++ The ·BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED" tere also opened a Branch of their Business as GINTRAL MERCHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS - at Bangkok, in Siam, under the management of Mr SANUEL GILFILLAN, who is authorized to sign de the said Company, The Business of the “BORNEO COMPANY !!MITED" will, for the present, he managed in you, by Messrs RICHARDSON, FINDLAY SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. ON! NOTICE. the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Firm at SHANGHAE. | A FOR SALE. 5 Few Copies of a NEW TEA TABLE, in Pamphlet form, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-(minus freight) as bought by the Picul for Tuels of Sycee or Dollars, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois, in England. Exchange from 4s. to 98.; Tea from 1 to 60 Taels or Dollars. Compiled by P. LOUREIRO of Shanghae. Price-$2 per Copy, if 10 Copies are taken. 3 do. do. 4 for a single Copy. ་ Apply to 5 THOMAS DICK, "China Muil" Office. Hongkong, 9th September, 1857. FOR SALE. YOMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TH COM EDITION; William's DICTIONARY in the CANTUN DIALECT; also William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in CHINESE. Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON's, Gough Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Moil.” Forms MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner BLANEY FOOLS, WARTERPARTIES, in our Firm from the same date. FLETCHER & Co. Hongkong, 29th July, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTO HEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our Firm, ceased on the 30th April last. THE China, 20th August, 1857. NOTICE. THE REISS & Co. WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by 19th March, 1857. Partnership heretofore subsisting between the Pound Avoirdupois. BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the For the "BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED," | decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day John Harvey, of April, 1857. & Co. · Singapore, 31st July, 1857. Director. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1837. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Coples, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One» kalf of these charges for each Repetition. t, Kid, rovisic:: Lent. cellenc ffairs, Plenipo E. Office of OTTOM: Noon ci à ot excee D.) BARR lic of (- -THAT ng hetem and Tercha ON, BU s adver 1837.) Il be we N, who ▸ T&( : M POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. The Hongkong Government Gazettq. "AILS for BOMBAY, EUROPE, &c., per Steamer “CADIZ,” will close on the 23d instant, at 6 o'clock г.m. A SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following moning. LATTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of Gd.; and from 11 a.m. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted bet the home of 11 and lialf- past 12 o'clock musi be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 18th September, 1857. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. HE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- THE TION COMPANY'S Steam-ship "CADIZ,” Captain A. R. ALDHAM, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on THURSDAY, the 24th September, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 p.m., on the 22d; SPECIE until Noon on the 23d, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 23d. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Öriental Steam Navigation Company'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 Shipper to the Company's Agents with the the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. · ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 18th September, 1857. In re CHARLES ALBERS, deceased. NOTICE. FR THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Mautner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo, MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. N In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Partics indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. NOTICE. THE Copartnership hitherto carrying on Business TH as MERCHANTS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS in Glasgow and London, under the Firm of MORGAN, MCEWEN & Co., and in Singapore, Batavia, and Manila, under the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., was dissolved on the 30th April last, by consent of the Subscribers, the sole surviving Partners. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY, } Witnesses. and JOHN HARVEY. W. B. HODGE, MATTHEW BROWN, Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. [SEPTEMBER 19, 1857. NOTICE. On the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Fi m at SHANGHAE. MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partne in our Firm from the same date. FLETCHER & Co. Hongkong, 29th July, 1857. NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTO HEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our Firm, ceased on the 30th April last. China, 20th August, 1857. NOTICE. TH REISS & Co. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. BOTTOMRY. received at the undersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceeding on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA,” until Noon of the TWELVE THOUsand Dollars, ($12,000.) TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chili. Hongkong, 4th September, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr RICHARD NEIL, of Victoria, deccused. ́OTICE.—All Persons having Claims on the said. ITH Reference to the above Advertisement, W" Manila Business of the late Firm of MCEWEN & Co. the Subscribers beg to intimate, that the will continue to be carried on by them, in conjunctionNOTIC, are requested to forward particulars with Mr WILLIAM MARTIN, and Mr ROBERT V. GRAHAME, under the Firms of RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co., in London and Glasgow, and FINDLAY, RICHARDSON & Co., in Manila. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. W of the same to Mr H. W.,HYATT; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to pay the respective amounts thereof to the said II. W. HYATT. H. W. HYATT, Executors. J. MURPHY, Hongkong, 5th September, 1857. } In the matter of the Estule of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased. Νο "ITII reference to the above Advertisements, it is hereby intimated, that the Business here- ́OTICE.—All Persons having Clains on the tofore carried on at Singapore and Batavia, under said Estate, are requested to forward parti- the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., is now carried on in these places by the "BORNEO COMPANY LI-culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELÓW; N OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT of Kin, | MITED,”—under the management, at Singapore, of / and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- 99 J. J. ALDRIDGE, J. B. ELLIOT, 99 " 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 THURSDAY, the 24th day of September, 1857; or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. PUBLIC AUCTION, By Order of the Military Storekeeper, F the following GOODS; (ex Violet, Admiral, ft and Mooresport,, all more or less damaged by Sea Water, viz :— Marquees, P. 2,-Valises for do., 2,-Blankets, Single, 2; P. 66,-Feather Pillows, 2,--Rugs, P. 1, -Sheets, White Cotton, 2,-Waterproof, do., 3, -Cases, slip, Bed waterproof, 3,-Comforters, blue, 33, Jackets, hip, 1,-Greatcoats, privates, 7,— Sheets, waterproof, 5.-Beds, hair, 19, Gowns, Blue Serge, 12,-Striped Cotton do., 56,-Waist- coats, Blue Serge, 4,-Sheets, White Cotton, 9,— Casks, 3,-Shirts, White Cotton, 19,-Trowsers, White Cotton, 100,-Rug, P. 1,-Summer Frocks, 64,-Blankets, P. 1,-Empty Gun Cartridges, of sorts, 382,-Forms, printed, 264,-Mops, thrum, 90,-Covers, pack-saddle, 9,-Collars, breast, 2,- Neck, 7-Breechings, 2,-Back Bands, 6,-Breast Bands, 1-Bridles, 3-Straps, Saddle, 3,-Head Collars, 1,-Drag Ropes, pairs, 30,-Bazils Brown, 17,-White Serge, 4-yards, Web Girth, 2,— Thread Collar, 1b,-Hemp, 131b,--Pocket, tubes, 1, -Straps for do., 3, Tents, Circular, 2,- Valises for do., 67,--Bags, tent-pin, 27,-Blankets, Grey, 2, -Buckets, Leather, 1,--Covers, Blankets, water- proof, 2,-Squad Bags, 5,-Hogsheads Pale Ale, 5, Bbls., each 4-dozen of Pale Ale, bottled by Friend & Co., 19. The above named GOODS will be sold on the W. D. Premises, Queen's Road, late CROSBY'S, on TUESDAY, the 22d instant. Sale to commence at 2 o'clock in the Afternoon. G. DUDDELL, Auctioncer. Hongkong, 19th September, 1857. Mr JOHN HARVEY, Managing Director of the said Company in the East, and at Batavia of Mr JOIN BLACK, who is authorized to sign for the said Company. The "BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED' have also opened a Branch of their Business as GENERAL MERCHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS at Bangkok, in Siam, under the management of Mr quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRIMELOW. D. LAPRAIK, A. S. DIXSON, Erecutors, Hongkong, 11th July, 1857. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. SAMUEL GILFILLAN, who is authorized to sign NO: for the said Company. ́OTICE.—All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in The Business of the "BORNEO COMPANY said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the LIMITED" will, for the present, he managed in Glasgow, by Messrs RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co. For the BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED,” JOHN HARVEY, Director. Singapore, 31st July, 1857. MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, \FFICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bunk, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Hongkong, 3d August, 1857. NOTICE. THE business hitherto carried on by the under- under the style of TRAUTMANN & Co., is hereby declared closed. All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co. J. F. H. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857. E NOTICE. E have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAE, and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day. Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. HARKORT & Co. NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Ma JAMES | SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW, Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. ment to ADAM SCOTT, or Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. FOR SALE. Executors. YOMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TK EDITION; William's DICTIONARY in the CANTON DIALECT; also William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in CHINESE. Apply at the Rev. J. W. JoHNSON's, Gough Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. BLA FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail,” LANK Forins of-POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Al30, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And, A Table, showing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Preul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,-Five Lincs and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. in THE Inc TO Em. een ES lic, the lay Hongkong Government GAZETTE. the NEW SERIES. RY the ding kili. RD said ulars sons the ATT. TS. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26TH SEPTEMBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 117. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT gazettE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 39. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. MES ME- the parti- DW; e re- co the Diplomatic Department. Her Majesty's Consul at Shanghae having reported that the Light-Ship at the Entrance of the Yang-tsze-keang has been driven from her Moorings, and as some time must elapse before she can be replaced, His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., is pleased to notify the above fact for the information of all concerned, in order that the needful precautions may be taken to prevent the disasters which, in consequence of the above accident, might befall Vessels entering the Port of Shanghae. · 75. B. gainst eu in othe = pay- ors. By Order, GEO. S. MORRISON. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st September, 1857. No. 139. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Order of Her Majesty in Council, passed on the 25th June, 1857, directing that, in all Prayers, Litanies, and Collects, for the Royal Family, the Words "The Prince Consort" be inserted instead of the Words "The Prince Albert," is published for general information and guidance. By Order, TION; ANTON and in Gough Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. CTOR- TIES, DING, . HECK newest MIN; with all sold by -kong.- Airty-six der, One 18-One. AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, The 25th day of June, 1857. Present: THE QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty IN COUNCIL. Whereas by the Act of Uniformity, which establisheth the Liturgy, and enacts, that no Form or Order of Common Prayer be openly used other than what is prescribed or appointed to be used in and by the said Book, it is notwithstanding provided, that in all those Prayers, Litanies, and Collects which do anywise relate to the King, Queen, or Royal Progeny, the Names be altered and changed from time to time, and fitted to the present Occasion, according to Direction of lawful Authority: Her Majesty was pleased this Day in Council to declare Her Royal Will and Pleasure, That in all the Prayers, Litanies, and Collects for the Royal Family the Words "The Prince Consort," be inserted instead of the Words "The Prince Albert.” And Her Majesty doth strictly charge and command, That no Edition of the Common Prayer be from henceforth printed but with this Amendment; and that in the meantime, till Copies of such Edition may be had, all Parsons, Vicars, and Curates within this Realm do *** (for the preventing of Mistakes) with the Pen, correct and amend all such Prayers in their Church Books, according to the foregoing Directions: And for the better Notice hereof, that this Order be forthwith printed and published, and sent to the several Parishes; and that the Right Reverend the Bishops do take care that Obedience be paid to the same accordingly. WM. L. BATHURST. 2 2 The Bonghong Government Gazette. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. [SEPTEMBER 26, 1857. To be sold by Public Auction, on the 1st October next, at 11 o'clock A.M., at the Central Market, a portion of the Land and Premises now attached thereto, fronting the Queen's Road, comprising Shops Nos. 218, 220, 221, 222, 316, 317, 319. Each Shop or Lot will be subject to the Land Rent not exceeding £1, 12s. 7d. per Annum. Possession can be given on the 14th Proximo. CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, By Order, 771 fo Surveyor General's Office, 18th September, 1857. Οι to 不 SE pa 丁 舖七瓻出月 Surveyor General. 1 زر 一千八百五十七 照 個地投十百百 百百百得 邊稅以四十 + 士不價 日九 十環 準過高上號號號八 八街 午每第第號市 已七 I 年 於 al af ຕ p EP 八九 月 初十 二九 FO NOTICE. 日特 示 E hire this day established at Shanghae, WE in China. 八磅得十間三二 第向 月十每 舖百百 二間點連十北 街 七個舖鐘地七二十 日司每當於號號號舖 交連年公八第第第第 NOTICE. NOTICE. under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm Copartnership hitherto carrying on Business THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTO HE in as MERCHANTS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Glasgow and London, under the Firm of MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to MORGAN, MCEWEN & Co., and in Singapore, sign our name per procuration from same date. Batavia, and Manila, under the Firm of McEWEN & Co., was dissolved on the 30th April last, by consent of the Subscribers, the sole surviving Partners. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, VAUCHER FRERES. Hongkong, 15th Angust, 1857. Να In the Estate of the late JOAO ANTONIO MARTINEZ, Native of Spain, deccased. ́OTICE.—All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to MANOEL Dɛ SILVA, Executor appointed by the Supreme Court of Hongkong. Hongkong, 26th September, 1857. M' NOTICE. R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY, and JOHN HARVEY. W. B. HODGE, MATTHEW GROWN, } Witnesses. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. W" ITH Reference to the above Advertisement, the Subscribers beg to intimate, that the Manila Business of the late Firm of MCEWEN & Co. will continue to be carried on by them, in conjunction with Mr WILLIAM MARTIN, and Mr ROBERT V. GRAHAME, under the Firms of RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co., in London and Glasgow, and MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, FINDLAY, RICHARDSON & Co., in Manila. retired from our Firni. Amoy, 26th August. 1857. F. D. SYME & Co. MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. OFF Hongkong. 3d August, 1857. NOTICE. HE business hitherto carried on by the under- under of TRAUTMANN & Co., is hereby declared closed. All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co. J. F. H. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857. WE NOTICE. E have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAE, and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day. Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. THE HARKORT & Co. NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. NOTICE. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Altorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. W ITH reference to the above Advertisements, it is hereby intimated, that the Business here- tofore carried on at Singapore and Batavia, under the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., is now carried on in these places by the "BORNEO COMPANY LI- MITED,”—under the management, at Singapore, of Mr JOHN HARVEY, Managing Director of the said Company in the East, and at Batavia of Mr JOHN BLACK, who is authorized to sign for the said Company. THEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our Firm, ceased on the 30th April last. China, 20th August, 1857. NOTICE. REISS & Co. E Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. BOTTOMRY. TENDERS will be received at the Office of the undersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceeding on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA," until Noon of the TWELVE THOUsand Dollars, ($12,000.) TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chili, Hongkong, 4th September, 1857. In the mutter of the Estut" of the late Mr RICHARD NEIL, of Victoria, deceased. Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to Mr H. W. HYATT; and all Persons' indebted to the said Estate, are requested to pay the respective amounts thereof to the said H. W. HYATT. H. W. HYATT, Į Executors. J. MURPHY, Hongkong, 5th September, 1857. All having the In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deccused. Νο OTICE. All Persons having Claims on the The "BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED” said Estate, are requested to forward parti have also opened a Branch of their Business as culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; General MERCHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- at Bangkok, in Siam, under the management of Mrquested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the SAMUEL GILFILLAN, who is authorized to sign for the said Company. The Business of the "BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED” will, for the present, he managed in Glasgow, by Messrs RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co. For the "BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED," JOHN HARVEY, Director. Singapore, 31st July, 1857. NOT In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are MR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL is a Partner requested to make immediate payment to in our Firm from the same date. On the 1st instant we opened a Branch of our Firm at SHANGHAK. FLETCHER & Co. Hongkong, 29th July, 1857. JOHN WISE, ; Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. said JAMES W. BRIMELOW. D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th July, 1857. Executors. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. N°1 “OTICE.—All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ment to or ADAM SCOTTON,} Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. Executors. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lincs and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One" half of these charges for each Repetition. ; 857. THE tion of A, 222, nnum. Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3D OCTOBER, 1857. VOL. III, No. 118. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE, HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. r OTTO ur Firm, & Co. No. 140. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. between JAMES es Public, 1. by the 28th day KELL. ice of the TOMRY Don of the exceeding ARRI, 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, 2d October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting 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 30th September, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NOTES ISSUED,............$362,665. SPECIE IN RESERVE, 200,000. P. CAMPBELL, Manager. : of Chili, ICHARD n the said particulars ll Persona to pay the 7. HYATT. ecutors. I JAMES BRIME- 18 on the ard parti MELOW; e, are re- cof, to the recutors. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st October, 1857. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter. J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant. Victoria, Hongkong, 2d October, 1857. THE POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer “NORNA," will close on SUNDAY, the 4th October, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M.; for a late fee of 6d. ; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 28th September, 1857. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. T is hereby notified for Public information, that WE on and after the 1st October next, the Book Postage will be extended to Malta and Gibraltar, at the following revised rates, viz :— Rutes of Postage on Book Packets between Hongkong, and the United Kingdom, Malta, and Gibraltar. FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer. NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghae, under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm in China. MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. NOTICE. TWILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between For a Packet not exceeding 4 oz.g For a Packet exceeding 4 oz. and not exceeding Ib, ...... 8. d. 0 4 0 8 Do., exceeding ib, and not exceeding lib, 1 IAM B. ms against nd them in ted to the ediate pay: Zercutors. THE wased 01) the 30th April last. China, 20th August, 1857. 4 Do., exceeding 1lb, and not exceeding 14, 2 9 NOTICE. Do., exceeding 14b, and not exceeding 2lb, 2 8 THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTO and so on increasing 8d. for each additional Half and 80, or BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. REISS & Co. Post-Office, Hongkong, 29th September, 1857. NOTICE. MR R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. BOTTOMRY. TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Tundersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA," until Noon of the Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceeding MA FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date,OFFICES removed to the first door West of the TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($12,000) ired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 20th August, 1857. Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Hongkong, 8d August, 1857. TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chili. Hongkong, 4th September, 1857. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Muster. Hongkong.- 18, Thirty-riş d under, O | Cents-On- JB. 857. THE tion of A, 222, nnum. Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3D OCTOBER, 1857. VOL. III, No. 118. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE, HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. r OTTO ur Firm, & Co. No. 140. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. between JAMES es Public, 1. by the 28th day KELL. ice of the TOMRY Don of the exceeding ARRI, 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, 2d October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting 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 30th September, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NOTES ISSUED,............$362,665. SPECIE IN RESERVE, 200,000. P. CAMPBELL, Manager. : of Chili, ICHARD n the said particulars ll Persona to pay the 7. HYATT. ecutors. I JAMES BRIME- 18 on the ard parti MELOW; e, are re- cof, to the recutors. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st October, 1857. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter. J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant. Victoria, Hongkong, 2d October, 1857. THE POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer “NORNA," will close on SUNDAY, the 4th October, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M.; for a late fee of 6d. ; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 28th September, 1857. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. T is hereby notified for Public information, that WE on and after the 1st October next, the Book Postage will be extended to Malta and Gibraltar, at the following revised rates, viz :— Rutes of Postage on Book Packets between Hongkong, and the United Kingdom, Malta, and Gibraltar. FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer. NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghae, under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm in China. MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. NOTICE. TWILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between For a Packet not exceeding 4 oz.g For a Packet exceeding 4 oz. and not exceeding Ib, ...... 8. d. 0 4 0 8 Do., exceeding ib, and not exceeding lib, 1 IAM B. ms against nd them in ted to the ediate pay: Zercutors. THE wased 01) the 30th April last. China, 20th August, 1857. 4 Do., exceeding 1lb, and not exceeding 14, 2 9 NOTICE. Do., exceeding 14b, and not exceeding 2lb, 2 8 THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTO and so on increasing 8d. for each additional Half and 80, or BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. REISS & Co. Post-Office, Hongkong, 29th September, 1857. NOTICE. MR R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. BOTTOMRY. TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Tundersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA," until Noon of the Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceeding MA FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date,OFFICES removed to the first door West of the TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($12,000) ired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 20th August, 1857. Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Hongkong, 8d August, 1857. TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chili. Hongkong, 4th September, 1857. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Muster. Hongkong.- 18, Thirty-riş d under, O | Cents-On- JB. 2 T NOTICE. The Hongkong Government Gazette. FIMIE Copartnership hitherto carrying on Business as MERCHANts and Commission MercHANTS in Glastone and London, under the Firm of MORGAN, MCEWEN & Co., and in Singapore, Batavia, and Manila, under the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., was dissolved on the 30th April lust, by censent of the Subscribers, the sole surviving Partners. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY, and JOHN HARVEY. W. B. HODGE, MATTHEW Brown, Witnesses. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. WITH ITH Reference to the above Advertisement, the Subscribers beg to intimate, that the Manila Business of the late Firm of McEWEN & Co. will continue to be carried on by them, in conjunction with Mr WILLIAM MARTIN, and Mr Robert V. GRAHAME, under the Firms of RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co., in London and Glasgow, and .FINDLAY, RICHARDSON & Co., in Manila, FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. ITII reference to the above Advertisements, it WE NOTICE E have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAE and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day. Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. HARKORT & Co. NOTICE. THE business hitherto carried on by the under- style of TRAUTMANN & Co., is hereby declared closed. All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co. J. F. II. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857. THE NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. N OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against tofore carried on at Singapore and Batavia, under the said Estate, will please send them in for the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., is now carried on in these places theBORNEO COMPANY LI-liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are MITED,”—under the management, at Singapore, of requested to make immediate paynient to Mr JOHN HARVEY, Managing Director of the said Company in the East, and at Batavia of Mr JOHN BLACK, who is authorized to sign for the said Company. The "BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED" have also opened a Branch of their Business as GENERAL MERCHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS at Bangkok, in Siam, under the management of Mr SAMUEL GILFILLAN, who is authorized to sign for the said Company. The Business of the "BORNEO_COMPANY LIMITED" will, for the present, he managed in Glasgow, by Messrs RICHARDSON, FINDLAY .& Co. For the BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED,” JOHN HARVEY, Director. Singapore, 31st July, 1857. JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. [OCTOBER 3, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr RICHARD NEIL, of Victoria, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims on the said NOTICEte, are requested to forward particulars of the same to Mr H. W. IIYATT; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to pay the respective amounts thereof to the said II. W. HYATT. H. W. HYATT, } Executors. J. MURPHY, Hongkong, 5th September, 1857. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. NOT "OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ment to or ADAM SCOTT, AND. I. DIXTON,} Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. FOR SALE. YOMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TH COM Executors. EDITION; William's DICTIONARY in the CANTON DIALECT; also William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in CHINESE. Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON's, Gouyh Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. FOR SALE. At the Office of the “China Mail.” LANK Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR- BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS (printed in Pamphlet In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME-form) for the RIVERS YANG-TSZE-KEANG ́and LOW, of Victoria, deccased. NOTI OTICE.-All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRINELOW. D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th July, 1857. Executors. MIN. And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.→ PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Conis--Ons- half of these charges for sach Repetition. シ ZOITAOUTRO. 7090.41% bure THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE: d NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH OCTOBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Von. III. No. 119. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. L No. 141... is n GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Seoretary. Whereas, by a verdict of a Coroner's Jury, certain Persons unknown have been declared guilty of the Wilful Murder of a Man, Name unknown, on the 23d September ultimo, at West Point: Notice is hereby given, that A REWARD OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, and a Free Pardon to any of those concerned, (the actual Perpetrators of the Murder excepted,) will be given to any Person or Persons who shall give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of any one or more of the Parties guilty of the above Crime. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th October, 1857. 示 W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, 憲 No.142. 一千八百五十七:+ 廿三 八十 示 初 1 照得本月初六 示除為紅証如公於地照 其兇銀以有人道方得 罪手貳定人看上有本 花揽百兇知驗經 紅內大手其實本不 仍之員之兇係港知 照人 罪手被驗名 數本作到人屍性在 賞憲証賞衙打官之西 給亦者給門死與人炮 特赦係花作者秉死臺 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that Messrs WM. CHAPMAN, and GEORGE DUDDELL, are appointed by His Excellency The Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, Assessors of Police Rate in this Colony for the Year 1858. By Order, : Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, 2 TH POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION, The Hongkong Government Gazette. E Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTALSTEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S ISTE YM-Snips, will close on WEDNES- DAY, the itch Instant, at 4 o'clock P.M. | N In re WILLIAM HADDAN, deceased. JOHN HARTONG, 99 ́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, ou THURSDAY, the 15th day of October, 1357; or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF Administration; failing which, Ad- Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half-ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. The usud SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d,; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock г.M., for a late fee of 1s. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 7th October, 1857. Steam for said Court. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,| Acting Registrar. NOTICE. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, THE Copartnership hitherto carrying on Business ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. 0% NE of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on THURSDAY, the 15th October, 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. as MERCHANTS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS in Glasgow and London, under the Firm of TH [OCTOBER 10, 1857. NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTO HEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our Firm, ceused on the 30th April last. China, 20th August, 1857. THE NOTICE. REISS & Co. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. MORGAN, MCEWEN & Co., and in Singapore, WE Batavia, and Manila, under the Firm of MCEWEN NOTICE. E have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAE and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our & Co., was dissolved on the 30th April last, by Firm from this day. consent of the Subscribers, the sole surviving Partners. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY, and JOHN HARVEY. W. B. HODGE, MATTHEW BROWN, Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, WIT apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARK 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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 7th October, 1857. HER MAJESTY'S NAVAL YARD, 5th October, 1857. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, JONNAGE for the Conveyance to Singapore of 2 Officers and about 100 Men Madras Native Infantry. то TENDERS will be received by the NAVAL STORE KEEPER, until Noon of the 13th instant-the Ship engaged to be ready for Sea within Four Days after the Tender is accepted. Application to be made at Her Majesty's Naval Yard, for information as to the SCALE OF VICTUAL- LING, &c. TEN EDWIN HOLMES, Acting Naval Storekeeper. NOTICE. Office of SUPERINTENDENTt of Police, ¡CENTRAL POLICE STATION, HONGKONG, 9th October, 1857. NENDERS will be received by the undersigned, on and before Noon of Tuesday, the 13th instant, for TRIMMING, LIGHTING, and KEEPING CLEAN, Two Hundred and Fifty, or LAMPS, in the Districts of Taepingshan, CHEUNG- WAN, SHEONG-WAN, &c., for Six Months,-com- more, } Witnesses. ITH Reference to the above Advertisement, the Subscribers beg to intimate, that the Manila Business of the late Firm of MCEWEN & Co. will continue to be carried on by them, in conjunction with Mr WILLIAM MARTIN, and Mr ROBERT V. GRAHAME, under the Firms of RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co., in London and Glasgow, and FINDLAY, KICHARDSON & Co., in Manila. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. WIT ITH reference to the above Advertisements, it is hereby intimated, that the Business here- tofore carried on at Singapore and Batavia, under the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., is now carried on in these places by the "BORNEO COMPANY LI- MITED,”—under the management, at Singapore, of Mr JOHN HARVEY, Managing Director of the said Company in the East, and at Batavia of Mr JOHN BLACK, who is authorized to sign for the said Company. The BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED have also opened a Branch of their Business as GENERAL MERCHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS at Bangkok, in Sium, under the management of Mr SAMUEL GILFILLAN, who is authorized to sign for the said Company. The Business of the “BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED" will, for the present, he managed in Glasgow, by Messrs RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co. For the " BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED,” JOHN HARVEY, Director. Singapore, 31st July, 1857. NOTICE. ́R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. MR Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. HARKORT & Co. NOTICE. E business hitherto carried on by the under- Tsigned, under the style of TRAUTMANN & Co., is hereby declared closed. All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co. J. F. II. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death ou the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. N OTICE-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Fictoria, deccused. Persons said Estate, are requested to forward parti and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRIMELOW. D. LAPRAIK, LABRAJON,} Executors. Hongkong, 11th July, 1857. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. NOTICE. the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, ment to retired from our Firm. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. mencing on the 15th instant. The Person tendering W will be required to furnish OIL, WICK, and the necessary LABOUR for Lighting and Keeping alight the said Lamps during the night. The Lamps and Burners will be furnished by Her Majesty's Govern- ment. Further particulars as regards Size of Lamps and LOCALITY OF DISTRICT will be given on application at the above Office. The Persons tendering to send in Samples of OIL and Wick, and will also have to find good Security. A. GRAND-PRE. Acting-Superintendent of Police.. F. D. SYME & Co. NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghae, under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm in China. MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRERES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Hongkong, 3d August, 1857. or ADAM SCOTT, ANDA. 1. SIXTON,} Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. CO FOR SALE. Executors. ¡OMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TH EDITION William's DICTIONARY in the CANTON DIALECT; also William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in CHINESE.. Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON's, Gough Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cants-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. 10, 1857. THE of Mr OTTO in our Firmi, EISS & Co. isting between and JAMES Notaries Public, ssolved, by the on the 28th day i. GASKELL. Hongkong blishment from have admitted Partner in our NEW SERIES. ORT & Co. by the under- RAUTMANN taken charge of UTMANN. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH OCTOBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 120. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE”. will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. ་་ཀ་ W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 143. of MR JAMES by his death on RIMELOW. ES EDWIN used. Claims against end them in for ed thereto, are it to HIN WISE, Executor. UNALAM Iron Pals de A GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. ז' The subjoined Return of the Sale of Government Property, held on the 1st instant, is published for general Karte By Order, *** information. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th October, 1857. RETURN OF HOUSE and LAND SALE, held on the 1st October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. NO. OF LOT. PURCHASER. ate Mr JAMES H & BRIME- Inland. Claims on the forward parti 527 Achee, BRIMELOW; 528 Estate, are re 529 Chulong & Co., Wo-hang, ... s thereof, to the 530 T Acqui, 531 } Executors. 532 533 Do., Mok-kee, Wo-hang, » ed FIXED ANNUAL RENTAL. PREMIUM. d Dollars. 1 7 11 2,650 1 .8 3,250 1 8 3,100 1. 7 3,300 1 10 3,450 1 7 71 3,350 1 12 2 3,250 £10 2 10 $22,350 ILLIAM B. Claims against to send them in ndebted to the immediate pay. } Executors. TH EDITION: n the CANTON ENGLISH and in HNSON'S, Gouyh ail, Hongkong.- Jopies, Thirty-sis s and under, One enty Cente--One- tition. No. 144. Total,..... GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surreyor General. It is hereby notified, that under the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Wednesday, the 18th Day of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace to be held on that day at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police at Eleven o'clock in the Foredoon, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the Year commencing the 1st December next. Applications for such Licenses must be Lodged at the Chief Magistrate's Office at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed by the Ordinance above mentioned. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1857. No. 145.. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. ALBERT VAUCHER, Esquire, having been appointed Vice-Consul for France, in the place of N. Duus, Esquire, resigned, is authorized to exercise the functions of his Office, pending reference to Her Majesty The Queen. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 2 No. 146. A The Hongkong Government Gazettę. [OCTOBER 17, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen having been pleased to appoint CHARLES ST GEORGE CLEVERLY, Esquire, Surveyor General, to a Seat in the Legislative Council of this Colony, it is hereby notified, that Mr Cleverly has been this day Sworn in and taken his Seat at the Council Board. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, • Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th October, 1857. No. 147. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that Her Most Gracious Majesty has been pleased to approve and confirm the appointment of the following Gentlemen to Seats in the Legislative Council of this Colony :— The Honourable JOSEPH JARDINE, Esquire ; The Honourable HENRY TUDOR DAVIES, Esquire ; The Honourable George Lyall, Esquire. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th October, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. LAND AND HOUSES FOR SALE AT THE WESTERN MARKET. To be sold by Public Auction, on the 2d November next, at 11 o'clock A.M, at the Western Market, a portion of the Land and Premises now attached thereto, fronting Morrison Street, comprising the undermentioned Shops, viz: Nos. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63. Possession will be given on the 16th November. Also, on the 9th of November at the same hour, will be sold the Land and Premises fronting the Queen's Road, comprising Shops Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54. Possession of these will be given on the 16th November, Also, on the 16th November at the same hour, will be sold the Land and Premises fronting Bonham Strand, comprising Shops Nos. 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 522, 523, 524. Possession of these will be given on the same day. Statement of Lots with their Area and Annual Rental. Boundary MEASURE-FEET. SHOP NUMBER. CONTENT IN BOUNDARY MEASURE-FEET. CONTENT SQUARE ANNUAL RENTAL. N. S. E. IV. SHOP NUMBER. יאז ANNUAL RENTAL FERT. N. S. E. IV. SQUARE FKKT. 56 14 141 30 57 14 14 30 58 15 15 30 59 18 15 60 19 19 30 61 16 16 62 63 7 8 15 9 15 10 12 49 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CO 2 154 153 15% 151 151 15 15 151 11 151 151 181 18 to 10 45 am an an ar an co o 30 152 30 30 153 តតតតតត 30 30 30 30 30 30 171 18 31 £ 3. d. £ 8. 31 I 20 20 & 20 20 23.5 IN IN AN AN 25 25 8 30 442 1 12 6 50 164 174 31 31 5:27 d. 1 18 8 30 420 1 10 5 51 143 148 31 31 416 1 19 30 450 1 13 0 52 141 31 31 414 1 12 7 30 540 1 19 94 53 141 31 31 444 1 12 7 30 570 2 1 10 54 171 31 31 512 1 19 1 30 480 1 15 21 511 15 33 31 480 1 15 2 30 457 1 13 6 512 15 15 31 30 472 J 14 8 513 15 15 74 30 465 1 14 14 514 15 15 72 30 450 1 13 04 513 15 15 71 30 450 1 13 0 516 151 152 70 30 457 1 13 6 522 15 15 48 30 457 1 13 6 523 144 47 144 AKRERNA 30 457 J 13 74 1.100 4 72 1,080 3 19 71 1.065 3 18 4 70 902 3 6 47 710 2 12 2 45 667 2 30 550 2 0 524 144 144 45 40 G16 2 5 4 550 2 0 5 By Order, CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surveyor General. 憲 準二百二投鐘舖亦五八向九於一十之點照 於 IF 丁 一千八百五十七 <7111+ 十七 日特 巳七 年 八十 示 t 五一五第將又係十九大月本六七舖鐘得 英百十百五向十準一十街十年十五連將於 十廿五一百海月於五十之三十二十地上九 三五十一波初本十一舖日月六八出環月 月五百三十 一年二十連上初十五投街十 十百一五一街日十五二地午一三十第市六 六十十百號之上月十四出十日號九五向日 日四六一五舖午初三十投一夜〇六十馬上。 交〇五十百連十一五九第點出每十六禮午 舖亦百四一地一日十五七鐘又舖六號臣十 係廿五十出點交四十號將於準十五街- *, 1837 LEVERLY. that M. FS. etary. bintme ES, tary. portion Shops, ; Road, he 16th Strand, on the RENTAL OCTOBER 17, 1857.] Steam for The Hongkong Government Gazette. KINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NI of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and will leave this for the above Places, on | RSDAY, the 29th October, at 2 P.M. ZARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., 27th; SPECIE until Noon on the 28th, and LS until 2 P.M. on the 28th. - Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, NOTICE. THE Copartnership hitherto carrying on Business as MERCHANTS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS in Glasgow and London, under the Firm of MORGAN, McEWEN &Co., and in Singapore, | Batavia, and Manila, under the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., was dissolved on the 30th April fast, by consent of the Subscribers, the sole surviving Partners. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, OFF MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, 3 FFICES remored to the first door West of the TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr HI. J. Hongkong, 3d August, 1857. NOTICE. for self, and as Attorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY, | ceused on the 30th April last. and JOHN HARVEY. W. R. HODGE, HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr OTTO HEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our Firm, MATTHEW BROWN, } Witnesses. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. REISS & Co. China, 20th August, 1857. E ITI Reference to the above Advertisement, have removed our Establishment from the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation WIT y's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED. 、 Written Declaration of the Contents and Value Packages for the Overland Route is required de Egyptian Government, and must be delivered the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the ef Lading or with Parcels ; and the Company do And themselves responsible for any Detention or dice which may happen from incorrectness on ** declaration. a ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental 27 Navigation Company's Office, Bergkong, 17th October, 1857. NOTICE. IS Ixcellency the Minister PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR FRANCE in China, has been pleased to st, pending the approval of His Imperial str Government, on and from the 1st instant. AERT VAUCHER, Esq., French Vice-Consul « dev@KONG, instead of N. Duus, Esquire, resigned. By order, KLECZKOWSKI. Lecstion of France in China, Macan, 3d October, 1857. NOTICE. have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants and Commission Agents, ANGKOR, Siam, from the 25th August last, REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Songhae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE. f. 18 14 12 12 19 15 12 ро 19 6 3 12 9 0 hoghae, 30th September, 1857. Copartnership hitherto existing between WILLIAM CRAMPTON, JAMES CRAMPTON, newas Hanbury, Thomas ChRISTY Junior, and *LES PULLAN, under the firm of CRAMP- \S, HANBURY & Co., is this day dissolved tual consent. All outstanding business will be ted either by MR WILLIAM CRAMPTON or THOMAS HANBURY, NOTICE. JUNG-CHO no "UNG-CHO and WONG-PAI have no further Book- `s Shop, (formerly MR SPENCE'S,) in Wellington The Business of the said Shop will in future ducted by MAN-KWONG and LO-PAN, the Style of the "SEE-LUNG-HAP-KEE Neither YUNG-CHо nor WONG-PAI is ised to receive money on account of the late *tong, 15th October, 1857. MAN-KWONG, LO-PAN. | the Subscribers beg to intimate, that the Manila Business of the late Firm of McEWEN & Co. will continue to be carried on by them, in conjunction GRAHAME, under the Firms of RICHARDSON, with Mr WILLIAM MARTIN, and Mr ROBERT V. FINDLAY & Co., in London and Glasgow, and FINDLAY, RICHARDSON & Co., in Manila. FRANCIS RICHARDSON, for self, and as Allorney for CHARLES BANNATYNE FINDLAY. Glasgow, 4th June, 1857. WIT ITH reference to the above Advertisements, it is bereby intimated, that the Business here- tofore carried on at Singapore and Batavia, under the Firm of MCEWEN & Co., is now carried on in these places by the “BORNEO COMPANY LI- MITED," under the management, at Singapore, of Mr JOHN HARVEY, Managing Director of the said Company in the East, and at Butavia of Mr said Company. JOHN BLACK, who is authorized to sign for the The 66 have also opened a Branch of their Business as BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED” GENERAL MERCHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS at Bangkok, in Siam, under the management of Mr SAMUEL GILFILLAN, who is authorized to sign for the said Company. The Business of the "BORNEO COMPANY | LIMITED" will, for the present, he managed in Glasgow, by Messrs RICHARDSON, FINDLAY & Co. For the "BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED," JOHN HARVEY, Director. Singapore, 31st July, 1857. M NOTICE. IR THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. retired from our Firm. MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. WE NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghae, under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm in China. MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration from samne date. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between THE WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th đay of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. NOTICE. Canton to SHANGHAE and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day. Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. HARKORT & Co. NOTICE. THE business hitherto carried on by the under- signed, under the style of TRÄUTMANN | & Co., is hereby declared closed. All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co. J. F. II. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857. THE NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. N In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in fo requested to make immediate payment to liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deceased. OTICE-All Persons having Clainis on the Νο said Estate, are requested to forward parti- culars of the same to Mr JAMES W. BRIMELOW; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the said JAMES W. BRIMELOW. D. LAPRAIK, A. S. DIXSON, Hongkong, 11th July, 1857. Executors. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B LORRAIN, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against Baid Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ment to or ADAM SCOTT, ADA. M. SCOTON,} *Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. Executors. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; oach Additional Line, Twenty Cenis-One- half of those charges for each Repetition. { THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH OCTOBER, 1857. · GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 121. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. .HONGKONG. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIE REGINE. No. 10 of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the fony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary d Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 3 of 1849.. [23d October, 1857.] Whereas it is expedient to alter and amend that portion of Ordinance No. 3 of 1849, by which Defendants arrested and taken in Execution under the Process of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, sitting its Summary Jurisdiction, for Sums exceeding the amount of One Hundred Dollars, are debarred the Sacfit of the Fourteenth Section of Ordinance No. 9 of 1845: Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner owing, that is to say :--- Title, Preamble. One to Five Hundred 1. Every Defendant who shall be arrested and taken in Execution under the Process of the said Persons imprisoned Supreme Court, sitting in its Summary Jurisdiction, and in whose case the Debt or Damages decreed or under Process of the dered shall exceed the Sum of One Hundred Dollars, but shall not exceed the Sum of Five Hundred Court for Sums from Dars, shall and may be imprisoned in the Prison of the said Court at the discretion of the Chief Justice Dollars, not to be im- the said Supreme Court, for any Term not exceeding Twelve Months, unless before the Expiration of prisoned for a longer ich Term the Order or Decree of the said Court shall have been satisfied; and in case such Order or Term than Twelve Decree shall not be satisfied at the Expiration of such Term, then such Defendant shall be discharged from Months. ath Prison; but it shall be lawful for the Complainant, at any Time after such Order or Decree, to take fresh Execution against any Estate or Effects which such Defendant may have become possessed of or titled to, until such Order or Decree shall be fully satisfied. Expenses of Keep- ing such Debtors to be defrayed by the Par- ties at whose Suit they are arrested, II. Whenever any such Defendant as aforesaid shall be arrested and taken in Execution under such Process as aforesaid, the Complainant, at whose Suit he shall be so arrested and taken in Execution, shall such Expenses as may have been incurred in and about the maintenance of such Defendant, in such as aforesaid, not exceeding the Rate of Twenty-five Cents per diem; and the amount of such ses shall be a Debt due to the Crown, and shall be suable for and recoverable by the Governor of Gaol for the time being. III. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed or taken to extend or apply to any Defendant, who Ordinance not to have contracted the Debt or become liable to the Damages for which the Decree or Order of the said apply to Debtors who preme Court shall have been given against him, or any part thereof, by reason of any manner of Fraud, Debt by Fraud or have incurred the Breach of Trust, or without reasonable probability at the Time of contracting the same of being able to Breach of Trust, &c. the same, or who shall have voluntarily done or suffered any Act whereby his goods shall have been en in Execution, or shall have voluntarily made or done any Assignment, Deed, Act or Thing, with ent to delay or defraud the Complainant, at whose Suit such Decree or Order shall be given against him any other of his Creditors. İV. This Ordinance shall extend to Persons now in Prison under Ordinance No. 3 of 1849. l'assed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 23d Day of October, 1857. J. M. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Clerk of Councils. JOHN BOWRING. Ordinance to extend to Persons now, in Prison. ૨ No.148. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [OCTOBER 24, 1857. ·GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Whereas certain Persons are reported to have been guilty of Murder and Piracy on board the British Schooner Neva, on the 18th instant, it is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Government have been authorized to offer A REWARD OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, for the apprehension and conviction of a Chinese Carpenter, Name unknown, belonging to such Schooner; and A REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, per Man, for the apprehension and conviction of five Chinese Passengers then on board such Schooner, all of which said several parties are believed to have been prominently engaged in such Murder and l'iracy; and further, His Excellency The Governor is hereby pleased to offer a Free Pardon to any of the parties (except the Six above mentioned) who participated in such Crimės, provided they do turn Queen's Evidence, and assist in such apprehension and conviction as aforesaid. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st October, 1857. No. 149. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Return of Government Property to be sold by Public Auction, information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. is published for general. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. LAND AND HOUSES FOR SALE AT THE WESTERN MARKET. On the 2d November next, at 11 o'clock A.M., at the Western Market, a portion of the Land and Premises now attached thereto, fronting Morrison Street, comprising the undermentioned Shops, viz: Nos. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,62,63. Possession will be given on the 16th November. Also, on the 9th of November at the same hour, will be sold the Land and Premises fronting the Queen's Road, comprising Shops Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54. Possession of these will be given on the 16th November. 氮 Also, on the 16th November at the same hour, will be sold the Land and Premises fronting Bonham Strand, comprising Shops Nos. 511, 512,513,514, 515, 516,522,523,524. Possession of these will be given on the same day. Statement of Lots with their Area and Annual Rental. BOUNDARY Measure—Feet. CONTENT BOUNDARY MEASURE-FEET. CONTENT SHOP NUMBER. IN ANNUAL RENTAL, N. S. E. W. EQUARE FEET. *SHOP NUMBER. IN ANNUAL RENTAL i N. S. E. IV. SQUARE FRET. d. £ 8. d. 1 56 57 14 58 15 59 18 60 19 61 16 62 63 15 7 445896555 148 147 30 30 442 1 12 6 50 164 175 14 30 30 420 1 10 5 51 144 144 杯 31 31 527 1 18 83 31 31 416 1 10 61 15 30 30 450 1 13 04 52 14 143 31 31 434 1 12 7 15 30 540) 1 19 94 53 143 19 30 30 570 2 1 10 54 174 ∙171 31 143 31 31 444 1 12 7 31 542 1.19 104 16 151 151. 151 15 15 15 15 15 '30 10 151 151 11 151 151 12 181 49 17 18 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 6555555588 30 30 Po 480 1 15 2 (8511.1 15 15 33 31. 480 1 15 2 30, 30 nude 457 1 13 6 1512 15 15 31 30 457 1 13 6 152 30. 1.30 472. } 14 8 513 15 15 74 74 1,100 010 30 465 114 11 514 15 15 72 72 1,080 3 19 יז } 30 450 1 13 · 04 815 15 15 71 71 1,065 3 18 4 30 450 113 04 个 #516 ¥158 158 70 70. 902 3 6 3 30 457 1.13 64 $22 15. 15 48 47 710 2 12 2 30 457 1 13 64 523 .30 550 2 0 5 ! 524 14 144 45 144. 141 47 45 667 2 9 0 40 616 2 5 31 350 2 示 CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surveyor General, 憲 一千八百五十七 + 巳七 年 八十2 月 + 十七 示 準二百二投鐘舖亦五八向九於一十之點照 於 五一五第將又係十九大月本六七舖鐘得 英百十百五向十準一十街廿年十五將於 十卅五一百海月於五十之三十二十地上九 一三五十一波初本十一舖日月六八出環月 月五百三十一年二十連上初十五投街十 十百一五一街日十五二地午一三十第市六 六廿十百號之上月十四出十日號九五向 日四六一五舖午初三十投一交〇六十馬上 交〇五十百十一五九第點出每十六襪午 舖亦百四一地 日十五七鐘又舖六號臣十 係廿五十出點交四十號將於準十五街. 1837. OCTOBER 24, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3 No. 150. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Schooner er Notice is hereby given, that "Kellett's Island" has been occupied as a Military Post, and that no Person, except those on Military Duty, can be allowed to land upon the Island. and I of which rther, i Six above prehension GES, cretary. or general GES, cretary. d Premises 58, 59, 60, en's Road, on the 16th am Strand, iven on the By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 144. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that under the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Wednesday, the 18th Day of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, to be held on that day at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the Year commencing the 1st December next. Applications for such Licenses must be Lodged at the Chief Magistrate's Office at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed by the Ordinance above mentioned. - [ By Order,] }//I Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The following Draft. Ordinance "for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers," read a second time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information. ontrobaronBy, Order, SUGG addard J. M. D'ALMADA ≈ CASTRO, for the Clerk of Councils. Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st October, 1857. NUAL RENTAL £ S. d. 1 18 1 10 6 1.12 7 1 12 7 1 19 101 1 15 2 1 13 64 5 4 0 10 3 19 3 18 3 2 12 2 9 2 ERLY, • 14 於 + 九月十六日上午十一 च 6 5 KONWA HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers. [ October, 1857.] Be it Enacted and Ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: Title. Preamble. No Person to act I. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, no Person shall act as a Passage Broker or in pro- curing Passengers, for or in the Sale or Letting of Passages in any Emigrant Ship, unless he shall, with as a Passage Broker two sufficient Sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and several Bond without having enter- in the Sum of Five Thousand current Dollars to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, according to the ed into a Bond and ob- form contained in Schedule A, hereunto annexed, which Bond shall be renewed on each occasion of tained a License. obtaining such License as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be deposited with the Emigration Officer; nor unless such Person shall have obtained a License to let or sell Passages, nor unless such License shall be then in force; and where different members of the same Firm act as Passage Brokers, each Person so acting shall comply with the Terms of this Section. How Passage Brok- Power to Justices to II. Any Person wishing to obtain a License to act as a Passage Broker, shall make application for the same to the Emigration Officer, and the Emigration Officer is hereby authorised (if he shall think fit) er's Licenses may be to grant such License according to the form in Schedule B, hereunto annexed: Provided always, that obtained. no such License shall be granted unless such Bond as hereinbefore mentioned shall have been first entered into: Provided also, that any Justice or Justices of the Peace who shall adjudicate on any Offence against this Ordinance, are hereby authorized to order the Offender's License to be forfeited, and the same shall order Licenses to be thereupon be forfeited accordingly; and the said Justice or Justices making such order shall forthwith forfeited. cause, notice of such forfeiture, in the form contained in the Schedule C, hereunto annexed, to be transmitted to the Emigration Officer, and such forfeiture shall be exclusive and independent of any other Punishment which may be inflicted upon such Offender under the Provisions of this Ordinance. III. Every Person obtaining such License as aforesaid, shall pay to the Emigration Officer a Fee of Fee to be paid for One Hundred current Dollars, which Fee the Emigration Officer is hereby empowered and required to Licenses. demand and receive upon the issuing of any such License; and the said Emigration Officer shall pay over all such Fees to the Colonial Treasurer, to be applied to the Colonial Revenue. to continue i IV. All such Licenses shall continue in force until the 31st Day of December in the year in which How long License such License shall be granted, and for Fourteen Days afterwards, unless sooner forfeited as hereinbefore are mentioned: Provided, that any License granted before the 31st Day of December in the present year, shall force. continue in force till the 31st Day of December 1858, and for Fourteen Days afterwards. Contract Tickets for V. Every Passage Broker who shall or may receive Money from any Person, for or in respect of a Passage in any Emigrant Ship, shall give to every such Person a Contract Ticket, under the hand of such Passages. Passage Broker, and stamped with his Seal or Trade Mark,—each Ticket to be printed in a plain and legible Type, according to the Form in the Schedule D, hereunto annexed, and to be accompanied with a Traus- lation thereof in the Chinese Language, in plain and legible Characters. VI. Every such Passage Broker before he shall receive or take any Money on account of any such Passage Brokers t Passage, or for the sale or letting of the whole or any part of the Accommodation of or in any Emigrant Ship produce to Emigratio proceeding from Hongkong, shall produce to the Emigration Officer the Certificate of the Master or Owner Officer Certificate the of the Ship, in respect of which such Passage shall or may have been taken, or the Accommodation they have chartere the Ship for carryir in which shall have been so sold or let, to the effect, that such Ship has been chartered for the purpose Emigrants 1837. OCTOBER 24, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3 No. 150. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Schooner er Notice is hereby given, that "Kellett's Island" has been occupied as a Military Post, and that no Person, except those on Military Duty, can be allowed to land upon the Island. and I of which rther, i Six above prehension GES, cretary. or general GES, cretary. d Premises 58, 59, 60, en's Road, on the 16th am Strand, iven on the By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 144. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that under the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Wednesday, the 18th Day of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, to be held on that day at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the Year commencing the 1st December next. Applications for such Licenses must be Lodged at the Chief Magistrate's Office at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed by the Ordinance above mentioned. - [ By Order,] }//I Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The following Draft. Ordinance "for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers," read a second time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information. ontrobaronBy, Order, SUGG addard J. M. D'ALMADA ≈ CASTRO, for the Clerk of Councils. Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st October, 1857. NUAL RENTAL £ S. d. 1 18 1 10 6 1.12 7 1 12 7 1 19 101 1 15 2 1 13 64 5 4 0 10 3 19 3 18 3 2 12 2 9 2 ERLY, • 14 於 + 九月十六日上午十一 च 6 5 KONWA HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers. [ October, 1857.] Be it Enacted and Ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: Title. Preamble. No Person to act I. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, no Person shall act as a Passage Broker or in pro- curing Passengers, for or in the Sale or Letting of Passages in any Emigrant Ship, unless he shall, with as a Passage Broker two sufficient Sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and several Bond without having enter- in the Sum of Five Thousand current Dollars to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, according to the ed into a Bond and ob- form contained in Schedule A, hereunto annexed, which Bond shall be renewed on each occasion of tained a License. obtaining such License as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be deposited with the Emigration Officer; nor unless such Person shall have obtained a License to let or sell Passages, nor unless such License shall be then in force; and where different members of the same Firm act as Passage Brokers, each Person so acting shall comply with the Terms of this Section. How Passage Brok- Power to Justices to II. Any Person wishing to obtain a License to act as a Passage Broker, shall make application for the same to the Emigration Officer, and the Emigration Officer is hereby authorised (if he shall think fit) er's Licenses may be to grant such License according to the form in Schedule B, hereunto annexed: Provided always, that obtained. no such License shall be granted unless such Bond as hereinbefore mentioned shall have been first entered into: Provided also, that any Justice or Justices of the Peace who shall adjudicate on any Offence against this Ordinance, are hereby authorized to order the Offender's License to be forfeited, and the same shall order Licenses to be thereupon be forfeited accordingly; and the said Justice or Justices making such order shall forthwith forfeited. cause, notice of such forfeiture, in the form contained in the Schedule C, hereunto annexed, to be transmitted to the Emigration Officer, and such forfeiture shall be exclusive and independent of any other Punishment which may be inflicted upon such Offender under the Provisions of this Ordinance. III. Every Person obtaining such License as aforesaid, shall pay to the Emigration Officer a Fee of Fee to be paid for One Hundred current Dollars, which Fee the Emigration Officer is hereby empowered and required to Licenses. demand and receive upon the issuing of any such License; and the said Emigration Officer shall pay over all such Fees to the Colonial Treasurer, to be applied to the Colonial Revenue. to continue i IV. All such Licenses shall continue in force until the 31st Day of December in the year in which How long License such License shall be granted, and for Fourteen Days afterwards, unless sooner forfeited as hereinbefore are mentioned: Provided, that any License granted before the 31st Day of December in the present year, shall force. continue in force till the 31st Day of December 1858, and for Fourteen Days afterwards. Contract Tickets for V. Every Passage Broker who shall or may receive Money from any Person, for or in respect of a Passage in any Emigrant Ship, shall give to every such Person a Contract Ticket, under the hand of such Passages. Passage Broker, and stamped with his Seal or Trade Mark,—each Ticket to be printed in a plain and legible Type, according to the Form in the Schedule D, hereunto annexed, and to be accompanied with a Traus- lation thereof in the Chinese Language, in plain and legible Characters. VI. Every such Passage Broker before he shall receive or take any Money on account of any such Passage Brokers t Passage, or for the sale or letting of the whole or any part of the Accommodation of or in any Emigrant Ship produce to Emigratio proceeding from Hongkong, shall produce to the Emigration Officer the Certificate of the Master or Owner Officer Certificate the of the Ship, in respect of which such Passage shall or may have been taken, or the Accommodation they have chartere the Ship for carryir in which shall have been so sold or let, to the effect, that such Ship has been chartered for the purpose Emigrants The Hongkong Government Gazette. [OCTOBER 24, 1857. of carrying Emigrants, and that he, such Passage Broker, is authorized to receive Payment for such Passage, or for the Sale or Letting of the Accommodation in such Ship; and such Certificate shall be filed in the Office of the Emigration Officer, and the Contents thereof entered in a Book to be kept by the Emigration Officer, for recording therein the Contents of such Certificates. Passage Broker to VII. On every occasion of the delivery to any Passenger of such Contract Ticket as aforesaid, the attend before Emigra- Passage Broker who shall have engaged to provide such Passenger with a Passage shall attend with him at tion Oficer for the purpose of delivering the Office of the Emigration Officer, in whose presence the Contract Ticket shall be delivered to such the Contract Tickets Passenger, and who shall explain to him the true Intent and Meaning of such Contract; and upon each to Passengers. Contract Tickets not to be altered. Agents not to act Contract Ticket there shall be paid by the Passage Broker issuing the same a Fee of Twenty-five Cents, which Fee the Emigration Officer is hereby authorized and required to receive and take,—such Fees to be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer to be applied to the Colonial Revenue. VIII. No Person shall fraudulently alter or cause to be altered, after it is once issued, or shall induce any Person to part with or render useless or destroy any such Contract Ticket, during the continuance of the Contract which it is intended to evidence. IX. No Licensed Passage Broker shall, as Agent for any Person, whether a Licensed Broker or not, without written Au- receive Money for or on account of the Passage of any Passenger on board an Emigrant Ship, without thority, and to pro- having a written Authority to act as such Agent, or on the demand of the Emigration Officer, refuse or fail duce their Authority on demand. to exhibit his License and such written Authority; and no Person whether as Principal or Agent shall, by any Fraud, or by false Representation as to the Size of the Ship or otherwise, or by any false Pretence whatsoever, induce any Person to engage any Passage as aforesaid. Penalties for Of- feuces. 1. Against Section I. 2. Against Section V. 3. Against Sections VI. and IX. 4. Against Section VII. 5. Against Section VIII. F X. All Violations or Disobediences of, or Defaults in Compliance with, the Provisions of this Ordi- nance, shall be heard and determined summarily under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844; aud on conviction of such Offences, the respective Offenders shall be sentenced to pay the several Penalties, or in default of the payment thereof, to suffer the several Terms of Imprisonment respectively hereinafter specified. 1. For every Offence against Section One, a Fine not exceeding Four Hundred current Dollars, or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Six Months. 2. For every Offence against Section Five, a Fine not exceeding Fifty current Dollars, or Impri- sonment for a Term not exceeding Six Weeks. 3. For every Offence against Sections Six or Nine, a Fine not exceeding One Hundred current Dollars, or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Three Months. 4. For every Offence committed by a Passage Broker against Section Seven, a Fine not exceeding One Hundred current Dollars, or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Three Months. 5. For every Offence against Section Eight, a Fine not exceeding Fifty current Dollars, or Impri- sonment for a Term not exceeding Two Months. XI. For the Purposes of this Ordinance, the Term "Emigrant Ship" shall mean every Ship carrying more than Twenty Passengers being Natives of China, and clearing out for a Port or Ports not in the Chinese Empire; the Term "Emigration Officer" shall include every Person lawfully acting as Emigration Officer, Emigration Agent, or Protector of Emigrants in Hongkong; and the Term "Passengers," shall include all Passengers being natives of China. SCHEDULES TO WHICH THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE REFERS. Schedule A. Form of Emigration Passage Broker's Annual Bond, with two Sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer. KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that we A * B of &c., C D of &c., and E of &c., are held and firmly bound unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, in the Sum of Five Thousand current Dollars, to be paid to Her said Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors; to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, and every of us jointly and severally, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and the Heirs Executors, and Administrators of each of us, and each and every of them, firmly by these presents, sealed with our Seals, dated this Day of in the Year Que Thousand Eight Hundred and of 1857," it is amongst WHEREAS by the "Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers, No. other things Enacted: that no Person whatever shall carry on the business of a Passage Broker in Hongkong, in respect of any Emigrant Ship, or shall be in any wise concerned in the sale or letting of Passages in any such Ship, unless such Person, with two good and sufficient Sureties to be approved of by the Emigration Officer, shall have previously entered into a joint and several Bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of Five Thousand current Dollars; And Whereas the said C. D. and E. F. have been approved of by the Emigration Officer as Sureties for the said A. B. Now the condition of this Obligation is, that if the above bounden A. B. shall well and truly observe and comply with all the require- ments of the said recited Ordinance, so far as the same relate to Passage Brokers; and further, shall well and truly pay all Fines, Forfeitures, and Penalties,—and also all Sums of Money, by way of subsistance Money, or of return Passage Money, and compensation to auy Passenger, or on his account,—and also all costs which the above bounden A. B. may at any time be adjudged to pay, under or by virtue of any of the Provisions of the above recited Ordinance, or of the Act of the Imperial Parliament 18th & 19th Victoria, cap. 104, entituled, "An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Pussenger Ships": then, and in such case, this obligation to be void,-otherwise to remain in full force. Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the above bounden A. B., C. D., and E. F., in the presence oft Insert Personal and Family names in full, with the Occupation and Address of each of the Parties.] It Insert the Names and Addresses in full of the Witnesses.] Schedule B. Form of Emigration Passage Broker's License. A. B. of‡ baring shown to the satisfaction of me, the undersigned, that he hath given Bond to Her Majesty, as by the " Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers, No. of 1857," required: I, the under- signed, do hereby License and authorize the said A. B. to carry on the business of a Passage Broker in Hongkong, in respect of Passengers on board Emigrant Ships proceeding from Hongkong, until the end of the present Year, and Fourteen Days afterwards, unless this License shall be sooner determined by Forfeiture for Misconduct on the part of the said A. B., as in the aforesaid Ordinance is provided. One Thousand Eight Hundred and [L.S.] Given under my Hand and Seal this 1 Day of Signature J Emigration Officer. [ The Personal and Family names in full of the Person applying for the License, with his Address and Trade or Occupation, must be correctly inserted. If a Member of a Firm, the Personal and Family names of all the Members must be given.] Form of Notice to be given to the Emigration Officer of Forfeiture of a License. Day of Day of SCHEDULE C. SIR,-This is to give you notice, that the License granted on the 18 to A. B. of || now last past duly declared by me Signatures to Act as an Emigration Passage Broker, was on the .(or us), the undersigned Justice (or Justices) of the Peace.in Petty Sessions assembled, to be forfeited.¶ To the EMIGRATion Officer, Victoria, Hongkong. Place and Date The Personal and Family names in full, with the Address and Trade or Occupation of the Party, to be here inserted.] Here state severally the Reason of Forfeiture. 1 Awek yang terlaken, amicis que ma 185 4, 1857. OCTOBER 24, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette, nch Pass. filed in t Emigratio oresaid, the with him at red to such 1 upon each -five Cents, Fees to be shall induce ■tinuance of ker or not, ip, without zfuse or fail Agent shall, se Pretence this Ordi tion of such efault of the d. ent Dollars, 5, or Impri- red current E exceeding Months. s, or Impri- hip carrying not in the Emigration gers," shall E -ent Dollars, and every of us, and each he Year One is amongst my Emigrant wo good and Her Majesty, en approved - the require pay all Fines, sation to any → by virtue of 04, entituled, to remain ia Bond to Her I, the under- in respect of vards, unless Ordinance is •Officer.. y inserted. 11. clared by me 185 in • SCHEDULE D. Form of Contract Passage Ticket. I hereby engage that the Chinese named at foot hereof shall be provided with a Passage to, and shall be landed at, the Port o "with not less than 72 cubic Fee in the Ship or Vessel called the “ Dollars and 12 superficial Feet for Berth accommodation, and shall be victualled according to Schedule A to the “Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, annexed, during the Voyage, and the term of detention at any place before its determination, for the Sum of including the Half-dollar Government Fee on this Ticket and Head Money (if any) to be paid at the place of landing, and I hereby acknow Dollars in full payment. ledge to have received the Sum of MALE. FEMALE. NAME OF Passenger, OCCUPATION. Age. Age. Victoria, Hongkong, the Day of 185 Signature NATIVE PLACE. Passage Broker. I hereby certify, that I have explained and registered the above Contract Passage Ticket, and that I have received the Governme Fee of Twenty-five Cents. Victoria, Hongkong, the Day of NOTICE. THE THE next Criminal Sessions of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on THURSDAY, the 29th day of October, A.1. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. THE 1 By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.. ПHE Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-Ships, will close on WEDNES- DAY. the 28th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 18, Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 19th October, 1857. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NE of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on THURSDAY, the 29th October, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 27th; SPECIE until Noon on the 28th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 28th. For Particulars regarding FREIght and PassaGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 17th October, 1857. NOTICE. HIS Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY | 185 In re J. J. ALDRIDGE, Police Constable, deceased. 99 J. B. ELLIOT, " * No " " " JOHN HARTONG, WILLIAM HADDAN, 99 【OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 24th day of April, a.d. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All persons indebted to the above Estate are re- quested to make immediate Payment to WE NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar—Official Administrator. NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants and Commission Agents, at BANGKOK, SIAM, from the 25th August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. FOR FRANCE in China, has been pleased to Appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Majesty's Government, on and from the 1st instant. ALBERT VAUCHER, Esq., French Vice-Consul at HONGKONG, instead of N. Duus, Esquire, resigned, ] By order, ; ́KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, 21 Dotabes 1957. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. MR NOTICE. ́R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ullimo. MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghae, under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm WE Signature in China. MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration'from same date. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 18th August, 1857. THE NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. WE NOTICE. E have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAR and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day. Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. HARKORT & Co. NOTICE. THE business hitherto carried on by the under- signed, under the style of TRÁUTMANN & Co., is hereby declared closed. All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co. J. F. II. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857. OF Emigration Officer. MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Hongkong, 3d August, 1857. THE NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr 01 HEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our F ceased on the 30th April last. China, 20th August, 1857. • REISS & C NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JA' SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his deat the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOV Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWI BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims a the said Estate, will please send them liquidation; and all Parties indebted theret requested to make immediate payment to NOT JOHN WI Executor Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. In the Estate of the 'late Dr WILLIAM LORRAIN, deceased. OTICE-All Persons having Claims : The Said Estate, will please to send t for liquidation; and all Persons indebted said Estate, are requested to make immedia ment to or ADAM SCOTTON,} Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. FOR SALE, Execu at the Office of the “ China Mail” LANK Forms of POWERS OF A BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LA SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S ( BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS (printed in I form) for the RIVERS YANG-Tsz-Kra MIN. And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA. CHARGES Tea, as bought by the Picul, unc the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857, • Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Ho PRick, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Cents. Terms of ApVERTISEMENTS,---Five Lines and i Dollar; each Additional Line. Twenty C half of these charges for each Repetition. 4, 1857. OCTOBER 24, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette, nch Pass. filed in t Emigratio oresaid, the with him at red to such 1 upon each -five Cents, Fees to be shall induce ■tinuance of ker or not, ip, without zfuse or fail Agent shall, se Pretence this Ordi tion of such efault of the d. ent Dollars, 5, or Impri- red current E exceeding Months. s, or Impri- hip carrying not in the Emigration gers," shall E -ent Dollars, and every of us, and each he Year One is amongst my Emigrant wo good and Her Majesty, en approved - the require pay all Fines, sation to any → by virtue of 04, entituled, to remain ia Bond to Her I, the under- in respect of vards, unless Ordinance is •Officer.. y inserted. 11. clared by me 185 in • SCHEDULE D. Form of Contract Passage Ticket. I hereby engage that the Chinese named at foot hereof shall be provided with a Passage to, and shall be landed at, the Port o "with not less than 72 cubic Fee in the Ship or Vessel called the “ Dollars and 12 superficial Feet for Berth accommodation, and shall be victualled according to Schedule A to the “Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, annexed, during the Voyage, and the term of detention at any place before its determination, for the Sum of including the Half-dollar Government Fee on this Ticket and Head Money (if any) to be paid at the place of landing, and I hereby acknow Dollars in full payment. ledge to have received the Sum of MALE. FEMALE. NAME OF Passenger, OCCUPATION. Age. Age. Victoria, Hongkong, the Day of 185 Signature NATIVE PLACE. Passage Broker. I hereby certify, that I have explained and registered the above Contract Passage Ticket, and that I have received the Governme Fee of Twenty-five Cents. Victoria, Hongkong, the Day of NOTICE. THE THE next Criminal Sessions of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on THURSDAY, the 29th day of October, A.1. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. THE 1 By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.. ПHE Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-Ships, will close on WEDNES- DAY. the 28th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 18, Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 19th October, 1857. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NE of the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on THURSDAY, the 29th October, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 27th; SPECIE until Noon on the 28th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 28th. For Particulars regarding FREIght and PassaGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 17th October, 1857. NOTICE. HIS Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY | 185 In re J. J. ALDRIDGE, Police Constable, deceased. 99 J. B. ELLIOT, " * No " " " JOHN HARTONG, WILLIAM HADDAN, 99 【OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 24th day of April, a.d. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All persons indebted to the above Estate are re- quested to make immediate Payment to WE NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar—Official Administrator. NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants and Commission Agents, at BANGKOK, SIAM, from the 25th August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. FOR FRANCE in China, has been pleased to Appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Majesty's Government, on and from the 1st instant. ALBERT VAUCHER, Esq., French Vice-Consul at HONGKONG, instead of N. Duus, Esquire, resigned, ] By order, ; ́KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, 21 Dotabes 1957. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. MR NOTICE. ́R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ullimo. MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghae, under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm WE Signature in China. MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration'from same date. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 18th August, 1857. THE NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. WE NOTICE. E have removed our Establishment from Canton to SHANGHAR and have admitted Mr J. F. H. TRAUTMANN a Partner in our Firm from this day. Shanghae, 1st July, 1857. HARKORT & Co. NOTICE. THE business hitherto carried on by the under- signed, under the style of TRÁUTMANN & Co., is hereby declared closed. All Outstanding Business will be taken charge of by Messrs HARKORT & Co. J. F. II. TRAUTMANN. Shanghae, 30th June, 1857. OF Emigration Officer. MR MORESBY, Notary Public and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Hongkong, 3d August, 1857. THE NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr 01 HEINRICH FRAMHEIN, in our F ceased on the 30th April last. China, 20th August, 1857. • REISS & C NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JA' SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his deat the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOV Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWI BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims a the said Estate, will please send them liquidation; and all Parties indebted theret requested to make immediate payment to NOT JOHN WI Executor Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. In the Estate of the 'late Dr WILLIAM LORRAIN, deceased. OTICE-All Persons having Claims : The Said Estate, will please to send t for liquidation; and all Persons indebted said Estate, are requested to make immedia ment to or ADAM SCOTTON,} Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. FOR SALE, Execu at the Office of the “ China Mail” LANK Forms of POWERS OF A BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LA SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S ( BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS (printed in I form) for the RIVERS YANG-Tsz-Kra MIN. And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA. CHARGES Tea, as bought by the Picul, unc the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857, • Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Ho PRick, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Cents. Terms of ApVERTISEMENTS,---Five Lines and i Dollar; each Additional Line. Twenty C half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong W SERIES. Ali Government GAZETTE. ། VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 31ST OCTOBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 1- VOL. III. No. 122. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby **s, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contr and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” ♦i, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. 151. HN BOWRING. PROCLAMATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief rintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China. Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honour- Henry Labouchere, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and frming the following Ordinance, namely:- Ordinance No. 7 of 1857, entitled- "An Ordinance for amending the Laws relating to Juries and Evidence :" Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid. By His Excellency's Command, God Save The Queen. Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 27th Day of October, 1857. 152 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The following amended Returns of Imports and Exports by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Lazany's Vessels, during the Year 1856, is published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 1856.—Imports of OPIUM and Treasure, per Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamers. OPIUM. TREASURE. STEAMIL. Нококом. SHANGHAL TOTAL HONGKONG. CANTON. "SHANGHAI, TOTAL. Malwa. Bengal. Turkey. TOTAL. Malwa, 30 Cadiz, 10 Norna,* ... 30 Madras,... 27 Singapore,... 23 Norna, 25 Malta, ... 23 Singapore, 5 Chusan,t 25 | Ganges,... 28 Malta, 2 Singapore, Norna, 24 | Madras.... *** 1,6121 2,009 184 1,796 1,7961 31 2,040! 2,040 293,012 196,829 217,160 338,814 61,856 115,865 828,652 394,881 ... 1,6644 35 1,6991 1,699) 191,544 129,825 321,792 643.161 1,645 35 60: 1,730 1,730 833,595 220,373 253,392 1,307.360 1,667 1,667 1,6671 963,438 *300,249° 510,908 1,774,595 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,122,743 188,867 511,910 1,823,520 1,609 1,609) 1,615 310,112 113,645 289,132 712,869 311 311 1,018 1,329 5,000 13,938 446.889 465,827 919 9191 919 1,516,798 663,782 1,015,324 3,195,904 1,6074 1,607 *** 1,607 1,653,089 295,380 785,326 2,733,795 *** 1,184 1,184) 30 1,214 1,185,232 279,905 1,546,214 3,011,351 ... 1,788 2,035 1,788 63 1,851 1,099,232 202,100 1,713,968 3,095,300 2,035 2,035 721,024 **245,593 506,805 *1,473,422 Chests,....... 19,650§ 101 244 19,985 1,1174 ‚ 21,102₫ |10,111,979 | 2,992,342 | 8,356,336 $21,460,657 No arrival in February. The Norna was detained at Galle 12 days, in consequence of an accident to the Pera, and made a late arrival. Chusan an Extra Steamer-brought no Mails, SOLERE MORE PYASAZKENA NO avatar THE Hongkong W SERIES. Ali Government GAZETTE. ། VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 31ST OCTOBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 1- VOL. III. No. 122. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby **s, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contr and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” ♦i, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. 151. HN BOWRING. PROCLAMATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief rintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China. Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honour- Henry Labouchere, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and frming the following Ordinance, namely:- Ordinance No. 7 of 1857, entitled- "An Ordinance for amending the Laws relating to Juries and Evidence :" Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid. By His Excellency's Command, God Save The Queen. Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 27th Day of October, 1857. 152 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The following amended Returns of Imports and Exports by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Lazany's Vessels, during the Year 1856, is published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th October, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 1856.—Imports of OPIUM and Treasure, per Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamers. OPIUM. TREASURE. STEAMIL. Нококом. SHANGHAL TOTAL HONGKONG. CANTON. "SHANGHAI, TOTAL. Malwa. Bengal. Turkey. TOTAL. Malwa, 30 Cadiz, 10 Norna,* ... 30 Madras,... 27 Singapore,... 23 Norna, 25 Malta, ... 23 Singapore, 5 Chusan,t 25 | Ganges,... 28 Malta, 2 Singapore, Norna, 24 | Madras.... *** 1,6121 2,009 184 1,796 1,7961 31 2,040! 2,040 293,012 196,829 217,160 338,814 61,856 115,865 828,652 394,881 ... 1,6644 35 1,6991 1,699) 191,544 129,825 321,792 643.161 1,645 35 60: 1,730 1,730 833,595 220,373 253,392 1,307.360 1,667 1,667 1,6671 963,438 *300,249° 510,908 1,774,595 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,122,743 188,867 511,910 1,823,520 1,609 1,609) 1,615 310,112 113,645 289,132 712,869 311 311 1,018 1,329 5,000 13,938 446.889 465,827 919 9191 919 1,516,798 663,782 1,015,324 3,195,904 1,6074 1,607 *** 1,607 1,653,089 295,380 785,326 2,733,795 *** 1,184 1,184) 30 1,214 1,185,232 279,905 1,546,214 3,011,351 ... 1,788 2,035 1,788 63 1,851 1,099,232 202,100 1,713,968 3,095,300 2,035 2,035 721,024 **245,593 506,805 *1,473,422 Chests,....... 19,650§ 101 244 19,985 1,1174 ‚ 21,102₫ |10,111,979 | 2,992,342 | 8,356,336 $21,460,657 No arrival in February. The Norna was detained at Galle 12 days, in consequence of an accident to the Pera, and made a late arrival. Chusan an Extra Steamer-brought no Mails, SOLERE MORE PYASAZKENA NO avatar { 2 + The Hongkong Government Gazette. [OCTOBER 31, 1857. 1856.-Exports of SILK and TREASURE, per Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamers. SILK. TREASURE. DATE. STEAMER. SOUTHAMPTON. MARSEILLES. TOTAL. BOMBAY. TOTAL. January February 15 15 Madras, Cadiz, ... ... ... 509 652 1,161 ... 1,161 214,829 .... ... ... ... 380 416 796 44 840 282,253 March 15 Norna, 300 223 523 523 $50,000 ... ... April 15 Madras, 1,841 630 2,471 107 2,578 380,630 ... ... May 10 Singapore,... 1,191 562 1,753 1,753 310,690 24 Chusan, 296 351 647 277 924 71,553 ... June 10 Norna, 100 ... .. 1,009 674 1,683 81 1,764 86,219 July 10 Malta, ... ... ... ... 2,102 385 2,487 62 2,549 31,249 4 25 Pekin, ... ... ... 3,936 926 3,862 3,862 9,967 19 August 10 Singapore, ... ... ... 881 793 1,674 18 1,692 8,975 ** September 13 Ganges, 1,612 '906 2,518 2,518 340,713 ... ... October 15 Malta, ... ... 1,108 1,118 2,226 2,226 : 482,722 16 99 November 15 December 15 Shanghai. th 968 ... ... ... b: 1,100 ¡¡ 2,068 15 2,083 ... Singapore, ... 1,339 1,429 2,768 2,768 37,075 Norna, 931 ... *** ... 1,518 2,449 53 30 Formosa, 265 195 460 66 28 2,502 234,313 526 72,069 ... • " 17,668 11,878 29,546 723 30,269 $3,113,867 1856.-Imports of OPIUM and TREASURB-from Calcutta. 1856.—Exports of Treasure to Calcutta. DATE. STEAMER. STEAMER. 27, Lady Mary Wood, €8,005 | May 22 Shanghai, 16,542 July25 Formosa, „TREASURE.__n DATE 1,551 $38,840 810 Marchi unp|I odƒ 71,089 ... ** ... ... PAJAI, 1,154 '1,080 asituli 620 8,700 January 12 Formosa, ... ... ... March 19 Chusan, ... May 14 Shanghai, June 17 Pekin, July 11 Shanghai, September 17 Lady Mary Wood, ... November 14 Formosa, ... 痛痛 ... Chests,...... 1,248 7,552 33,959 August 12 Chusan, ... ... ... ... rebro 340,348|| lino zo kita) nM 186,925 $633,319 TREASURE. ... $194,989 29,466 1856.-Imports of SILK and TREASURE, from Shanghai to Hongkong, by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamers. T 26,340 $250,795 SILK. TREASURE. DATE. STEAMER. SOUTHAMPTON. MARSKILLKE. HONGKONG. TOTAL. Номококо. INDIA. TOTAL. January 11 Lady Mary Wood, ... *** 365 486 den 851 5,200 $ 5,200 23 Erin,* .... ... 19 February 11 Formosa, ... .. 230 105 335 53,957 19.200 73,157 22 Erin, ... 100 4 16,945 1,400 18,345 " 伊 March 11 April 11 Formosa, Erin, ... ... 285 216 501 131,216 103,378 234,594 ... ... ... 451 jms.337 de 105 O s1,893 129,247 147,017 276,264 20 Formosa, ... ... ... ... 636 15 ... 651 406,670 ... 406,670 "" May June 5 Erin, ... 420 160 9 ... 580 60,700 48,400 109,100 6 Formosa, ... 906 329 ... 1,235 28,700 410 29,110 July 5 Erin, ... .. ... 1,200 89 *** 1,289 14,500 14,500 19 Formosa, ... ... 2,354 August 5 Erin, 618 0:50) 402. 2.756 ... 202 1,086 21,300 21,300 " 18 Shanghai, •• 685 527 September 11 Erin, 854 631 2,060 42.900 42,900 631 34,825 34,825 October 12 18 Shanghai, ... ... 17790] MG428C VO(2,146 5,220 ... 5,220 Erin, 869 34) 1,210 *** November 11 23 " December 21 Erin, Formosa,t Lady Mary Wood, 313 209 50 44 · ོ ལ་ ་ 25 696 ! 522 119 *** .... 0,11,180 5,500 11,180 5,500 ... 11,310 4,252 3,005 1,18,567 936,880 350,985 $1,287,865 * With Chow-chow Cargo. + The Formosa brought also 10 Bales Silk for Suez, and 45 for Bombay. 1856.-Exports of OPIUM and TREASURE, from Hongkong to Shanghai, per Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamers. DATE. STEAMER. Formosa, ... Formosa, 19 53 2 Erin, Formosa, *** ... - ... 28 Erin, ... *** 19 June July 30 Formosa, ... *** 语 ... ... ... ... ... 17 Erin, 盛 " 30 Shanghai,.. ... ... ... Kalwa. 5 Patna. 5651 590 121 OPIUM. Behares. Turkey. 5 5 ... 10 TOP 665 V 118630 614 January 5 20 Erin, Formosa ... ... ... February 4 4 Erin, ... ... ... 19 " Myd bi1903 March 15 Erin, April May ... ... ... ... 3901 492 59 109 of 7130:11 35910. 206 227 53 ... 7. 14610 1278 661,1940 HC6127) 78 25 12 13 di20 :: 350. 309 August Erin, Jaki im9j1,112. þitt se 28 30 Shanghai,. reitu maba1531 85 October 3 Erin, ... 141 70 19 Lady Mary Wood, ... ... 395 133 November 7 Erin, leyl od 6551 | nd 394 18 Lady Mary Wood, 22❘ Formosa, ** 10: 90 20 20 10 15 ... ... 145 December 6 Erin,... 459 30 " 29 | Lady Mary Wood, 450 ... 6,9271 8,418 165 TOTAL. TREASURE. 1,1651 594.021 881 177,210 745 391,100 330 133,258 6534 196,521 719 418,921 344 181,781 190 469,243 338 587,38 375 860,541 165 296,435 328 694,573 1,140 238 603,042 1,403,211 211 1,517,757 528 9694 284,4% 2,589,11 110 160 370,50 82,11 489 2,216,# 450 18 10,5281 542,49 $14,911,455 ས་ I 1, 1837. OCTOBER 31, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3 Imports of OPIUM and TREASURE from Ports in India and the Straits of Malacca into Hongkong per Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers, during the Year 1856. / N.B.-The Bombay Steamers bring on the Treasure, trans-shipped at Galle from the Suez Steamers. ASTRE. TREASURE FOR. OPIUM. FROM. Malwa, Bengal. Turkey. TOTAL. HONGKONG, CANTON. SHANGBAI. TOTAL 214,803 282.21 550,0 380,00 Chests-half. Chests. Chests. 310,0 71. Raibay, &c.—13 Steamers, Calcutta, 20,967 6 01 244 7 7,552 Chests-half. 21,102 6 7,552 • 10,111,979 2,992,342 8,356,336 $21,460,657 633,319 20,767 6 7,643 244 28,654 6 10,111,979 2,992,342 8,356,336 $22,093,976 $6.20 31.2. 9. 8. 8407 40247. 87,0* This amount is included in Table of Exports to Shanghai. Exports of RAW SILK and TREASURE per Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers, from Hongkong to the Straits of Malacca, and to Ports in India, during the Year, 1856. N.B.-The Bombay Steamer takes away the Raw Silk intended for trans-shipment at Galle to the Aden Steamers. 2313 72, $3,113, utta. Sagapore and Bombay,16 Steamers, Singapore and Calcutta,→→ 4 * " RAW SILK. SOUTHAMPTON. MARSEILLES. BOMBAY & CALCUTTA. 17,668 .11,878. 17,668 11,878 TREASURE. 723 ...... TOTAL. 30,269 $3,113,867 250,795 723 30,260 $3,364,662 TREASULE. $194.0 29.4 ztion 26.3. $250,7 No. 153. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has, with the concurrence of the Executive Council, granted Twelve Months' Leave of Absence, on Medical Certificate, to the Reverend JOHN JAMES IRWIN, Colonial Chaplain. During the absence of Mr IRWIN, or until further orders, the Duties of Colonial Chaplain will be discharged by the Reverend J. H. GRAY. By Order, - " dendan ang 'N BAIE W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. i TOTAL. $ 5.90 73.35 18.3. 234. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th October, 1857. No. 144. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that under the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Wednesday, the 18th Day of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, to be held on that day at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the Year commencing the 1st December next. Applications for such Licenses must be Lodged at the Chief Magistrate's Office at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed by the Ordinance above mentioned. 276. 406. 109.1 20.1 14, 21. 42.5 347 No. 148. 5. 11," 3.: $1.287) _gation TREASURE. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Whereas certain Persons are reported to have been guilty of Murder and Piracy on board the British Schooner Neva, on the 18th instant, it is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Government have been authorized to offer A REWARD OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, for the apprehension and conviction of a Chinese Carpenter, Name unknown, belonging to such Schooner; and A REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, 3 per Man, for the apprehension and conviction of five Chinese Passengers then on board such Schooner,—all of which aid several parties are believed to have been prominently engaged in such Murder and Piracy; and further, His Excellency The Governor is hereby pleased to offer a Free Pardon to any of the parties (except the Six above mentioned) who participated in such Crimes, provided they do turn Queen's Evidence, and assist in such apprehension and conviction as aforesaid. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st October, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. ... W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The following Return of Government Property to be sold by Public Auction, is published for general information. 5944 177 No. 149. 391. 133. 196 ༈ ་༔; 416 181 403 5878 800. 694 1,402 1,512 201 2,595 370 $14,911 By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d October, 1857. ** W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. LAND AND HOUSES FOR SALE AT THE WESTERN MARKET. On the 2d November next, at 11 o'clock A.M., at the Western Market, a portion of the Land and Premises now attached thereto, fronting Morrison Street, comprising the undermentioned Shops, viz: Nos. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63. Possession will be given on the 16th November. Also, on the 9th of November at the same hour, will be sold the Land and Premises fronting the Queen's Road, comprising Shops Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54. Possession of these will be given on the 16th! November. Also, on the 16th November at the same hour, will be sold the Land and Premises fronting Bonham Strand, comprising Shops Nos. 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 522, 523, 524. Possession of these will be given on the same day. 1, 1837. OCTOBER 31, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3 Imports of OPIUM and TREASURE from Ports in India and the Straits of Malacca into Hongkong per Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers, during the Year 1856. / N.B.-The Bombay Steamers bring on the Treasure, trans-shipped at Galle from the Suez Steamers. ASTRE. TREASURE FOR. OPIUM. FROM. Malwa, Bengal. Turkey. TOTAL. HONGKONG, CANTON. SHANGBAI. TOTAL 214,803 282.21 550,0 380,00 Chests-half. Chests. Chests. 310,0 71. Raibay, &c.—13 Steamers, Calcutta, 20,967 6 01 244 7 7,552 Chests-half. 21,102 6 7,552 • 10,111,979 2,992,342 8,356,336 $21,460,657 633,319 20,767 6 7,643 244 28,654 6 10,111,979 2,992,342 8,356,336 $22,093,976 $6.20 31.2. 9. 8. 8407 40247. 87,0* This amount is included in Table of Exports to Shanghai. Exports of RAW SILK and TREASURE per Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers, from Hongkong to the Straits of Malacca, and to Ports in India, during the Year, 1856. N.B.-The Bombay Steamer takes away the Raw Silk intended for trans-shipment at Galle to the Aden Steamers. 2313 72, $3,113, utta. Sagapore and Bombay,16 Steamers, Singapore and Calcutta,→→ 4 * " RAW SILK. SOUTHAMPTON. MARSEILLES. BOMBAY & CALCUTTA. 17,668 .11,878. 17,668 11,878 TREASURE. 723 ...... TOTAL. 30,269 $3,113,867 250,795 723 30,260 $3,364,662 TREASULE. $194.0 29.4 ztion 26.3. $250,7 No. 153. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has, with the concurrence of the Executive Council, granted Twelve Months' Leave of Absence, on Medical Certificate, to the Reverend JOHN JAMES IRWIN, Colonial Chaplain. During the absence of Mr IRWIN, or until further orders, the Duties of Colonial Chaplain will be discharged by the Reverend J. H. GRAY. By Order, - " dendan ang 'N BAIE W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. i TOTAL. $ 5.90 73.35 18.3. 234. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th October, 1857. No. 144. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that under the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Wednesday, the 18th Day of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, to be held on that day at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the Year commencing the 1st December next. Applications for such Licenses must be Lodged at the Chief Magistrate's Office at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed by the Ordinance above mentioned. 276. 406. 109.1 20.1 14, 21. 42.5 347 No. 148. 5. 11," 3.: $1.287) _gation TREASURE. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Whereas certain Persons are reported to have been guilty of Murder and Piracy on board the British Schooner Neva, on the 18th instant, it is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Government have been authorized to offer A REWARD OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, for the apprehension and conviction of a Chinese Carpenter, Name unknown, belonging to such Schooner; and A REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, 3 per Man, for the apprehension and conviction of five Chinese Passengers then on board such Schooner,—all of which aid several parties are believed to have been prominently engaged in such Murder and Piracy; and further, His Excellency The Governor is hereby pleased to offer a Free Pardon to any of the parties (except the Six above mentioned) who participated in such Crimes, provided they do turn Queen's Evidence, and assist in such apprehension and conviction as aforesaid. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st October, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. ... W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The following Return of Government Property to be sold by Public Auction, is published for general information. 5944 177 No. 149. 391. 133. 196 ༈ ་༔; 416 181 403 5878 800. 694 1,402 1,512 201 2,595 370 $14,911 By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d October, 1857. ** W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. LAND AND HOUSES FOR SALE AT THE WESTERN MARKET. On the 2d November next, at 11 o'clock A.M., at the Western Market, a portion of the Land and Premises now attached thereto, fronting Morrison Street, comprising the undermentioned Shops, viz: Nos. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63. Possession will be given on the 16th November. Also, on the 9th of November at the same hour, will be sold the Land and Premises fronting the Queen's Road, comprising Shops Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54. Possession of these will be given on the 16th! November. Also, on the 16th November at the same hour, will be sold the Land and Premises fronting Bonham Strand, comprising Shops Nos. 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 522, 523, 524. Possession of these will be given on the same day. BOUNDARY MEASURE-FEET. The Hongkong Government Gazette. Statement of Lots with their Area and Annual Rental. [OCTOBER 31, 1857. CONTENT BOUNDARY MEASURE-FEET. CONTENT SHOP IN ANNUAL RENTAL NUMBER. N. S. E. IV. SQUARE FRET. SHOP NUMBER. IN N. SQUARE ANNUAL RENTAL. S. E. W. FEET. £'s. d. 56 143 143 30 30 442 1 12 6 50 164 171 31 31 527 £ s. 1 18 85 d. 57 14 14 30 30 420 1 10 5 51 146 144 31 31 416 1 10 64 58 15 15 30 30 450 1 13 0 52 14A 31° 31 444 1 12 7 59 18 15 30 30 540 1 19 9 53 14 31 31 444 1 12 7 60 19 19 30 30 570 2 1 10 54 17 31 31 542 1 19 104 61 16 16 30 30 480 115 2 511 15 15 33 31 480 1 15 21 62 151 151 30 30 457 1 13 6 512 15 15 31 30 457 1 13 64 63 153 151 30 7 15 15 15 15 15 555 151 30 30 30 10 151 15} 30 11 151 151 30 12 181 18 30 ....... 30 472 } 14 8 513 15 15 74 74 1,100 0.10 30 465 1 14 14 514 15 15 72 72 1,080 3 19 5 30 450 1:13 04 515: 15 15 71 71 - 1,065 3 13 44 30 450 1 13 04 516 159 159 70 70 902 3 6 3 30 457 1 13 6 522 15 15 48 47 710 2 12 2 30 457 1 13 64 623 144 141 47 45 667 2 9 30 550 2.0 524 14& 144 45 40 616 2 5 49 174 18 3) 31 550 2 0 5 CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surveyor General. 憲 T 一千八百五十七_+_+七 八十 三十 十七 日 示 NOTICE. 準二百二投鐘舖亦五八向九於一十之點照 於五一五第將又係十九大月本六七舖鐘得 英百十百五向十準一十街十年十五連將於 十卅五一百海月於五十之三十二十地上九 三五十一波初本十一舖日月六八出環月 月五百三十 一年二十連上初十五投街十 十百一五一街日十五二地午一三十第市六 六廿十百號之上月十四出十日號九五向日 日四六一五舖午初 五舖午初三十投 交○六十馬上 交〇五十百連十一 五九錼點出每十六禮午 舖亦百四一地一日十五七鐘又舖六號 臣十 係廿五十出點交四十號將於準十五街一 NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, THE next WE in its SUMMARY Jurisdiction, will be held on as General Merchunts and Commission Agents, FRIDA Y, the 6th day of November, A.D. 1857, at 12 | at BANGKOK, Siảм, from the 25th August last. o'clock at Noon. By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. In re J. J. ALDRIDGE, Police Constable, deceased. 99 J. B. ELLIOT, 99 JOHN HARTONG, " WILLIAM HADDAN, " "9 99 " 99 ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 24th day of April, a.d. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All persons indebted to the above Estate are re- quested to make immediate Payment to H NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar-Official Administrator. NOTICE. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. THE NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. IS Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR FRANCE in China, has been pleased to Appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial plajesty's Government, on and from the 1st instant. ALBERT VAUCHER, Esq., French Vioe-Consul at HONGKONG, instead of N. Duus, Esquire, resigned, | in China. By order, KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, Macao, 3d October, 1857. NOTICE. FR THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, pa 1st ultimo, MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, etired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. WE NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghue, under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRERES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. MR. MORESBY, Notary Publio and Solicitor, FFICES removed to the first door West of the Oriental Bank, late the Offices of Mr H. J. TARRANT, Solicitor, &c. Hongkong, 3d August, 1857. | In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. N OTICE.—All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them iu fo liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1357. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. NOTI OTICE All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate; are requested to make immediate pay- ment to or ADAM SCOTT, Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. FOR SALE, Executor at the Office of the “ China Mail.” LANK Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR- BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE, Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS (printed in Pamphlet form) for the RIVERS Yang-Tszk-KeanG and MIN. } And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES—Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by "the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per dunum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Ceuts-Ong- ~ half of those charges for each Repetition. · 857. RENTAL. S. THE 18 10 12 12 19 10. 15 13 65 19 16 6 ༤༤2 ཚེ་ྲཨཱ2 0.10 12 Y, Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH NOVEMBER, 1857. VOL. III. No. 123. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, › Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. No. 40. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. ་ DWIN ms against them in fo hereto, are GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency The Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., has received from His Excellency The Captain General of the Philippines, Copy of a Royal Decree, regulating the Conditions on which Articles are allowed to be Bonded in the Custora House at Manila, to the following effect: All Articles declared for Bond shall pay, on their introduction, One per Cent on the value; and, if exported, an additional One per Cent. Articles which being Bonded shall be released for Consumption, shall only pay the One per Cent of intro- duction, besides the Duties as established by the Tariffs. If the Articles remain more than a year in Bond, they shall pay an additional Duty at the rate of One per Cent. All which is hereby published for the information of those concerned. By Order, WISE, ecutor. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th November, 1857. GEO. S. MORRISON. IAM B. ims against end them in oted to the nediate pay- Executors. No. 154. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. WILLIAM H. MITCHELL, Esquire, Assistant Magistrate, Sheriff, and Marshal of the Vice-Admiralty Court, sting returned to the Colony from Leave of Absence, has this day resumed his Duties, and Messrs MAY and GRAND-PRE will return to their respective Offices of Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent of Police. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. El ATTOR- PARTIES, LADING, R'S CHECK a the newest in Pamphlet KEANG and FA, with all and sold by Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th November, 1857. No. 144. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that under the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Wednesday, the 18th Day of Nerember next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, to be held on that day at the Office of the Lief Magistrate of Police at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the Year commencing the 1st December next. Applications for such Licenses must be Lodged at the Chief Magistrate's Office at least Ten Days before the sion, in the Form prescribed by the Ordinance above mentioned. By Order, Hongkong. -es, Thirty-siz nd under, One y Certs-One- on. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th October, 1857. - W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. $57. VTEMBER 7, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3 hooner 1 which er, His above hension CS, "ary, general ES, Mary. ad, com- er. - Strand, =n on the AL RENTAL £ 3. d. 1 19 101 1 15 20 113 64 4 0 3 19 3 18 4 3 6 3 2 12 2 2 9 0 2 5 RLY, HONGKONG. {י ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE. ́ No. 11 of 1857. ly His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Comniander-in-Chief of the ey of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative cil of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers. [3d November, 1857.] Whereas it is expedient to amend existing legislation with reference to Emigrants: Be it Enacted Ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the Advice of the Legislative cil thereof, as follows: Title. Preamble. No Person to act 1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, no Person shall act as a Passage Broker or in pro- Passengers, for or in the Sale or Letting of Passages in any Emigrant Ship, unless he shall, with as a Passage Broker afficient Sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and several Bond without having enter- se Sum of Five Thousand current Dollars to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, according to the ed into a Bond and ob- contained in Schedule A, hereunto annexed, which Bond shall be renewed on each occasion of tained a License. waing such License as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be deposited with the Emigration Officer; nor ss such Person shall have obtained a License to let or sell Passages, nor unless such License shall be in force; and where different members of the same Firm act as Passage Brokers, each Person so acting comply with the Terms of this Section. II. Any Person wishing to obtain a License to act as a Passage Broker, shall make application for How Passage Brok- me to the Emigration Officer, and the Emigration Officer is hereby authorised (if he shall think fit) er's Licenses may be grant such License according to the Form in Schedule B, hereunto annexed: Provided always, that obtained. ch License shall be granted unless such Bond as hereinbefore mentioned shall have been first entered : Provided also, that any Justice or Justices of the Peace who shall adjudicate on any Offence against Power to Justices to , Ordinance, are hereby authorized to order the Offender's License to be forfeited, and the same shall order Licenses to be eupon be forfeited accordingly; and the said Justice or Justices making such order shall forthwith forfeited. e notice of such forfeiture, in the Form contained in the Schedule C, hereunto annexed, to be mitted to the Emigration Officer, and such forfeiture shall be exclusive and independent of any other shment which may be inflicted upon such Offender under the Provisions of this "Ordinance. Licenses. III. Every Person obtaining such License as aforesaid, shall pay to the Emigration Officer a Fee of Fee to be paid for Hundred current Dollars, which Fee the Emigration Officer is hereby empowered and required to emand and receive upon the issuing of any such License; and the said Emigration Officer shall pay over uch Fees to the Colonial Treasurer, to be applied to the Colonial Revenue. How long Licenses to continue in IV. All such Licenses shall continue in force until the 31st Day of December in the year in which License shall be granted, and for Fourteen Days afterwards, unless sooner forfeited as hereinbefore are estioned: Provided, that any License granted before the 31st Day of December in the present year, shall force. tinue in force till the 31st Day of December 1858, and for Fourteen Days afterwards. Contract Tickets for V. Every Passage Broker who shall or may receive Money from any Person, for or in respect of a age in any Emigrant Ship, shall give to every such Person a Contract Ticket, under the hand of such Passages. ge Broker, and stamped with his Seal or Trade Mark,-each Ticket to be printed in a plain and legible Sare, according to the Form in the Schedule D, hereunto annexed, and to be accompanied with a Trans- on thereof in the Chinese Language, in plain and legible Characters. VI. Every such Passage Broker before he shall receive or take any Money on account of any such Passage Brokers to sage, or for the sale or letting of the whole or any part of the Accommodation of or in any Emigrant Ship produce to Emigration they have chartered · ceeding from Hongkong, shall produce to the Emigration Officer the Certificate of the Master or Owner Officer Certificate that the Ship, in respect of which such Passage shall or may have been taken, or the Accommodation the Ship for carrying which shall have been so sold or let, to the effect, that such Ship has been chartered for the purpose Emigrants. carrying Emigrants, and that he, such Passage Broker, is authorized to receive Payment for such Passage, for the Sale or Letting of the Accommodation in such Ship; and such Certificate shall be filed in the e of the Emigration Officer, and the Contents thereof entered in a Book to be kept by the Emigration cer, for recording therein the Contents of such Certificates. Passage Broker to attend before Emigra- VII. On every occasion of the delivery to any Passenger of such. Contract Ticket as aforesaid, the Fuge Broker who shall have engaged to provide such Passenger with a l'assage shall attend with him at tion Officer for the Be Office of the Emigration Officer, in whose presence the Contract Ticket shall be delivered to such purpose of delivering lenger, and who shall explain to him the true Intent and Meaning of such Contract. VIII. No Person shall fraudulently alter or cause to be altered, after it is once issued, or shall induce *P'erson to part with or render useless or destroy any such Contract Ticket, during the continuance of wr Contract which it is intended to evidence. * the Contract Tickets to Passengers. Contract Tickets not to be altered. Agents not to act IX. No Licensed Passage Broker shall, as Agent for any Person, whether a Licensed Broker or not, tive Money for or on account of the Passage of any Passenger on board an Emigrant Ship, without without written Au- ating a written Authority to act as such Agent, or on the demand of the Emigration Öfficer, refuse or fail thority, and to pro- exhibit his License and such written Authority; and no Person whether as Principal or Agent shall, duce their Authority any Fraud, or by false Representation as to the Size of the Ship or otherwise, or by any false Pretence atsoever, induce any Person to engage any Passage as aforesaid. on demand. Penalties for Of X. All Violations or Disobediences of, or Defaults in Compliance with, the Provisions of this Ordi- tance, shall be heard and determined summarily under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844; and on conviction of such fences. fences, the respective Offenders shall be sentenced to pay the several Penalties, or in default of the Pyment thereof, to suffer the several Terms of Imprisonment respectively hereinafter specified. 1. For every Offence against Section One, a Fine not exceeding Four Hundred current Dollars, 1. Against Section I. or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Six Months. 2. For every Offence against Section Five, a Fine not exceeding Fifty current Dollars, or Impri- sonment for a Term not exceeding Six Weeks. 3. For every Offence, against Sections Six or Nine, a Fine not exceeding One Hundred current Dollars, or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Three Months. 4. For every Offence committed by a Passage Broker against Section Seven, a Fine not exceeding One Hundred current Dollars, or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Three Months. 5. For every Offence against Section Eight, a Fine not exceeding Fifty current Dollars, or Impri- sonment for a Terni not exceeding Two Months. 2. Against Section V. 8. Against Sections VI. and IX. VII. Against Section 5. Against Section VIII. 4 F The Honghong Government Gazette. [NOVEMBER 7, 187; XI. For the Purposes of this Ordinance, the Term "Emigrant Ship" shall mean every Ship carry more than Twenty Passengers being Natives of China, and clearing out for a Port or Ports not in Chinese Empire; the Term "Emigration Officer" shall include every Person lawfully acting as Emigr Officer, Emigration Agent, or Protector of Emigrants in. Hongkong; and the Term "Passengers," include all Passengers being natives of China. AT JOHN BOWRING. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 3d Day of November, 1857. J. M. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Clerk of Councils. SCHEDULES TO WHICH THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE REFERS. Schedule A, B of &c., C Form of Emigration Passage Broker's Annual Bond, with two Sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer. KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that we A * of &c., are held and firmly bound unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in the Sum of Five Thousand curte D of &c., and E Dollars, to be paid to Her said Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors; to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, a every of us jointly and severally, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and the Heirs Executors, and Administrators of each of and each and every of them, firmly by these presents, sealed with our Seals, dated this Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Day of in th WHEREAS by the "Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers, No. 11 of 1857," it is among- other things Enacted: that no Person whatever shall carry on the business of a Passage Broker in Hongkong, in respect of any Emigr Ship, or shall be in any wise concerned in the sale or letting of Passages in any such Ship, unless such Person, with two good aze sufficient Sureties to be approved of by the Emigration Officer, shall have previously entered into a joint and several Bond to Her Majes Her Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of Five Thousand current Dollars; And Whereas the said C. D. and E. F. have been of by the Emigration Officer as Sureties for the said A. B. appro Now the condition of this Obligation is, that if the above bounden A. B. shall well and truly observe and comply with all the require à ments of the said recite Ordinance, so far as the same relate to Passage Brokers; and further, shall well and truly pay all .. Forfeitures, and Penalties,—and also all Sums of Money, by way of subsistence Money, or of return Passage Money, and compensation to a Passenger, or on his account,--and also all costs which the above bounden A. B. may at any time be adjudged to pay, under or by virtue.. any of the Provisions of the above recited Ordinance, or of the Act of the Imperial Parliament 18th & 19th Victoria, cap. 104, entitule: "An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships": then, and in such case, this obligation to be void,-otherwise to remain full force. Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the above bounden A, B., C. D., and E. F., in the presence off A. B. of‡ i [* Insert Personal and Family names in full, with the Occupation and Address of each of the Parties.] [Insert the Names and Addresses in full of the Witnesses.] SCHEDULE B. Form of Emigration Passage Broker's License. haring shown to the satisfaction of me, the undersigned, that he hath given Bond to Ilm Majesty, as by the " Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers, No. 11 of 1857," required; I, the under signed, do hereby License and authorize the said A. B. to carry on the business of a Passage Broker in Hongkong, in respect eð Passengers on board Emigrant Ships proceeding from Hongkong, until the end of the present Year, and Fourteen Days afterwards, unles this License shall be sooner determined by Forfeiture for Misconduct on the part of the said A. B., as in the aforesaid Ordinance provided. One Thousand Eight Hundred and [L.S.] Given under my Hand and Seal this Day of Signature Emigration Officer. [ The Personal and Family names in full of the Person applying for the License, with his Address and Trade or Occupation, must be correctly inserted.] » SCHEDULE C. Form of Notice to be given to the Emigration Officer of Forfeiture of a License. SIR,-This is to give you notice, that the License granted on the to Act as an Emigration Passage Broker, was on the (or us), the undersigned Justice (or Justices) of the Peace in Petty Sessions assembled, to be forfeited.¶ Day of Day of 18 to A. B. of || now last past duly declared by m Signatures Place and Date 185 To the EMIGRAtion Officer, Victoria, Hongkong. The Personal and Family names in full, with the Address and Trade or Occupation of the Party, to be here inserted.] [T Here state severally the Reason of Forfeiture.] SCHEDULE D. in Form of Contract Passage Ticket. I hereby engage that the Chinese named at foot hereof shall be provided with a Passage to, and shall be landed at, the Port in the Ship or Vessel called the " and 12 superficial Feet for Berth accommodation, and shall be victualled according to Schedule A to the "Chinese Passengers Act, 1855. " with not less than 72 cubic Feet annexed, during the Voyage, and the term of detention at any place before its determination, for the Sum of and I hereby acknowledge to have received the Sum of Dollars NAME OF PAssenger. Dollars in full payment. MALE. FEMALE. OCCUPATION. Age. Age. Signature Victoria, Hongkong, the Day of 185 I hereby certify, that I have explained and registered the above Contract Passage Ticket. Victoria, Hongkong, the Day of 185 NATIVE PLACE. ง Passage Broker. Signature Emigration Officer. NOVEMBER 7, 1857.] 7. 18 hip can not i Emigr gers,” RING. and curr ■rselves, ■f each of in is amo: by Emig vo good. Jer Mage en approt the requ ay all . sation to.. by virtu 4, entital Co remai Bond to 1: , the und n respect ards, uni Ordinance. Steam for The Hongkong Government Gazette. ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, ONE & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. NE of the PENINSULAR & Oriental STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS, | with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th November, at 9 a.m. CARGO will be received on board until 5 p.m., on the 13th; SPECIE until Noon on the 14th, and PARCELS until 2 r.M. on the 14th. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. THE [\HE Next GENERAL MAILS, per One of the PENINSULAR & Oriental STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-Surs, will close on SATUR- | DAY, the 14th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. A SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 7 to Half-past 7 A.M., for a late fee of Sixpence. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 4th November, 1857. NOTICE. WE NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghae under the same Style, a Branch of our Firr in China. MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized sign our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. ̃OTICE.—All Persons having Claims agains the said Estate, will please send them in fo requested to make immediate payment to Νο For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE.15 Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY | liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, ar apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARD 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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 4th November, 1857. In re SOPRAGALO, Police Constable, deceased. " ISAAC BACHELOR, „ " " ELLI BUCCAS, 99 JOHN LORTON, 19 " HUGH CROSS GIBSON, " N SAMUEL JAMES SINDEN, " " 94 1 ROBERT STEWART, Engineer to the Steam-ship" Queen,” deceased. ́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 SATURDAY, the 14th day of November, 1857; or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. FOR FRANCE in China, has been pleased to Appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Majesty's Government, on and from the 1st instant. ALBERT VAUCHER, Esq., French Vice-Consul at HONGKONG, instead of N. Duus, Esquire, resigned, By order, ́KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, Macao, 3d October, 1857. MR NOTICE. 'R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo, MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm, Amoy, 26th August, 1857. WE F. D. SYME & Co. NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants and Commission Agents, at BANGKOK, Siam, from the 25th August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said James BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. ** Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. NOT "OTICE—All Persons having Claims agains the said Estate, will please to send them i for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to th said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay! ment to or ADAM SCOTT, AND. S. DIXSON, J Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. FOR SALE, Executors. at the Office of the “ China Mail." Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADINGį SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newes form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS (printed in Pamphle form) for the RIVERS YANG-Tsze-KEANG and MIN. And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with al CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold bị the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Coples, Thirty-si Cents. TERMS OF ÅÐVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ori Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-Oni half of these charges for each Repetition. Officer. inserted.] ared by a 185 the Port = cubic Fe Act, 1853 Dollar CE. Broker. Officer. } THE Hongkong DIEVO Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH NOVEMBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 124. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby pren, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" vil, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMAtions, Notifications, and Public PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. મું GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. The following Draft Ordinance "for Checking the spread of Venereal Diseases," read a Third Time at a Meeting the Legislative Council held this Day, is published for general information. By Order, J. M. D'ALMADA CASTRO, for the Clerk of Councils. Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th November, 1857. HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Clony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative uncil of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Checking the spread of Venereal Diseases. [ November, 1857.] Whereas it is expedient to make provision for checking the spread of Venereal Diseases within this Cony Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with De Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: Title. Preamble. 1. In the Interpretation of this Ordinance, the following Words or Phrases shall have the respective Definition of Terms Meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say— "Prostitute" shall mean any Woman who shall live or reside in a Registered or a Declared Brothel : "Declared Brothel" shall mean any House in which Women live or reside, or which they frequent, for the purposes of Prostitution, and which shall in any Judicial Proceedings under this Ordinance be sworn or deposed to be such by any Two Witnesses; or which shall be declared to be such, by the Registrar General. Registered Brothel" shall mean any House in which Women live or are kept for the Purposes of Prostitution, and which shall be certified to be such in Writing by the Registrar General, and which shall be entered and numbered on a List or Register of such Houses to be kept by the Registrar General. tricts, Penalties. II. From and after the passing of this Ordinance no Person shall keep a Brothel within the Colony All Brothels to be Hongkong, unless the same be Registered, nor unless the same be within one or other of the following Registered, and to be tricts or Portions of Districts, namely,-Ha-wan, from Spring Gardens, Eastward,-Sei-ing-poon, from within certain Dis. Junction of Hollywood Road and Queen's Road West, Westward, and Tai-ping-shan, except such ets of such Districts or Portions of Districts as face the Queen's Road; and if any Person shall be con- ted of Keeping a Brothel outside of such Districts as aforesaid, or an Unregistered Brothel within the e, such Person shall, for the First Offence, be sentenced to pay a Fine not exceeding One Hundred rent Dollars, or to Imprisonment, with or without hard Labour, for a Term not exceeding Three ths, and for the Second Offence to pay a Fine not exceeding Two Hundred current Dollars, or to prisonment, with or without hard Labour, for a Term not exceeding Six Months, and for the Third nce to pay a Fine not exceeding Five Hundred current Dollars, or to Imprisonment for a Term not eceding Twelve Months: Provided always, that it may be lawful for the Magistrate before whom such Fender shall be brought to punish such Offender both by Fine and Imprisonment, or by one or other of ch modes according to his discretion; and nothing herein contained shall be taken to bar any Person ceeded against as Nui- indicting any Brothel whatsoever as a Nuisance. Brothels may be pro - sances. 2 Upon the third Con- The Hongkong Government Güzette, [[NOVEMBER 14,/1837. - III. Upon the occasion of any Person being for the Third, Time: convicted of such: Offence as j. viction for keeping a aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate before whom such Conviction shall take place, by Warran Brothel contrary to Provisions of this under his Hand, to remove all the Inmates of the House wherein such Offender shall have dwelt or resided, Ordinance, Magistrate and to close up such House, and forbid the same to be reinhabited, unless he shall be satisfied that the sume may shut up the will be occupied in a proper and legal manner, and not as a Brothel within the meaning of this Ordinance, House in which the if situated outside of the aforesaid Districts, or, either as a Registered Brothel, or in any other proper and same is kept. legal manner, if within the said Districts or any of them; and that every Person reinhabiting such House, without a License or l'ermission under the Hand of the Chief or Assistant Magistrate, shall be liable to a Penalty of not more than Five Hundred current Dollars, or to Imprisonment for a Terminot exceeding Twelve Months. Mode of Proof that trar General. Appeal. anier mit و بنده این مینم 068 azole ༢་ ༔ ་ i 3 ► zemeiti [} 3 • 3 ! IV. The averment of Two Witnesses made on Oath or by Affirmation, within the meaning of Ordinance a House is a Brothel. No. 7 of 1857, that any House is occupied as a Brothel, may be received as sufficient Evidence of such Fact; and any Person who shall appear, act, or behave himself or herself as Master or Mistress, or as the Person having the Care or Management of any Brothel, shall be deemed and taken to be the Keeper thereof, and shall be liable to be punished as such, notwithstanding he or she shall not, in fact, be the real Owner or Keeper thereof. drorogail baz Registrar General to V. The Registrar General shall keep a Register of all Brothels, and shall enter: in such Register keep a Register of the names of the Keeper of each of such Brothels, and also of the immediate Landlord for Lessor Brothels, with names of Keepers, &c. to ing thereof, also of the Crown Lessee or Tenunt of the Plot of Ground on which the same may be standing of built, and shall keep it corrected from Time to Time, according as such Keeper, immediate Landlord or Lessor, Slied ads o° Cor Crown Lessee or Tenant, respectively, may change, and according as any such House, shall cease at any Time to be occupied as a Brothel; and shall furnish, the, Colonial Secretary with a Copy of such Register, and shall inform him from Time to Time of such Corrections as may from Time to Time be made in such Register as aforesaid. Brothels declared to VI. Whenever any House shall be, in the Opinion of the Registrar General, a House in which be such by the Regis Women reside, or which they frequent for the purposes of Prostitution, the Registrar General shall forth. with declare such House to be a Brothel, and shall give notice to the immediate Landlord or Lessor thereof, or if such immediate Landlord or Lessor cannot be found or ascertained, then to the Crown Lessce of the Plot of Ground on which the same be built, that such House, has been declared by him to be a Brothel, and as such, comes within the Provisions of the Second and Third Sections of this Ordinance; and in case such immediate Landlord or Crown Lessee or Tenant'shall, dispute such Declaration of the Registrar General, then the Party so disputing such; Declaration shall have ap (Appeal to the Chief or Assistant Magistrate, or to any two Justices of the Peace sitting for either of such Magistrates who are hereby empowered to adjudicate on such Appeals, and whose decision thereon shall be final. od mla VII. Brothels registered under the Provisions of Section Vof this Ordinance, shall be liable to be visited by the Registrar General, and by the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and Inspectors of Police, and by the Colonial Surgeon or other Medical Officer to be from Time to Time appointed under the Provisions of this Ordinance; and, the Registrar General and such several Officersi að aforesanti are hereby empowered to visit and inspect the Condition of such Brothels; and the Colonial Surgeon of such other Medical Officer as aforesaid is hereby empowered and required to visit each one of such Registered Brothels, and inspect and examine each one of the Inmates therein at least once in every Ten daysste Keepers of Brothels to furnish the Registrar VIII. Every Keeper, Mistress, or Manager of a Registered Brothel, shall once in every Week General with Weekly furnish the Registrar General with a true Report of the Condition of Health of each and every of the Lists of Inmates, &c. Inmates of the same. on ad vera requesƐ dove doide ni ozneft vniorok adt Lists of Inmates, &c., IX. In every Registered Brothel ther eshall be kept suspended, in some public Place; a Board, contain. to be kept suspended ing, in the English and Chinese Languages, a List of the Names and Ages of the Inmates then resident in the House, and such List shall be altered from Time to Time according as any Inmate may be absent there. from, either by reason of leaving such House altogether, or of being removed therefrom either to Gaol og Hospital under the Provisions of this Ordinancebudes w di ozool X. Any Brothel Keeper or Prostitute, who shall offer anv Obstacle to, or, refuse to admit such Registrar General, Superintendent, or Inspector of Police, for the purpose of making such Inspection as aforesaid, or shall refuse to submit to such Inspection or Examination by the Colónial! Surgeon or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid, or shall furnish a wilfully false Report of the Condition of Health of the Inmates as is herein required, or shall not keep suspended such List of such Inmates, and keep the same altered or corrected from Time to Time as is berein required, as the Case may be, shall for each Offence be liable to a Penalty of not more than One Hundred current Dollars, or may be imprisoned with or without hard Labour for any Time not exceeding Three Months t Registered Brothels to be Visited by cer tain Officers. in each Brothel. Penalty for offering any obstacle to Visita of proper Officers, &c. Women affected ! W 1 : די A with any Venereal XI. Every Prostitute, or Inmate of a Registered Brothel, who shall be at any Time declared by the Disease to be removed Colonial Surgeon or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid to be affected with any Venereal Disease, to Hospital. shall be, by Order of the Registrar General given under his Hand, removed to such Hospital as shall be built or set apart for Women affected with Venereal Diseases, under the provisions of this Ordinance, and such Prostitute shall be kept under the control of the Medical Officer of such Hospital, and (shall not leave or attempt to leave the same until properly discharged as cured by such Medical Officer; and on every occasion of discharging any such Prostitute from the said Hospital as cured, the Medical Officer so discharging such Prostitute shall give her a Certificate under his Hand of having been so discharged, which Certificate, should such Prostitute return to a Brothel, is to be produced and shewn to the Registrar General, or to the Superintendent or Inspectors of Police, whensoever the Production of the same shall be by him or them demanded; and any Prostitute who shall during her Continuance in such Hospital refuse to submit to or obey the Directions of the Medical Officer thereof, or shall leave or attempt to Expenses of any leave the same until she be properly discharged as cured as aforesaid, shall be liable to be imprisoned with Woman while in Hos or without hard Labour for any time not exceeding Three Months; and the Expenses which may be, incurred pital, to be paid by the Keeper of the Brothel in and about the Maintenance and Treatment of any such Prostitute in such Hospital.shall be a Debt due whence such Woman to the Crown, and shall be paid by the Keeper of the Brothel of which such Prostitute shall huve been an shall have been re- Inmate, or from which she shall have been so removed, and the same in case of non-paynient shall be moved. sued for and recovered by the Registrar Generál. Prostitutes infecting healthy Persons liable [ XII. If any Prostitute labouring under a Venereal Disease shall. to the satisfaction of the Chief or to Punishment. Assistant Magistrate, be proved to have infected any Person with such Disease, such Prostitute, on convic- tion thereof, shall be punished by Imprisonment either in Gaol or Hospital for a Term not exceeding Three Months, and the Keeper of the Brothel in which such Prostitute shall be found shall in every such Case be fined a Penalty not exceeding Two Hundred current Dollars. ¡ Day at * Every Keeper of a Brothel XIII. Every Keeper of a Registered Brothel shall pay to the Registrar General or his Collector the to pay A Monthly Sum. Sum of Four current Dollars per Mensem, which the Registrar General is hereby empowered to demand Moneys collected by and collect, and all such, Sums are to be paid by the Registrar General into the Colonial Treasury. way of Fees under this XIV. All Monies collected under or by virtue of Sections XIII and XIX are to be appropriated to Ordinance to go to the the formation of a general Fund for the Purposes of this Ordinance, out of which a Monthly Sum (to be Formation of a general fixed by His Excellency in Council), is to be paid to the Colonial Surgeon, or to such other Medical of the Ordingure. Officer as may be from Time to Time appointed for the Purposes of this Ordinance, under the Provisions Fund for the Purposes I 14, 1837 1 Offence as 2, by Warre elt or resil that the sar his Ordinanc #. her proper such Hous be liable to not exceedi of Ordinan idence of suc ress, or as t be the Keepe in fact, be th such Registe ■rd for Less: De standing Jord or Lesse [ 1 cease at am such Registe made in suc -use in whic al shall forth. ■rd or Less- Crown Lessi him to be a Ordinance aration of the the Chief of ates; who arc or Hedel ■e liable to be Inspectors pointed unde: aforesaid ar "geon, ortsne h Registere days. every Wee every of th nard, contain en resident in absent there. ☛ to Gaol e admit suck Inspection es geon or such Health of the zep the sam each Offence ned with ot -lared by the eal Disease. las shall be Ordinance. al, and shal Officer; and dical Officer discharged. o Registrat esanie sha ch Hospital attempt to risoned with be incurrel a Debt due ave been an ent shall be he Chief or , on convic eding Three uch Case be ollector the to demand ary, Fopriated t Sum (to le er Medical = Provisions NOVEMBER 14, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette, ** 3 of Section VII, as his Remuneration for performing the Duties required or imposed by this Ordinance; Pay of the Colonial and the said Colonial Surgeon, or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid, is hereby empowered (with the Surgeon or other Me- snaction of His Excellency the Governor) to nominate or appoint a Deputy or Assistant, being a Person dical Officer appointed properly qualified to act for him, in case be shall be at any Time incapacitated or unable to perform such under this Ordinance. Duties, or any Portion of them. Keepers of Brothels may employ Constables specially for their Pro- tection, &c. Such Constables to XVt Every Keeper of a Registered Brothel shall be allowed, upon giving Notice thereof to the Superintendent of Police, and obtaining his Authority, to employ a Constable for the Protection of, and the Preservation of Order in, such Brothel, such Constables to be under the Control of, and responsible to, and to be paid by the Superintendent of Police, and to wear a Uniform to be chosen for the Purpose, but to be solely employed about the Protection of the Brothel by the Keeper of which each of them is employed; be and every Keeper of a Brothel so employing such Special Constable as aforesaid shall pay quarterly in & advance to the Superintendent of Police, a cum sufficient to cover the Expenses which may be incurred in payment of the Wages of and providing the Uniform for such Constable, and such Sum shall in non-payment be sued for a d recovered by the Superintendent of Police. under the Control, of the Superin- A Hospital for XVI. A Hospital shall be built, or Premises in the first instance hired, exclusively for the Reception and Treatment of Women affected with Venereal Discases,,, the cost of renting such Premises to be Woman to be built. defrayed out of the Fund to be raised under Sections XIII and XIX, and the Remainder of the Moneys Provisions for renting which shull from Time to Time be collected under the said Sections, over and above such Sums as shall be suitable Premises in applied in Payment of the Colonial Surgeon, or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid, and in Payment of such Hospital shall be the meantime until and be applied to the built. the Expenses of 'renting and maintaining such“Premises as aforesaid, shah Hospital, and enlarging formation of a Fund for the purpose of building, fitting up, and maintaining such Hospital, and enlarging the same from Time to Time as may be required and all Fees directed to be levied and paid by Section XIII, in case of non-payment, shall be sued for and recovered by the Registrar General, who shall pay the same into the Colonial Treasury. Dissati ! to Diseased seamen to XVII. Every Keeper of a Licensed Boarding House for Seamen shall furnish to the Harbour Keepers of Licensed Master, once in every Week, a List of Seamen then 'resident in his House, and shall report in such List as Boarding House to the state of Health of each Seaman so far as he may be able to ascertain the same; and every Seaman furnish the Harbour who may be reported or may be otherwise discovered to be affected, with a Venereal Disease, unless Lists of the Seamen Master with Weekly then under Medical Treatment, shall be removed by Warrant under the Hand of the Harbour Master to a resident in their Hospital, where he shall be kept until he be, by the Medical Attendants thereof, discharged as cured, and Houses. shall have obtained from such Medical Attendants 'a' Certificate of his having been so discharged, which Certificate he shall produce and shew to the Harbour Master when required so to do; and the Expenses be removed to Hospi- which may be incurred in and about the Maintenance and Treatment of any such Seaman in such Hospital, tal, shall be a Debt due to the Crown, and shall be paid by such Seaman;' or, in Case of the Keeper of the bombaf Boarding House in which such Seaman shall have resided before his removal to Hospital not having of t reported, or having made a false Report as to the state of Health of such Seaman, then such Expenses shall be paid by such Boarding House Keeper, in case it shall appear to, and be certified by, the Colonial Surgeon or his Deputy, or the Medical Attendants of the Hospital to which such Seaman may be removed, that the Disease with which he may be affected is of such a Nature as that the Keeper of the Boarding House could, with ordinary and reasoriable Observation, liave ascertained its Existence; and in all Cases such Expenses shall in case of non-payment be sued for and recovered by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Hospital. ། . same „srooïf() nias to empanel XVIII. If any Seaman affected with a Venereal Disease, and reported so to be by the Keeper of Penalty for offering the Boarding House in which such Seaman may be residing, shall refuse or offer any Hindrance or Obstruc- any obstruction to Re- tion to his Removal to Hospital; or, having been removed to Hospital, shall attempt to leave the moval to Hospital, &c. before he shall be properly discharged cured; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to produce died his Certificate of Discharge when required by the Harbour Master or his Deputy authorized to demand the same; or being affected with a Venereal Disease, 'shall neglect or refuse to inform the Keeper of the Boarding House in which he may be residing, then, and in every such Case, such Seaman so offendinginan I shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding Twenty-five current Dollars, or to Imprisonment, with or without or slog hard Labour, for any Time not exceeding One Month, leg XIX. The Master of any Merchant Ship, before shipping any Seaman, may require that such Seaman Masters of Ships shall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon or other Medical Officer who may be appointed for such Purpose before shipping Sea in connection with the Harbour Master's Department, and who is hereby required to attend at stated men may require that Hours in the Forenoon and Afternoon of each Day at the Harbour Master's Office for the Purposes of such they be inspected. inspection; and the Colonial Surgeon or such other Medical Officer upon such Inspection is to give a Certificate under his Hand as to the State of Health of such Seaman, which Certificate such Seaman is to s produce and show to the Master of the Ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every such" Certificate there shall be paid the Fee of Fifty Cents, to be paid by the Master or Agent of the Ship in case such Seaman should prove to be in sound Health, and by the Seaman himself or the Boarding House Keeper with whom he shall be residing in case he shall prove to be affected with any Venereal Disease; such Fee to be received by the Harbour Master, and in case of non-payment to be sued for and recovered by him, and paid into the Colonial Treasury for the Purposes of this Ordinance. XX. In all Cases where Punishment by Imprisonment shall be inflicted under this Ordinance, such, Imprisonment may Imprisonment may be either in Gaol or in Hospital, and may be either with or without hard Labour as the be either in Gaol or Court shall adjudge. Hospital. XXI. In all Cases in which Fines shall be imposed under the Provisions of any Section of this Ordinance, and the Brothel Keeper on whom such Fine shall be imposed shall be unable to pay or discharge the same, then the same shall be recovered from the immediate, Landlord or Lessor of such House; and in case such Landlord or Lessor be not known or cannot be ascertained, then from the Crown Lessee of the Plot of Ground on which such House may be erected or built, provided it be proved to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, that such Crown Lessee was cognisant of the Purposes for which such House shall have been let or occupied. 1 ANA From whom Fines may be recovered. No Trade to be carried on in any Brothel. XXII. No House in which any Trade or Business shall be carried on shall be Registered, or be capable of becoming a Registered Brothel under the Provisions of this Ordinance. XXIII No Moneys which shall be raised under the Provisions of this Ordinance by way of any Fee Moneys raised under shall at any Time be applied or applicable to any Purposes other than or different from the Specific this Ordinance to be Purposes for which the same are to be raised and to which they are to be applied under the Provisions of applied solely to the this Ordinance. } 2015 Purposes of the Ordi- bance. XXIV. His Excellency in Council is hereby empowered from Time to Time to make such Regula- Power to Governor tions and By-Laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance, to make By-Laws and and for the Regulation and Control of Registered Brothels within the aforesaid Districts. Regulations teki XXV. All cases arising under this Ordinance shall be tried and adjudicated by, and all Fines Penalties how to be od Penalties herein mentioned, and all Sums herein declared to be recoverable, shall be sued for and recovered. recovered before, any Magistrate of Police either singly, or any two or more Justices of the Peace in themes elvoudrange anner provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, entitled, " An Ordinance to regulate Summary Proceedings Jore Justices of the Peace, and to protect Justices in the execution of their duty." 4 No. 155. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [NOVEMBER 14, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. With reference to Government Notification No. 149 of 22d October, the following Amended Statement of the Government Property to be sold by Public Auction at the Western Market is published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th November, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Amended Statement of Lots with their Area and Annual Rental, to be sold by Public Auction at the Western Market, on Monday, the 16th November, at 11 o'clock a.m. T BOUNDARY Measure-Feet. SHOP NUMBER. N. S. E. W. CONTENT IN SQUARE FEET. ANNUAL RENTAL. £ 3. d. 511 15 15 33 31 480 1 15 24 512 15 15 31 30 457 13 61 513 15 15 *59 59 835 3 4 3 514 15 15 57 57 855 2 0 515 15 15 56 56 840 3 0 516 152 152 55 55 867 3 2 11 522 15 15 48 47 712 2 10 11 623 141 143 :47 45 667 2 8 4 524 14 141 45 40 616 4 CHAS, ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surveyor General Νο. 156. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Return of Notes in Cculation and Specie in Reservé at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, is published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th November, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting 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 October, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NOTES ISSUED....... SPECIE IN RESERVE, $353,219. 200,000. P. CAMPBELL, Manager. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 2d November, 1857. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that I found the necessary of Specie as required by the Royal Charter. J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant. Hongkong, 7th November, 1857. No. 157. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Amount FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer. To lessen the evils arising from Fires, the Chinese Inhabitants of this City are hereby directed to adopt the precautionary measures hereunder specified. 1. Every Householder will keep outside his Shop-door, a large Tub of Water of not less than 56 Gallons, con- tinually filled; and also be provided with two buckets on or before the 20th November instant, such Tub to be emptied and refilled with clean Water once every Ten Days. 2. The Occupants of Houses adjacent to any empty House, or the Occupant of any House in which a portion thereof is unoccupied, will, in the evening of each day, visit the said adjacent empty house or unoccupied portion of house, and note that the fastenings of doors and windows are secure and that no Combustible Materials are stored or deposited therein, giving immediate information of any insecurity or any such improper storage to the Inspector on duty at the Central Police Station. 3. The Occupant of every House in which a Fire breaks out, will do his utmost to extinguish the Flame before giving unnecessary alarm; but failing this, will instantly call for the Police, who will protect him while engaged in the removal of his property, and escort him and his family to the nearest Police Station or other place of safety. 4. The Occupants of Houses immediately contiguous to the House in which a Fire breaks out will if they can do so with safety remain therein until Police Constables arrive, a certain number of whom have been especially appointed to escort the said Occupants with their most valuable Goods to the nearest Police Station, or to a position of safety. An Inspector of Police has been specially appointed to attend to this duty. Chinese 5. It is expressly ordered that upon the occasion of a House being on Fire or any public alarm, every Inhabitant excepting those whose safety would be thereby endangered, shall remain within his own dwelling, guarding the same from the attacks of thieves. .. 6. The owners of boats are not permitted upon the outbreak of Fire after 8 o'clock P.M., to remove from the regulated anchorage of 300 yards off shore. J 7. The respectable Inhabitants of the Colony are invited to make known to the Registrar General or Superin- tendent of Police the houses of persons of bad repute, or persons without regular employments, or persons who from any circumstances they have reason to suspect, are intent upon disturbing the Trade or Public Peace of the Colony. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office. Victoria, Hongkong, 12th November. 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 41. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [NOVEMBER 14, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. Leave of Absence from his post having been granted to F. H. HALE, Esquire, Her Majesty's Officiating Consul at Foochow, for the benefit of his health, M. C. MORRISON, Esquire, now in Charge of Her Majesty's Consulate at Amoy, has been appointed by His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., to conduct the Consular Duties at Foochow, and W. H. PEDDER, Esquire, will carry on the Duties at Amoy, until further By Order, notice. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th November, 1857. GEO. S. MORRISON. Νο. 42. • GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. The following copy of a Circular from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated August 20, 1853, in reference to the "Marriages in Foreign Countries facilitating Act" (12 & 13 Vict., cap. 68), is published by direction of His Excellency. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., for the information and guidance of all concerned. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th November, 1857 CIRCULAR.: GEO. S. MORRISON. FOR IGN OFFICE, August 20th, 1853. SIR,-Her Majesty's Goverment having been informed that, since the passing of the “ Marriages in Foreign Countries facilitating Act," (12 and 13 Vict., cap. 68), doubts have in some instances arisen as to the person by whom, and the place where marriages rendered valid by that Act are to be solemnized, I have to inform you that in pursuance of the Act in question, British Consuls-General, Consuls,— or any person duly authorized to act in the absence of such Consul,--Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents may, subject to the rules therein laid down, solemnize such marriages, provided they shall have previously received a warrant from the Secretary of State specially authorizing them to solemnize and register marriages, or to allow marriages to be performed in their presence. No other persons whatsover are qualified by the Act to solemnize marriages, or to allow them to be solemnized by any other person in their presence. Any form of ceremony, according to the creed of the contracting parties, may be used; end the religious portion of the ceremony may be performed by a clergyman of any denomination, but the presence of the duly authorized Consular Officer is necessary to render such marriage valid; and if the ceremonial be not that of the Church of England and Ireland, which can only be duly performed by an ordained Clergyman of that Church, the contracting parties are to make a declaration before the Consul, in words prescribed by the Act, that they know not of any lawful impediment why they may not be joined in matrimony, and that they call upon the persons present to witness that they take each other respectively to be lawful wedded busbaud and wife; and such declaration, in the absence of any religious ceremony, is sufficient. The only place where marriages, under this Act, may be solemnized, is the “British Consulate," that is the Public Office of the Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent, as the case may be; and every such marriage must be solemnized with open doors, between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon, in the presence of two or more witnesses, Hence it follows that no marriages performed at other places, or under other circumstances, will be valid under this Act; and accordingly marriages cannot be solemnized under this Act in any Churches or Chapels, even though attached to British Missions or connected which British Consulates abroad, nor can they be solemnized under this Act by an Ambassador, Minister, or other Diplomatic Agent of the Crown. I may add that all marriages duly solemnized according to the local law in force, so as to be valid by that law in the country where they are solemnized, will be valid in England.—I am, Sir, Your most obedient Humble Servant. 'HER MAJESTY'S CONSUL. (Signed) CLARENDON, True Copy, Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE CALLE MR ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, THE & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “GANGES,” Captain BOWEN, with Iler Majesty's Mails, Pas- sengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th November, at 9 A.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, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 14th November, 1857. P. J. HUGHES. NOTICE. R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. WE NOTICE. E have this day established at Shanghae, under the same Style, a Eranch of our Firm MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, in China. retired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. NOTICE. A E have established a Branch of our House, WE MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRERES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. as General Merchante 25th mussion Agents, N at BANGKOK, SIAM, from the 25th August last, REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. TH NOTICE THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate paynient to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. Νο OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ment to or ADAM SCOTT, • ADAM SCOTON,} Executors. Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Bingle. Copios, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; oach Additional Line, Tirenty Cents-One- kalf of these charges for cach Kepetition. Mesh kunci do polyk i IPER 14, 185 THE Department. esty's Officiati f Her Majest , &c., to condi y, until furt ORRISON, Department. s, dated Aug t., cap. 68), n and guidan Hongkong Government GAZETTE. RRISON. NEW SERIES. 20th, 1853. untries facilitati VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 125. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby marriages render given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that General, Consuls “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” o the rules the of State specia No other pers eir presence. of the ceremo sary to render su will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. performed by No. 159. ribed by the A Dersons present W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. e absence of a It is hereby notified, that Second Class Staff Surgeon EDWARD MENZIES, has been appointed, from the 15th ablic Office of instant, to act as Colonial Surgeon in the room of Dr DEMPSTER, who has bean ordered to India. nnized with · opt Jer this Act; al ritish Missions other Diploma e country whe By Order, W. T. BRIDGES,. Acting Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th November, 1857. No. 160. ENDON: GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confirm the appointment of the Honourable FREDERICK FORTH, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer, to a Seat in the Legislative Council of this Colony. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. ished at Shangha Branch of our Fi Y is authorized om same date, HER FRERES. 7. RLES EDWIN deceased. ing Claims again ise send them in Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th November, 1857. No. 161. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency Major-General CHARLES THOMAS VAN STRAUBENZIE, C. B., having assumed the command of the Forces in China, has this day, by virtue of his Office, been sworn in a Member of the Executive Council. His Excellency Major-General CHARLES THOMAS VAN STRAUBENZIE, C.B., took his Seat accordingly at the Council Board. debted thereto, 'nient to JOHN WISE, Executor. 137. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, • WILLIAM B. ased. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th November, 1857. ing Claims agait No. 162. ise to send then Is indebted to ake immediate p GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Return of Sales, held in accordance with Government Notifications Nos. 149 and 155, is ON, Executors published for general information. By Order, W. T, BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. le Copies, Thirty- Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th November, 1857. ↑ Mail, Hongkong incs and under, Twenty Cents—0)| lepetition. IPER 14, 185 THE Department. esty's Officiati f Her Majest , &c., to condi y, until furt ORRISON, Department. s, dated Aug t., cap. 68), n and guidan Hongkong Government GAZETTE. RRISON. NEW SERIES. 20th, 1853. untries facilitati VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 125. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby marriages render given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that General, Consuls “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” o the rules the of State specia No other pers eir presence. of the ceremo sary to render su will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. performed by No. 159. ribed by the A Dersons present W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. e absence of a It is hereby notified, that Second Class Staff Surgeon EDWARD MENZIES, has been appointed, from the 15th ablic Office of instant, to act as Colonial Surgeon in the room of Dr DEMPSTER, who has bean ordered to India. nnized with · opt Jer this Act; al ritish Missions other Diploma e country whe By Order, W. T. BRIDGES,. Acting Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th November, 1857. No. 160. ENDON: GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confirm the appointment of the Honourable FREDERICK FORTH, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer, to a Seat in the Legislative Council of this Colony. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. ished at Shangha Branch of our Fi Y is authorized om same date, HER FRERES. 7. RLES EDWIN deceased. ing Claims again ise send them in Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th November, 1857. No. 161. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency Major-General CHARLES THOMAS VAN STRAUBENZIE, C. B., having assumed the command of the Forces in China, has this day, by virtue of his Office, been sworn in a Member of the Executive Council. His Excellency Major-General CHARLES THOMAS VAN STRAUBENZIE, C.B., took his Seat accordingly at the Council Board. debted thereto, 'nient to JOHN WISE, Executor. 137. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, • WILLIAM B. ased. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th November, 1857. ing Claims agait No. 162. ise to send then Is indebted to ake immediate p GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Return of Sales, held in accordance with Government Notifications Nos. 149 and 155, is ON, Executors published for general information. By Order, W. T, BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. le Copies, Thirty- Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th November, 1857. ↑ Mail, Hongkong incs and under, Twenty Cents—0)| lepetition. 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [NOVEMBER 21, 1857. Return of Government Property sold by Auction in accordance with Government Notifications Nos. 149 and 155. 2d November, 1857, 9th November, 1857. 16th November, 1857. No. 07 LOT. PURCHASER.' FIXED ANNUAL RENTAL PREMIUM. No. or LOT. PURCHASER. 3RD ANNUAL RENTAL. PREMIUM No. of LOT. PURCHASER. Inland. £ s. d. Dollars. Inland. £ 534 Acqui, 1 12 0 815 542 | Acqui, 535 Acheong, 1 10 5 805 #543 Shine Tow, 3. d. 1 13 9 1 12 7 Dollars. | Inland. 1,510 554 1,650 555 536 Acheong, 1 12 7 920 544 ... Qung Whayune... 1 12 7 1,610 556 Acheong Acheong Assow ... FIXED ANNUAL RENTAL. PREMICM. £ s. d. Dollars, 1 14 10 2,010 1 13 1 ... 1,810 4 ... 1,980 537 Chun, 1 15 10 2,550 545 Acqui 1 13 1,755 557 Onkec, Agent 2 0 1,975 538 Chow Young chow, 2 1 10 2,500 546 Wong Chow 1 13 1 1,700 558 Ong Sow 3 0 11 1,920 539 Pow 'Wing, 1 14 10 1,200 547 Tam Achoy ] 19 11 ... 2,700 559 Toung, Qui 3 2 11 2,050 540 Hang Sue.... 1 13 1 1,060 ... 548 | Ayouk, 1.19 11 2,610 560 Acqui 2 10 11 ... 2,200 541 Young Qui, 1 14 3 1,325 549 Ayouk 1 18 2 1,590 561 Acqui 2 8 4 2,150 550 Achong 1 12 6 1,500 562 Acqui 2 4 8 2,010 551 F. Woods 1 12 2 1,380 Ayouk 552 D. R. Caldwell, for 553 1 12 2 1,410 J 19 4 ... 2,030 Total,... £13 14 10 $11,175 Total....... £20 19 3 $21,445 Total,...... £23 1 1 $18,103 TOTALS. DATE. ANNUAL RENTAL. PREMIUM. 2d November, 9th November, 16th November, £ 3. d. 13 14 10 Dollars. 11,175 20 19 3 23 1 21,445 18,105 £57 16 0 $50,725 TH NOTICE. HE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on MONDAY, the 30th day of November, a.d. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. THE By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer “SHANGHAI," will close on THURSDAY, the 26th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d. ; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 16th November, 1857. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & Oriental Steam NAVIGA- THE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON, deceased. Between (ROBERT CAlver CrawfORD,-Com- plainant. and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL,-De- fendant. CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surveyor General. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. NOTICE. day established at Shanghar, MONDAY, the Twenty first day of December, Wunder the same style, a Branch of our Pare Fir at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the in China. REGISTRAR'S CHAMBERS, Court HOUSE, VICTORIA, MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to HONGKONG, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating | sign our name per procuration from same date. upon the Claims on the above Estate. VAUCIÌER FRÈRES. Dated this 20th day of November, 1857. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. N. R. MASSON, Acting Registrar, &c., &c. Plaintiff's Solicitor, Hongkong, E. K. STACE, In re ROBERT STEWART, Engineer to the Queen" Steamer, deceased. SOPRAGALO, Police Constable, deceased. 19 99 ELLI BUCCAS, +9 91 ISAAC BACHELOR, "9 LL JOHN LORTON, N " 99 ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 19th day of May, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the above Estate are re- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "SHANGHAI," | quested to make immediate Payment to Captain TOWNSEND, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas- sengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on FRIDAY, the 27th November, at 2 1.1. CARGO will be received on board until 5 r.M., on the 25th; SPECIE until Noon on the 26th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 26th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1857. NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar—Official Administrator. NOTICE. R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo, MR MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. WE NOTICE. have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants and Commission Agents, at Bangkok, SIAM, from the 25th" August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. N In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. NOTI In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. ́OTICE.All Persons having Claims agains the said Estate, will please to send them t for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay ment to or ADAM SCOTTON,} Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. FOR SALE, at the Office of the “ China Mail.” OLANK Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTI BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING. SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newes form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS (printed in Pamphe form) for the RIVERS YANG-TSZE-KEANG MIN. And, DRO C a C C th N of D th Pa Executors vic sa cu M In ΟΙ ex Of 80 fro afo un and wil if 1 leg wit Per Tw No Fac Per the A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with e CHARGES Ten, as bought by the Picul, and sold i;j the Ponnú Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkort- Paice, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirtys | Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Conts-V kalf of these charges for each Repetition. 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [NOVEMBER 21, 1857. Return of Government Property sold by Auction in accordance with Government Notifications Nos. 149 and 155. 2d November, 1857, 9th November, 1857. 16th November, 1857. No. 07 LOT. PURCHASER.' FIXED ANNUAL RENTAL PREMIUM. No. or LOT. PURCHASER. 3RD ANNUAL RENTAL. PREMIUM No. of LOT. PURCHASER. Inland. £ s. d. Dollars. Inland. £ 534 Acqui, 1 12 0 815 542 | Acqui, 535 Acheong, 1 10 5 805 #543 Shine Tow, 3. d. 1 13 9 1 12 7 Dollars. | Inland. 1,510 554 1,650 555 536 Acheong, 1 12 7 920 544 ... Qung Whayune... 1 12 7 1,610 556 Acheong Acheong Assow ... FIXED ANNUAL RENTAL. PREMICM. £ s. d. Dollars, 1 14 10 2,010 1 13 1 ... 1,810 4 ... 1,980 537 Chun, 1 15 10 2,550 545 Acqui 1 13 1,755 557 Onkec, Agent 2 0 1,975 538 Chow Young chow, 2 1 10 2,500 546 Wong Chow 1 13 1 1,700 558 Ong Sow 3 0 11 1,920 539 Pow 'Wing, 1 14 10 1,200 547 Tam Achoy ] 19 11 ... 2,700 559 Toung, Qui 3 2 11 2,050 540 Hang Sue.... 1 13 1 1,060 ... 548 | Ayouk, 1.19 11 2,610 560 Acqui 2 10 11 ... 2,200 541 Young Qui, 1 14 3 1,325 549 Ayouk 1 18 2 1,590 561 Acqui 2 8 4 2,150 550 Achong 1 12 6 1,500 562 Acqui 2 4 8 2,010 551 F. Woods 1 12 2 1,380 Ayouk 552 D. R. Caldwell, for 553 1 12 2 1,410 J 19 4 ... 2,030 Total,... £13 14 10 $11,175 Total....... £20 19 3 $21,445 Total,...... £23 1 1 $18,103 TOTALS. DATE. ANNUAL RENTAL. PREMIUM. 2d November, 9th November, 16th November, £ 3. d. 13 14 10 Dollars. 11,175 20 19 3 23 1 21,445 18,105 £57 16 0 $50,725 TH NOTICE. HE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on MONDAY, the 30th day of November, a.d. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. THE By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer “SHANGHAI," will close on THURSDAY, the 26th Instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d. ; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 16th November, 1857. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & Oriental Steam NAVIGA- THE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON, deceased. Between (ROBERT CAlver CrawfORD,-Com- plainant. and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL,-De- fendant. CHAS. ST GEO. CLEVERLY, Surveyor General. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. NOTICE. day established at Shanghar, MONDAY, the Twenty first day of December, Wunder the same style, a Branch of our Pare Fir at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the in China. REGISTRAR'S CHAMBERS, Court HOUSE, VICTORIA, MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to HONGKONG, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating | sign our name per procuration from same date. upon the Claims on the above Estate. VAUCIÌER FRÈRES. Dated this 20th day of November, 1857. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. N. R. MASSON, Acting Registrar, &c., &c. Plaintiff's Solicitor, Hongkong, E. K. STACE, In re ROBERT STEWART, Engineer to the Queen" Steamer, deceased. SOPRAGALO, Police Constable, deceased. 19 99 ELLI BUCCAS, +9 91 ISAAC BACHELOR, "9 LL JOHN LORTON, N " 99 ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 19th day of May, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the above Estate are re- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "SHANGHAI," | quested to make immediate Payment to Captain TOWNSEND, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas- sengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on FRIDAY, the 27th November, at 2 1.1. CARGO will be received on board until 5 r.M., on the 25th; SPECIE until Noon on the 26th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 26th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1857. NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar—Official Administrator. NOTICE. R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo, MR MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. WE NOTICE. have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants and Commission Agents, at Bangkok, SIAM, from the 25th" August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. N In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. NOTI In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. ́OTICE.All Persons having Claims agains the said Estate, will please to send them t for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay ment to or ADAM SCOTTON,} Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. FOR SALE, at the Office of the “ China Mail.” OLANK Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTI BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING. SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newes form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS (printed in Pamphe form) for the RIVERS YANG-TSZE-KEANG MIN. And, DRO C a C C th N of D th Pa Executors vic sa cu M In ΟΙ ex Of 80 fro afo un and wil if 1 leg wit Per Tw No Fac Per the A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with e CHARGES Ten, as bought by the Picul, and sold i;j the Ponnú Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkort- Paice, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirtys | Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Conts-V kalf of these charges for each Repetition. 1957. THE L PREMIC 1. Dolla 2.010 1 1,81 3. 1,98 1,978 1 1,92 1 2,03 1 2,20 4 2,18 2,01 Hongkong Government GAZETTE. 1 $18,1 NEW SERIES. LY, MR JAM his death VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER, 1857. VOL. III, No. 126. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROClamations, NotiFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. .. HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIE REGINE. No. 12 of 1857. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, L.L.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the MELOW Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative, Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Checking the spread of Venereal Diseases. it Shangh 1 of our F uthorized [24th November, 1857.] Whereas it is expedient to make provision for checking the spread of Venereal Diseases within this: Colony Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with FRERES Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: e date. EDWIN d. aims aga d them in thereto, -0 N WISH xecutor. LIAM laims ag Title. Preamble. I. In the Interpretation of this Ordinance, the following Words or Phrases shall have the respective Definition of Terms Meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say,- "Prostitute" shall mean any Woman who shall live or reside in a Registered or a Declared Brothel : "Declared Brothel" shall mean any House in which Women live or reside, or which they frequent, for the purposes of Prostitution, and which shall in any Judicial Proceedings under this Ordinance be sworn or deposed to be such by any Two Witnesses; or which shall be declared to be such, by the Registrar General. Registered Brothel" shall mean any House in which Women live or are kept for the Purposes of Prostitution, and which shall be certified to be such in Writing by the Registrar General, and which shall be entered and numbered on a List or Register of such Houses to be kept by the Registrar General. within certain Dis- II. From and after the passing of this Ordinance no Person shall keep a Brothel within the Colony All Brothels to be send the Hongkong, unless the same be Registered, nor unless the same be within one or other of the following Registered, and to be bted to Districts or Portions of Districts, namely,-Ha-wan, from Spring Gardens, Eastward,-Sei-ing-poon, from tricts. mediate the Junction of Hollywood Road and Queen's Road West, Westward, and Tai-ping-shan, except such ail.” - Parts of such Districts or Portions of Districts as face the Queen's Road; and if any Person shall be con- Executorted of Keeping a Brothel outside of such Districts as aforesaid, or an Unregistered Brothel within the ame, such Person shall, for the First Offence, be sentenced to pay a Fine not exceeding One Hundred Penalties. rrent Dollars, or to Imprisonment, with or without hard Labour, for a Term not exceeding Three Months, and for the Second Offence to pay a Fine not exceeding Two Hundred current Dollars, or to OF ATT prisonment, with or without hard Labour, for a Term not exceeding Six Months, and for the Third RPART Vence to pay a Fine not exceeding Five Hundred current Dollars, or to Imprisonment for a Term not F LADI cceding Twelve Months: Provided always, that it may be lawful for the Magistrate before whom such ender shall be brought to punish such Offender both by Fine and Imprisonment, or by one or other of ch modes according to his discretion; and nothing herein contained shall be taken to bar any Person um indicting any Brothel whatsoever as a Nuisance. R'S CHI nd the ne L'in Pam -KEANG Brothels may be pro ceeded against as Ñui- sances. Upon the third Con- III. Upon the occasion of any Person being for the Third Time convicted of such Offence as is resaid, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate before whom such Conviction shall take place, by Warrant viction for keeping a Her his Hand, to remove all the Inmates of the House wherein such Offender shall have dwelt or resided, Brothel CEA, wit¶d to close such House, and forbid the same to be reinhabited, unless he shall be satisfied that the same Ordinance, Magistrate contrary to up Provisions of this and so be accupied in a proper and legal manner, and not as a Brothel within the meaning of this Ordinance, may situated outside of the aforesaid Districts, or, either as a Registered Brothel, or in any other proper and House in which the Eal manner, if within the said Districts or any of them; and that every Person reinhabiting such House, same is kept. hout a License or l'ermission under the Hand of the Chief or Assistant Magistrate, shall be liable to a ■ Hongk ics, Thinalty of not more than Five Hundred current Dollars, or to Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding nd under. Ey Cents ion. elve Months. shut up the IV. The averment of Two Witnesses made on Oath or by Affirmation, within the meaning of Ordinance Mode of Proof that 7 of 1857, that any House is occupied as a Brothel, may be received as sufficient Evidence of such ♣ Ilouse is a Brothel. t; on and any Person who shall appear, act, or behave himself or herself as Master or Mistress, or as the having the Care or Management of any Broth 1, shall be deemed and taken to be the Keeper reof, and shall be liable to be punished as such, notwithstanding he or she shall not in fact he the Brothels, with names of Keepers, &c. The Hongkong Government Gazellę. [NOVEMBER 28, 1857. Registrar General to V. The Registrar General shall keep a Register of all Brothels, and shall enter in such Register keep a Register of the names of the Keeper of each of such Brothels, and also of the immediate Landlord or Lessor thercof, also of the Crown Lessee or Tenant of the Plot of Ground on which the same may be standing or built, and shall keep it corrected from Time to Time, according as such Keeper, immediate Landlord or Lessor, or Crown Lessee or Tenant, respectively, may change, and according as any such House shall cease at any Time to be occupied as a Brothel; and shall furnish the Colonial Secretary with a Copy of such Register, and shall inform him from Time to Time of such Corrections as may from Time to Time be made in such Register as aforesaid. Brothels declared to be such by the Regis trar General. Appeal. Registered Brothels to be Visited by cor tain Officers. VI. Whenever any House shall be, in the Opinion of the Registrar General, a House in which Women reside, or which they frequent for the purposes of Prostitution, the Registrar General shall forth- with declare such House to be a Brothel, and shall give notice to the immediate Landlord or Lessor thereof, or if such immediate Landlord or Lessor cannot be found or ascertained, then to the Crown Lessee of the Plot of Ground on which the same be built, that such House has been declared by him to be a Brothel, and as such, comes within the Provisions of the Second and Third Sections of this Ordinance; and in case such immediate Landlord or Crown Lessee or Tenant shall dispute such Declaration of the Registrar General, then the Party so disputing such Declaration shall have an Appeal to the Chief or Assistant Magistrate, or to any two Justices of the Peace sitting for either of such Magistrates, who are hereby empowered to adjudicate on such Appeals, and whose decision thereon shall be final. VII. Brothels registered under the Provisions of Section V of this Ordinance, shall be liable to be visited by the Registrar General, and by the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and Inspectors of Police, and by the Colonial Surgeon or other Medical Officer to be from Time to Time appointed under the Provisions of this Ordinance; and the Registrar General and such several Officers as aforesaid are hereby empowered to visit and inspect the Condition of such Brothels; and the Colonial Surgeon or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid is hereby empowered and required to visit each one of such Registered Brothels, and inspect and examine each one of the Inmates therein at least once in Ten days. VIII. Every Keeper, Mistress, or Manager of a Registered Brothel, shall once in every Week General with Weekly furnish the Registrar General with a true Report of the Condition of Health of each and every of the Lists of Inmates, &c. Inmates of the same. Lists of Inmates, &c., to be kept suspended in each Brothel. Keepers of Brothels to furnish the Registrar . 1. every IX. In every Registered Brothel there shall be kept suspended, in some public Place, a Board, contain. ing, in the English and Chinese Languages, a List of the Names and Ages of the Inmates then resident in the House, and such List shall be altered from Time to Time according as any Inmate may be absent there- from, either by reason of leaving such House altogether, or of being removed therefrom either to Gaol or Hospital under the Provisions of this Ordinance. Penalty for offering X. Any Brothel Keeper or Prostitute who shall offer any Obstacle to, or refuse to admit such any obstacle to Visits Registrar General, Superintendent, or Inspector of Police, for the purpose of making such Inspection as of proper Officers, &c. aforesaid, or shall refuse to submit to such Inspection or Examination by the Colonial Surgeon or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid, or shall furnish a wilfully false Report of the Condition of Health of the Inmates as is herein required, or shall not keep suspended such List of such Inmates, and keep the same altered or corrected from Time to Time as is herein required, as the Case may be, shall for each Offence be liable to a Penalty of not more than One Hundred current Dollars, or may be imprisoned with or without hard Labour for any Time not exceeding Three Months. Women affected XI. Every Prostitute, or Inmate of a Registered Brothel, who shall be at any Time declared by the with any Venereal Colonial Surgeon or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid to be affected with any Venereal Disease, Disease to be removed to Hospital. shall be, by Order of the Registrar General given under his Hand, removed to such Hospital as shall be built or set apart for Women affected with Venereal Diseases, under the provisions of this Ordinance, and such Prostitute shall be kept under the control of the Medical Officer of such Hospital, and shall not leave or attempt to leave the same until properly discharged as cured by such Medical Officer; and on every occasion of discharging any such Prostitute from the said Hospital as cured, the Medical Officer so discharging such Prostitute shall give her a Certificate under his Hand of having been so discharged, which Certificate, should such Prostitute return to a Brothel, is to be produced and shewn to the Registrar General, or to the Superintendent or Inspectors of Police, whensoever the Production of the same shall be by him or them demanded; and any Prostitute who shall during her Continuance in such Hospital refuse to submit to or obey the Directions of the Medical Officer thereof, or shall leave or attempt to Expenses of any leave the same until she be properly discharged as cured as aforesaid, shall be liable to be imprisoned with Woman while in Hos- or without hard Labour for any time not exceeding Three Months; and the Expenses which may be incurred pital, to be paid by the in and about the Maintenance and Treatment of any such Prostitute in such Hospital shall be a Debt due Keeper of the Brothel to the Crown, and shall be paid by the Keeper of the Brothel of which such Prostitute shall have been an whence such Woman shall have been re- Inmate, or from which she shall have been so removed, and the same in case of non-payment shall be sued for and recovered by the Registrar General. moved. Prostitutes infecting healthy Persons liable to Punishment. XII. If any Prostitute labouring under a Venereal Disease shall, to the satisfaction of the Chief or Assistant Magistrate, be proved to have infected any Person with such Disease, such Prostitute, on convic- tion thereof, shall be punished by Imprisonment either in Gaol or Hospital for a Term not exceeding Three Months, and the Keeper of the Brothel in which such Prostitute shall be found shall in every such Case be fined a Penalty not exceeding Two Hundred current Dollars. Every Keeper of a XIII. Every Keeper of a Registered Brothel shall pay to the Registrar General or his Collector the Brothel to paya Sum of Four current Dollars per Mensem, which the Registrar General is hereby empowered to demand Monthly Sum. and collect, and all such Sums are to be paid by the Registrar General into the Colonial Treasury. Moneys collected by XIV. All Monies collected under or by virtue of Sections XIII and XIX are to be appropriated to way of Fees under this the formation of a general Fund for the Purposes of this Ordinance, out of which a Monthly Sum (to be Ordinance to go to the fixed by His Excellency in Council) is to be paid to the Colonial Surgeon, or to such other Medical Formation of a general Fund for the Purposes Officer as may be from Time to Time appointed for the Purposes of this Ordinance, under the Provisions of the Ordinance. of Section VII, as his Remuneration for performing the Duties required or imposed by this Ordinance; Pay of the Colonial and the said Colonial Surgeon, or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid, is hereby empowered (with the Surgeon or other Me- sanction of His Excellency the Governor) to nominate or appoint a Deputy or Assistant, being a Person dical Officer appointed under this Ordinance, properly qualified to act for him, in case he shall be at any Time incapacitated or unable to perform such Duties, or any Portion of them. Keepers of Brothels tection, &c. XV. Every Keeper of a Registered Brothel shall be allowed, upon giving Notice thereof to the may employ Constables Superintendent of Police, and obtaining his Authority, to employ a Constable for the Protection of, and the specially for their Pro- Preservation of Order in, such Brothel, such Constables to be under the Control of, and responsible to, and to Such Constables to be paid by, the Superintendent of Police, and to wear a Uniform to be chosen for the Purpose, but to be be under the Control, solely employed about the Protection of the Brothel by the Keeper of which each of them is employed; &c., of the Superin- and every Keeper of a Brothel so employing such Special Constable as aforesaid shall pay quarterly in tendent of Police. advance to the Superintendent of Police, a Sum sufficient to cover the Expenses which may be incurred in payment of the Wages of and providing the Uniform for such Constable, and such Sum shall in case of non-payment be sued for and recovered by the Superintendent of Police. A Hospital for Women to be built. · XVI. A Hospital shall be built, or Premises in the first instance hired, exclusively for the Reception Provisions for renting and Treatment of Women affected with Venereal Diseases, the cost of renting such Premises to be suitable Premises in defrayed out of the Fund to be raised under Sections XIII and XIX, and the Remainder of the Moneys the meantime until which shall from Time to Time be collected under the said Sections, over and above such Sunis as shall be such Hospital shall I applied in Payment of the Colonial Surgeon, or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid, and in Payment of the Expenses of renting and maintaining such Premises as aforesaid, shall go and be applied to the built. LEZX Z N to W ] C W si t 1 s ti h tl SFAAPAYA ( י ก r. 11 2 I I 1957. Register Lessor ding or Lessor, c.at any egister, in such which Il forth- Lessor a Lessee to be a inance; n of the Chief or who are ole to be ectors of ed under said are or such =gistered S. y Week Fy of the contain. sident in nt there- Gaol or NOVEMBER 28, 1857. Ghe Hongkong Government Gazettę. formation of a Fund for the purpose of building, fitting up, and maintaining such Hospital, and enlarging e same from Time to Time as may be required; and all Fees directed to be levied and paid by Section VIII, in case of non-payment, shall be sued for and recovered by the Registrar General, who shall pay the Same into the Colonial Treasury. as Keepers of Licensed to Boarding House furnish the Harbour Diseased Seamen XVII. Every Keeper of a Licensed Boarding House' for Seamen shall furnish to the Harbour Master, once in every Week, a List of Seamen then resident in his House, and shall report in such List the state of Health of each Seaman so far as he may be able to ascertain the same; and every Seaman Master with Weekly who may be reported or may be otherwise discovered to be affected with a Venereal Disease, unless Lists of the Seamen then under Medical Treatment, shall be removed by Warrant under the Hand of the Harbour Master to a resident in their Hospital, where he shall be kept until he be, by the Medical Attendants thereof, discharged as cured, and Houses. shall have obtained from such Medical Attendants a Certificate of his having been so discharged, which Certificate he shall produce and shew to the Harbour Master when required so to do; and the Expenses be removed to Hospi- which may be incurred in and about the Maintenance and Treatment of any such Seaman in such Hospital, tal shall be a Debt due to the Crown, and shall be paid by such Seaman; or, in Case of the Keeper of the Boarding House in which such Seaman shall have resided before his removal to Hospital not having reported, or having made a false Report as to the state of Health of such Seaman, then such Expenses shall be paid by such Boarding House Keeper, in case it shall appear to, and be certified by, the Colonial Surgeon or his Deputy, or the Medical Attendants of the Hospital to which such Seaman may be removed, that the Disease with which he may be affected is of such a Nature as that the Keeper of the Boarding Hause could, with ordinary and reasonable Observation, have ascertained its Existence; and in all Cases sach Expenses shall in case of non-payment be sued for and recovered by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Hospital. XVIII. If any Seaman affected with a Venereal Disease, and reported so to be by the Keeper of Penalty for offering the Boarding House in which such Seaman may be residing, shall refuse or offer any Hindrance or Obstruc- any obstruction to Re- tion to his Removal to Hospital; or, having been removed to Hospital, shall attempt to leave the same moval to Hospital, &c. before he shall be properly discharged cured; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to produce his Certificate of Discharge when required by the Harbour Master or his Deputy authorized to demand the same; or being affected with a Venereal Disease, shall neglect or refuse to inform the Keeper of the Boarding House in which he may be residing,-then, and in every such Case, such Seaman so offending shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding Twenty-five current Dollars, or to Imprisonment, with or without hard Labour, for any Time not exceeding One Month.i ▪ XIX. The Master of any Merchant Ship, before shipping any Seaman, may require that such Seaman Masters of Ships dall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon or other Medical Officer who may be appointed for such Purpose before shipping Sea- nit such in connection with the Harbour Master's Department, and who is hereby required to attend at stated men may require that ection as Hours in the Forenoon and Afternoon of each Day at the Harbour Master's Office for the Purposes of such they be inspected. or such inspection; and the Colonial Surgeon or such other Medical Officer upon such Inspection is to give a Certificate under his Hand as to the State of Health of such Seaman, which Certificate such Seaman is to Froduce and show to the Master of the Ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every such Offence Certificate there shall be paid the Fee of Fifty Cents, to be paid by the Master or Agent of the Ship in case such Seaman should prove to be in sound Health, and by the Seaman himself or the Boarding House Keeper with whom he shall be residing in case he shall prove to be affected with any Venereal hisease; such Fee to be received by the Harbour Master, and in case of non-payment to be sued for and recovered by him, and paid into the Colonial Treasury for the Purposes of this Ordinance. th of the the same I with or ed by the Disease, s shall be rdinance, and shall =cer; and XX. In all Cases where Punishment by Imprisonment shall be inflicted under this Ordinance, such Imprisonment may be either in Gaol or Imprisonment may be either in Gaol or in' Hospital, and may be either with or without hard Labour as the Hospital. Court shall adjudge. From whom. Fines XXI. In all Cases in which Fines shall be imposed under the Provisions of any Section of this al Officer Ordinance, and the Brothel Keeper on whom such Fine shall be imposed shall be unable to pay or discharge may be recovered, Scharred the same, then the same shall be recovered from the immediate Landlord or Lessor of such House; and Registrar case such Landlord or Lessor be not known or cannot be ascertained, then from the Crown Lessee of ame shall the Plot of Ground on which such House may be erected or built, provided it be proved to the satisfaction Hospital of the Magistrate, that such Crown Lessee was cognisant of the Purposes for which such House shall have ttempt to been let or occupied. oned with No Trade to be XXII. No House in which any Trade or Business shall be carried on shall be Registered, or be carried on in any ⇒ inculpable of becoming a Registered Brothel under the Provisions of this Ordinance. Debt e been an XXIII. No Moneys which shall be raised under the Provisions of this Ordinance by way of any Fee hall at any Time be applied or applicable to any Purposes other than or different from the Specific t shall be Purposes for which the same are to be raised, and to which they are to be applied under the Provisions of this Ordinance. e Chief or XXIV. His Excellency in Council is hereby empowered from Time to Time to make such Regula on convictions and By-Laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance, ing Three and for the Regulation and Control of Registered Brothels within the aforesaid Districts. XXV. All cases arising under this Ordinance shall be tried and adjudicated by, and all Fines h Case be and Penalties herein mentioned, and all Sums herein declared to be recoverable, shall be sued for and llector the covered before, any Magistrate of Police either singly, or any two or more Justices of the Peace in the to demandanner provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, entitled, “ An Ordinance to regulate Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, and to protect Justices in the execution of their duty." y. opriated to -um (to be er Medical Provisions Ordinance; (with the ga Person rform such reof to the of, and the e to, and to . but • Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, No. 163. this 24th Day of November, 1857. J. M. D'ALMada e Castro, for the Clerk of Councils. JOHN BOWRING. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Brothel. Moneys raised under this Ordinance to be applied solely to the :- Purposes of the Ordi- Power to Governor make By-Laws and Regulations. Penalties how to be recovered. nance. to It is hereby notified that, in consequence of W. H. WHITE, Esquire, having been ordered home, His Excellency The Governor has been pleased, with the concurrence of the proper authorities, to appoint WILLIAM employed MESURIER, Assistant Commissary General, Acting Auditor General of Hongkong, from the 16th instant, uarterly in incurred in - in case of Reception mises to be he Money; as shall be Payment of lied to the LE By Order, W. T. BRIDGES; Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d November, 1857. 1957. Register Lessor ding or Lessor, c.at any egister, in such which Il forth- Lessor a Lessee to be a inance; n of the Chief or who are ole to be ectors of ed under said are or such =gistered S. y Week Fy of the contain. sident in nt there- Gaol or NOVEMBER 28, 1857. Ghe Hongkong Government Gazettę. formation of a Fund for the purpose of building, fitting up, and maintaining such Hospital, and enlarging e same from Time to Time as may be required; and all Fees directed to be levied and paid by Section VIII, in case of non-payment, shall be sued for and recovered by the Registrar General, who shall pay the Same into the Colonial Treasury. as Keepers of Licensed to Boarding House furnish the Harbour Diseased Seamen XVII. Every Keeper of a Licensed Boarding House' for Seamen shall furnish to the Harbour Master, once in every Week, a List of Seamen then resident in his House, and shall report in such List the state of Health of each Seaman so far as he may be able to ascertain the same; and every Seaman Master with Weekly who may be reported or may be otherwise discovered to be affected with a Venereal Disease, unless Lists of the Seamen then under Medical Treatment, shall be removed by Warrant under the Hand of the Harbour Master to a resident in their Hospital, where he shall be kept until he be, by the Medical Attendants thereof, discharged as cured, and Houses. shall have obtained from such Medical Attendants a Certificate of his having been so discharged, which Certificate he shall produce and shew to the Harbour Master when required so to do; and the Expenses be removed to Hospi- which may be incurred in and about the Maintenance and Treatment of any such Seaman in such Hospital, tal shall be a Debt due to the Crown, and shall be paid by such Seaman; or, in Case of the Keeper of the Boarding House in which such Seaman shall have resided before his removal to Hospital not having reported, or having made a false Report as to the state of Health of such Seaman, then such Expenses shall be paid by such Boarding House Keeper, in case it shall appear to, and be certified by, the Colonial Surgeon or his Deputy, or the Medical Attendants of the Hospital to which such Seaman may be removed, that the Disease with which he may be affected is of such a Nature as that the Keeper of the Boarding Hause could, with ordinary and reasonable Observation, have ascertained its Existence; and in all Cases sach Expenses shall in case of non-payment be sued for and recovered by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Hospital. XVIII. If any Seaman affected with a Venereal Disease, and reported so to be by the Keeper of Penalty for offering the Boarding House in which such Seaman may be residing, shall refuse or offer any Hindrance or Obstruc- any obstruction to Re- tion to his Removal to Hospital; or, having been removed to Hospital, shall attempt to leave the same moval to Hospital, &c. before he shall be properly discharged cured; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to produce his Certificate of Discharge when required by the Harbour Master or his Deputy authorized to demand the same; or being affected with a Venereal Disease, shall neglect or refuse to inform the Keeper of the Boarding House in which he may be residing,-then, and in every such Case, such Seaman so offending shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding Twenty-five current Dollars, or to Imprisonment, with or without hard Labour, for any Time not exceeding One Month.i ▪ XIX. The Master of any Merchant Ship, before shipping any Seaman, may require that such Seaman Masters of Ships dall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon or other Medical Officer who may be appointed for such Purpose before shipping Sea- nit such in connection with the Harbour Master's Department, and who is hereby required to attend at stated men may require that ection as Hours in the Forenoon and Afternoon of each Day at the Harbour Master's Office for the Purposes of such they be inspected. or such inspection; and the Colonial Surgeon or such other Medical Officer upon such Inspection is to give a Certificate under his Hand as to the State of Health of such Seaman, which Certificate such Seaman is to Froduce and show to the Master of the Ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every such Offence Certificate there shall be paid the Fee of Fifty Cents, to be paid by the Master or Agent of the Ship in case such Seaman should prove to be in sound Health, and by the Seaman himself or the Boarding House Keeper with whom he shall be residing in case he shall prove to be affected with any Venereal hisease; such Fee to be received by the Harbour Master, and in case of non-payment to be sued for and recovered by him, and paid into the Colonial Treasury for the Purposes of this Ordinance. th of the the same I with or ed by the Disease, s shall be rdinance, and shall =cer; and XX. In all Cases where Punishment by Imprisonment shall be inflicted under this Ordinance, such Imprisonment may be either in Gaol or Imprisonment may be either in Gaol or in' Hospital, and may be either with or without hard Labour as the Hospital. Court shall adjudge. From whom. Fines XXI. In all Cases in which Fines shall be imposed under the Provisions of any Section of this al Officer Ordinance, and the Brothel Keeper on whom such Fine shall be imposed shall be unable to pay or discharge may be recovered, Scharred the same, then the same shall be recovered from the immediate Landlord or Lessor of such House; and Registrar case such Landlord or Lessor be not known or cannot be ascertained, then from the Crown Lessee of ame shall the Plot of Ground on which such House may be erected or built, provided it be proved to the satisfaction Hospital of the Magistrate, that such Crown Lessee was cognisant of the Purposes for which such House shall have ttempt to been let or occupied. oned with No Trade to be XXII. No House in which any Trade or Business shall be carried on shall be Registered, or be carried on in any ⇒ inculpable of becoming a Registered Brothel under the Provisions of this Ordinance. Debt e been an XXIII. No Moneys which shall be raised under the Provisions of this Ordinance by way of any Fee hall at any Time be applied or applicable to any Purposes other than or different from the Specific t shall be Purposes for which the same are to be raised, and to which they are to be applied under the Provisions of this Ordinance. e Chief or XXIV. His Excellency in Council is hereby empowered from Time to Time to make such Regula on convictions and By-Laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance, ing Three and for the Regulation and Control of Registered Brothels within the aforesaid Districts. XXV. All cases arising under this Ordinance shall be tried and adjudicated by, and all Fines h Case be and Penalties herein mentioned, and all Sums herein declared to be recoverable, shall be sued for and llector the covered before, any Magistrate of Police either singly, or any two or more Justices of the Peace in the to demandanner provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, entitled, “ An Ordinance to regulate Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, and to protect Justices in the execution of their duty." y. opriated to -um (to be er Medical Provisions Ordinance; (with the ga Person rform such reof to the of, and the e to, and to . but • Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, No. 163. this 24th Day of November, 1857. J. M. D'ALMada e Castro, for the Clerk of Councils. JOHN BOWRING. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Brothel. Moneys raised under this Ordinance to be applied solely to the :- Purposes of the Ordi- Power to Governor make By-Laws and Regulations. Penalties how to be recovered. nance. to It is hereby notified that, in consequence of W. H. WHITE, Esquire, having been ordered home, His Excellency The Governor has been pleased, with the concurrence of the proper authorities, to appoint WILLIAM employed MESURIER, Assistant Commissary General, Acting Auditor General of Hongkong, from the 16th instant, uarterly in incurred in - in case of Reception mises to be he Money; as shall be Payment of lied to the LE By Order, W. T. BRIDGES; Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d November, 1857. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [NOVEMBER 28, 1857. No. 164. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Notices and Letter respecting Lighthouses at Port Jackson and at Newcastle, on the Coast of Sydney, are published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th November, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. THE TREASURY, New South Wales, 9th October, 1857. The Honourable the Secretary for Finance and Trade directs the publication of the following Notices, for general information. HENRY LANE, Secretary to the Treasury. ADDITIONAL LIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF PORT JACKSON. Notice is hereby given, that, in addition to the Revolving Light now exhibited on the Outer South Head of the Harbour of Port Jackson, it is the intention of the Government shortly to erect a Lighthouse on the Inner South Head, which will be a first-class Catoptric Light, and exhibit a constant bright light, at an elevation above the level of high water mark of 90 feet. Notice will be given of the time when this Light will be first exhibited, as soon as it has been with certainty decided upon. ROBT. F. POCKLEY, Superintendent of Lights, Pilots, and Navigation, New South Wales. Sydney, New South Wales, 7th October, 1857. LASOTZ NEW LIGHT AT THE PORT OF NEWCASTLE. Notice is hereby given that, on and after the 1st January, 1858, the Coal Fire hitherto exhibited on the main land, at the Port of Newcastle, will be discontinued, and that a Light from the Lighthouse recently erected on Nobby's Island will be exhibited. The Light will be a bright white fixed light, and will show from Sunset to Suprise. Sydney, New South Wales, 7th October, 1857. No. 139 of 1857. ་་ H: ROBT. F. POCKLEY, mod „prarvasan, Superintendent of Lights, Pilots, and Navigation, New South Wales. LIGHT PILOT AND NAVIGATION BOARD, SYDNEY, 7th October, 1857. SIR, The Light Pilot and Navigation Board having, in attention to the Treasury Minute, dated the 5th instant, taken into con- sideration the subject of the best time for the first exhibition of the Light from the New Lighthouse at Newcastle, I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of the Honourable the Finance Minister, that they would advise that the Light should be first exhibited on the 1st January 1858, and that notice to this effect, in the accompanying Form, be published in the Government Gazette, and transmitted to the proper authorities in England, India, and other quarters, by the next mail Steamer. 2. The Board also think it desirable that a notice should be transmitted, at the same time, of the intention of the Government to erect a New Lighthouse at the Inner South Head, and they are of opinion, that until the time for the first exhibition of the Light from it be determined, the accompanying notice will be sufficient to give publicity to the intention of the Government.—I have, &c., (Signed) W. A. G. DREW, Secretary. THE SECRETARY to the Treasury. NOTICE. THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on MONDAY, the 30th day of November, a.d. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. THE By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. NOTICE. ; E next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 4th day of December, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG In the matter of the Insolvency of HENRY LAWSON CAMBRIDGE, late of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong; and in the matter of the Insolvency of LÜ-PĂN, late of Victoria. OTICE N° IS HEREBY given, that the ESTATE and EFFECTS of the above named Insolvents have been vested in NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar of the said Court, and Provisional Assignee of Insolvent Estates. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON Acting Registrar. Court House, Victoria, 26th November, 1857. In the Estate of HUGH WELSH, late of the Firm of CUBBINS & WELSH, of Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow, deceased. NOTIC ́OTICE.-All Persons baving Claims on the said Estate, will please to send them in to the undersigned; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make payment to the under- NOT In the Estate of the late:11UGH CROSS GIBSON, deceused. OTICE.All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ment to J. GIBSON. N.B.-I have empowered T. SUTHERLAND, Esquire, to receive all Debts due to the above Estate in my absence. J. GIBSON. Hongkong, 26th November, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. IN EQUITY. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON, deceased. | W NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants and Commission Agents, at Bangkok, Siam, from the 25th August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. THI NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as 'Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1837. Between ROBErtCalver Craw FORD, Complainant, |'|''ŝi and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL, Defendant. MONDAY, the Twenty-first day of December, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the REGISTRAR's Chambers, COURT HOUSE, Victoria, HONGKONG, is appointed for hearing aud adjudicating upon the Claims on the above Estate. Dated this 20th day of November, 1857. N. R. MASSON, Acting Registrar, &c., &c. E. K. STACE, Plaintiff's Solicitor, Hongkong. NOTICE. M.R R THOMAS DEAS BOYD, was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st nltimo. MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm, F. D. SYME & Co. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. signed as Administrator, on or before the 1st March, W1 1858. FRED. HOWE HALE, NOTICE. E have this day established at Skanghae, under the same Style,'a Eranch of our Firm in China. MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is anthorized to H. B. M.'s Officiating Consul. | sign our namb por procuration from same date. British Consulate, Fonchow, 9th November, 1857. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquiré, deceased. the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are | requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deccased. NOT ŢOTICE-AI Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ment to ADAM SCOTT, or AND. S. DIXSON,{ Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. Executors. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.-- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these chargos for cách Repetition. Copy! 28, 1857. THE the Coast of IDGES. 1 Secretary. -ober, 1857. •rmation. -ANE, Treasury.. Harbour of Por --class Catoptrid apon. Hongkong Government GAZETTE. CY. and Navigation NEW SERIES. 1, at the Port of d. CY, and Navigation, ober, 1857.» taken into con am directed to e first exhibited nt Gazette, and Government to che Light from &c., - DREW, etary. ch of our House, Commission Ageuls, August last, HMIDT & Co. bsisting between -L and JAMESİ , Notaries Public. dissolved; by the ~, on the 28th day M GASKELL. 357. ► y of MR JAMES d by his death on BRIMELOW. LES EDWIN ceased. g Claims against = send them in for hted thereto, are ent to JOHN WISE, 7. Executor. VILLIAM B, ed. -g Claims against → to send them in. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH DECEMBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Voz. III. No. 127. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for ProcLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC Papers, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. No.:165. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Seoretary. In consequence of certain applications for Spirit Licenses having been received too late to be brought under consideration at the Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, held at the Chief Magistrate's Office, on Wednesday, the 18th of the current Month, pursuant to Notification No. 144, of 14th October last, a further Sessions is hereby appointed to be held at the said Office, on Wednesday, the 30th of December ensuing, for the purpose of consider- ing the said applications. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st December, 1857. No.166. ·GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. It is hereby notified, that the right of obtaining Night Passes having been abused, it is deemed expedient under existing circumstances to restrict very considerably the Number of Passes hitherto issued, both to Europeans and Chinese. To prevent unnecessary inconvenience, any Person of respectability requiring extra Passes for any particular night will be able to obtain them from the Superintendent of Police, on the understanding that they are returned the following morning. The words " at large,” as affecting this question of Night Passes, will not be held to extend to any Chinese actually accompanying Europeans, whether as Servant or otherwise. The Grantees of Passes are reminded, that no Person should be entrusted by them with the use of a Pass, unless such Person is necessarily employed outside the house for them, or on their business. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d December, 1857. T 一千八百五十七 ᄅ 年 W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 治奉急 請主倘日請遇有 請滋照 有領有未 照 各法之 母借夜 請照其已領 得 囘要經 俾 亂 各其事 後執示 者國得便准照 Mail, Hongkong. Copies, Thirty-sis mes and under, One "menty Cents-One- 日 示 宜不 得方 凛得 方 遵私 私准 領 執傭留於其者 嘅無 違與行 照非工行赴惟 減論 請 特人仍 者私有他走巡 領 致須須行事日仍捕 爾 干小 遇毋跟之須官中 等人多 究心緊隨用署人凡等實 indebted to the Le immed'ate pay- Executors. 十八八味 初五 憲 示 petition. $ 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. [DECEMBER 5, 1857. DECE All Parties having Claims upon the Colonial Treasury, are requested to forward a Statement of the same to this Office, on or before Monday, the 21st instant, that all Arrears, if any, may be liquidated on or before thé 31st instant. ** H FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer å male Is the Es of C Foo NOTI watersign Estate, as signed as 1858. Colonial Treasury, 4th December, 1857, 丁已年十月二十日 香 ̇諭 署於期年 月定兩 底 Britis! 9tl 呈是儿十 限當所 MU ZAMOUT & 繳 日 以開應10月 有 Fortu YAMIZAT 有 十於郎 mort 英全 應照 Lavo! 照 ●清之 各現 年支 WM RICE 特 60 丁 給單項 土 便 具領初 日本數 領得 W 使 to mi soutui VAI BIOKANI and we meil 1) › „ranquia ibifa ya ni A MR. MR 1 retired f Amoy WE at BAN Shan K 事 項屆 諭 玆 特到准篇已二 銀歲 篇 THE the 2d ‹ No. 43. Hon GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. In consequence of a Communication received from The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Victoria, stating that uneasiness had been caused to Parties whose Marriages in China had not been celebrated at British Consulates, His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, for the purpose of removing such uneasiness, and for the information of all concerned, publishes the following, Despatch from the Earl of Clarendon, dated March 17th, 1853, addressed to SIR GEORGE BONHAM. No. 5. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d December, 1857. GEO. S. MORRISON. FOREIGN OFFICE, 17th March, 1853. SIR,—I have referred to the Law Advisers of the Crown the question as to the Validity of Marriages between British Subjects at Shanghae, solemnised otherwise than according to the Provisions of the Act of the 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 68, which formed the subject of Dr Bowring's Despatch No. 167, of the 30th of November; and I have now to acquaint you that, even if no such Act as that of the 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 68, were in existence, Marriages between British Subjects performed by any Minister of the Church of England, in any British Chapel or elsewhere at Shanghae, would be good. The grounds on which this conclusion is arrived at are, that on principle and on authority such Marriages would have been good at Common Law; and inasmuch as the English Marriage Acts do not extend to China, and as it is a country which has no local Law of Marriage, they will be good in that country. The 21st Section of the Article ́of 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 68, prevents their validity from being in anywise affected by that Statute. The object of that Statute was to facilitate and not to impede the Marriages of British Subjects abroad; and, in order thereto, to provide for the celebration of such Marriages by the Consul where there might be no Minister of the Church of England, or where the Parties might not choose to have recourse to such a Minister. The Legislature did not thereby intend to invalidate, nor has it thereby invalidated, Marriages which would have been valid independently of that Statute.-I ́am, &c., (Signed) CLARENDON. Sir George Bonham, Bart., &C., &c., &c. True Copy, H. F. HANCE. Steam for POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLESINGAPORE," will close on MONDAY, Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSUlar & Oriental Steam NAVIGA- THE TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “SINGAPORE,” Captain G. A. GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on TUESDAY, the 15th Decomber, 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, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1857. the 14th instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. · A SUPPLEMENtary Mail will be made up on the following morning. LETTERs received from 9 to 11 A.M., and 11 to Half-past 12 o'clock P.M. Post Office, Hongkong, 3d December, 1857. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. NOTICE. R ROBERT MUIRHEAD REDDIE, is Mauthorized to sign the name of our Firm in China. HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1857. In re ROBERT STEWART, Engineer) to the * Queen" Steamer, deccused. SOPRAGALO, Police Constable, deceased. " "9 ELLI BUCCAS, " " ISAAC BACHELOR, „ JOHN LORTON, " Νο 99 " 99 99 ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 19th day of May, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. In re JOHN ABBOTT, Police Constable, deceased. FRANK ATTRILL, or OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS CODICILS of the above Parties that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on FRIDAY, the 11th day of December, 1857; or if that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse none, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court. By the Court, A NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. In re Estate of late Lieut.-ColonelĮLUGARD, R.K NY Parties having Claims on, or being indebted to, the Estate of the late Lieut.-Colonel LUGARD, Royal Engineers, are requested to com- municate with the undersigned without delay. J. W. GOSSET, Captain, Royal Engineers. Royal Engineers' Office, Hongkong, 3d December, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLÈS EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. ́OTICE-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, aro All Persons indebted to the above Estates, are re-requested to make immediate payment to quested to make immediate Payment to NORMAN RAMSAY, MASSON, Acting Registrar-Official Administrator. Hongkong, 17th September, 185 JOHN WISE, Executor $ 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. [DECEMBER 5, 1857. DECE All Parties having Claims upon the Colonial Treasury, are requested to forward a Statement of the same to this Office, on or before Monday, the 21st instant, that all Arrears, if any, may be liquidated on or before thé 31st instant. ** H FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer å male Is the Es of C Foo NOTI watersign Estate, as signed as 1858. Colonial Treasury, 4th December, 1857, 丁已年十月二十日 香 ̇諭 署於期年 月定兩 底 Britis! 9tl 呈是儿十 限當所 MU ZAMOUT & 繳 日 以開應10月 有 Fortu YAMIZAT 有 十於郎 mort 英全 應照 Lavo! 照 ●清之 各現 年支 WM RICE 特 60 丁 給單項 土 便 具領初 日本數 領得 W 使 to mi soutui VAI BIOKANI and we meil 1) › „ranquia ibifa ya ni A MR. MR 1 retired f Amoy WE at BAN Shan K 事 項屆 諭 玆 特到准篇已二 銀歲 篇 THE the 2d ‹ No. 43. Hon GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. In consequence of a Communication received from The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Victoria, stating that uneasiness had been caused to Parties whose Marriages in China had not been celebrated at British Consulates, His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, for the purpose of removing such uneasiness, and for the information of all concerned, publishes the following, Despatch from the Earl of Clarendon, dated March 17th, 1853, addressed to SIR GEORGE BONHAM. No. 5. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d December, 1857. GEO. S. MORRISON. FOREIGN OFFICE, 17th March, 1853. SIR,—I have referred to the Law Advisers of the Crown the question as to the Validity of Marriages between British Subjects at Shanghae, solemnised otherwise than according to the Provisions of the Act of the 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 68, which formed the subject of Dr Bowring's Despatch No. 167, of the 30th of November; and I have now to acquaint you that, even if no such Act as that of the 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 68, were in existence, Marriages between British Subjects performed by any Minister of the Church of England, in any British Chapel or elsewhere at Shanghae, would be good. The grounds on which this conclusion is arrived at are, that on principle and on authority such Marriages would have been good at Common Law; and inasmuch as the English Marriage Acts do not extend to China, and as it is a country which has no local Law of Marriage, they will be good in that country. The 21st Section of the Article ́of 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 68, prevents their validity from being in anywise affected by that Statute. The object of that Statute was to facilitate and not to impede the Marriages of British Subjects abroad; and, in order thereto, to provide for the celebration of such Marriages by the Consul where there might be no Minister of the Church of England, or where the Parties might not choose to have recourse to such a Minister. The Legislature did not thereby intend to invalidate, nor has it thereby invalidated, Marriages which would have been valid independently of that Statute.-I ́am, &c., (Signed) CLARENDON. Sir George Bonham, Bart., &C., &c., &c. True Copy, H. F. HANCE. Steam for POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLESINGAPORE," will close on MONDAY, Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSUlar & Oriental Steam NAVIGA- THE TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “SINGAPORE,” Captain G. A. GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on TUESDAY, the 15th Decomber, 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, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1857. the 14th instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. · A SUPPLEMENtary Mail will be made up on the following morning. LETTERs received from 9 to 11 A.M., and 11 to Half-past 12 o'clock P.M. Post Office, Hongkong, 3d December, 1857. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. NOTICE. R ROBERT MUIRHEAD REDDIE, is Mauthorized to sign the name of our Firm in China. HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1857. In re ROBERT STEWART, Engineer) to the * Queen" Steamer, deccused. SOPRAGALO, Police Constable, deceased. " "9 ELLI BUCCAS, " " ISAAC BACHELOR, „ JOHN LORTON, " Νο 99 " 99 99 ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 19th day of May, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. In re JOHN ABBOTT, Police Constable, deceased. FRANK ATTRILL, or OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS CODICILS of the above Parties that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on FRIDAY, the 11th day of December, 1857; or if that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse none, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court. By the Court, A NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. In re Estate of late Lieut.-ColonelĮLUGARD, R.K NY Parties having Claims on, or being indebted to, the Estate of the late Lieut.-Colonel LUGARD, Royal Engineers, are requested to com- municate with the undersigned without delay. J. W. GOSSET, Captain, Royal Engineers. Royal Engineers' Office, Hongkong, 3d December, 1857. In the Estate of the late CHARLÈS EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. ́OTICE-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, aro All Persons indebted to the above Estates, are re-requested to make immediate payment to quested to make immediate Payment to NORMAN RAMSAY, MASSON, Acting Registrar-Official Administrator. Hongkong, 17th September, 185 JOHN WISE, Executor 5. 1857. he same to re the 31st RTH, surer. !rtment. stating that sulates, His nation of all ddressed.to ISON. DECEMBER 5, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. Estate of HUGH WELSH, fate of the Firm • CUBBINS & WELSH, of Pagoda Anchorage, Foochów, deceased. OTICE. -All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, will please to send them in to the igned; and all Persons indebted to the said , are requested to make payment to the under- -1 as Administrator, on or before the let March, FRED. HOWE hale, H. B. M.'s Officiating Consul. -itish Consulate, Foochow 9th November, 1837. NOTICE. R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimó, FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, And from our Firm. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. F. D. SYME & Co. NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants & Commission Agents, BANGKOK, SIAM, from the 25th August last, - REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Sanghae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE E Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. Austreget. Sumoigia In the Estate of the late HUGH CROSS- GIBSON, deccused, 3 In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. [OTICE-All Persons having Claims against NOTICE. All Persons having (Csend them in the said Estate, will please to send them in Estate, will please to for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ment to J. GIBSON. N.B. I have empowered T. SUTHERLAND, Esquire, to receive all Debts due to the above Estate in my absence. Hongkong, 26th November, 1857. WE in China. NOTICE. J. GIBSON. E have this day established at Shanghac, under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRERES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. NOTICE. for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay ADAM SCOTT, ment to or Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. BLANK FOR SALE, Executors. at the Office of the “ China Mail." LANK Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS (printed in Pamphlet form) for the RIVERS YANG-Tsze-Kiang" and MIN. And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the Printed at the Office of the China Hail, Hongkong— decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857.TATED OTT WILLIAM GASKELL. April 1857. Dated chip 29th day of April PRICH, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Linë, Twenty Gents-One- kalf of these charges for each Repetition. boda quitste pâineau! V. To qodeiƐ bro. I sďT ba919v9H tdyið eðT moi} bevisser neitroiyamneo) a lo st itslund dati& in botardalso need ton bed enid ni 9gsins szod enim or hers and-" la lo noitemolní ɔut 10ì bas eesniaconu, doue quivo or to someg odt tot vroiteategiral #janjeśl baths 81 AUT¡ dorsM hatab,mobost: to luk als mod wetsgeof, quowallet was andelt MOZIRSOM POWD „mh0 yü Tha! sedaboaŭ 19 pa dynol comfy, aboad] be yonelmenniraqui. ch, 1853. sh Subjects at ch formed the ch Act as that the Church of e been good at 10 local Law of ts their validity rder thereto, to I, or where the has it thereby ENDON. nstable, deceased. 99 te Next of KIN, duce any WILLS cies that may be preme Court, on ember, 1857; or lo accept or refuse Failing which, Ad- e Registrar of the SAY MASSON egistrar. 【LUGARD, R.K ■, or being indebte ate Lieut.-Colone requested te com thout delay. V. GOSSET, Royal Engineers. byronosh „aldetzar 2 soliol (3TOSHA KROG et al TO ETTA ZEZANE * donad 25OITOJ, Darekani mkt ar Potraty at low stemgel LES EDWIN Feceased. ng Claims again e send them in fa bted thereto, a ment to JOHN WISE, うに Executor zageriali ana nad ziyim exquis pasa ku-,ɔtute12 tudi to qilactozpibui lulez 2990 aral blava doga 4ཏྠཱ,。 • KOTUZAHTUU? & $ dents groqueïl ani) 12:1 681 gadmoon bil odi qa anda sesal Ilus „opul) ban on ovalyje DITOV barn brand na fer inve } ${# *»! COME CAIUM TR499 Я svo de eman dit myia of bosirodius Persanak, OLAWAT2 T99dos 6+ mi C 990TADASITO2 CIMA ON saleŸ Ang eumetno? zut în " COUBDAH DAAZI ZODIOJ ZHOL 那 en - wiel) [IA --MOTO Y bona vebied jeum hos zmotrys, cová nda dire atve ad bovcaq ad Jenny e noted ! thar goda najwy din THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH DECEMBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 128. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLamations, NotifICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 167. 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, 10th December, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting 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 30th November, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation, NOTES ISSUED.......... SPECIE IN RESERVE, $339,345. 200,000. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st December, 1857. P. CAMPBELL, Manager. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that I found the necessary Amount of Specie as required by the Royal Charter. · J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant. Victoria, Hongkong, 10th December, 1857. No. 165. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer. In consequence of certain applications for Spirit Licenses having been received too. late to be brought under consideration at the Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, held at the Chief Magistrate's Office, on Wednesday, the 18th of the current Month, pursuant to Notification No. 144, of 14th October last, a further Sessions is hereby appointed to be held at the said Office, on Wednesday, the 30th of December ensuing, for the purpose of consider- ing the said applications. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st December, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 2 No. 166. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [DECEMBER 12, 1857. D GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that the right of obtaining Night Passes having been abused, it is deemed expedient under existing circumstances to restrict very considerably the Number of Passes hitherto issued, both to Europeans and Chinese. To prevent unnecessary inconvenience, any Person of respectability requiring extra Passes for any particular night will be able to obtain them from the Superintendent of Police, on the understanding that they are returned the following morning. The words " at large,” as affecting this question of Night Passes, will not be held to extend to any Chinese actually accompanying Europeans, whether as Servant or otherwise. The Grantees of Passes are reminded, that no Person should be entrusted by them with the use of a Pass, unless such Person is necessarily employed outside the house for them, or on their business..... By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d December, 1857. T wo vojarne T ! 1 TAM NAD 治奉 急請主倘日請 遇有請滋 W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Ri est: T 啊 一千八百五十七十二初 已 年 +11+ 之照人有領有未照繁得 憲 嗣 其同為囘 囘俾 要經亂夜 其事 方 巳 行 各不 私准領者國得 母借夜·····傭留 於其者啊。無 治各宜澟遵毌違特示 便准照 行 後執不 照 為行 與行照非工為 行赴惟減 人仍者私有他 走巡衣給中 示致 致須須行事 日仍捕冠爾外 日 多 干小遇毋跟之須官中等人 等實 究心緊庸隨 庸隨用 署人儿 請 領 巳 .GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. All Parties having Claims upon the Colonial Treasury, are requested to forward a Statement of the same to this Office, on or before Monday, the 21st instant, that all Arrears, if any, may be liquidated on or before the 31st instant. FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer. Colonial Treasury, 4th December, 1857. 丁已年十月二十日 香 署於期年月定兩 月定雨 底 呈是凡十 十二限當所譲 照 全應 領得 : 特 諭 照清之六 六年支各 各現 給單項 日丁 + 發項 屆 特到准為已 玆銀歲 科 篇 No.44. 繳日有 十於即有事 月 以開應 便具領初日 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. has His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., received a Communication from His Excellency The Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of His Majesty The Emperor of the French, announcing the Blockade of the Canton River from the 12th instant. A Translation, of this Communication is published for general information. By Order, . GEO. S. MORRISON. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th December, 1857.. ! 1857. DECEMBER 12, 1857.] ent under Deans and for any - they are t be held The Hongkong Government Gazette. (Translation.) 3 تن NAVAL DIVISION OF INDO-CHINA, CABINET OF THE ADMIRAL. MACAO ROADS, 10th December, 1857. MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE,-I have the honour to forward to your Excellency, Copy of the Notification of the Blockade of the Canton Viver by the Naval Forces of His Majesty The Emperor of the French, which are placed under my orders; which Blockade I declare tablished from the Twelfth of the current Month.—I have the honour to be, Monsieur le Ministre, your Excellency's very humblė d very obedient servant, The Rear-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Division of Passes ecessarily GES, etary. To His Excellency THE MINISTEr PlenipotenTIARY, OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAt Britain, &c., &c., &c. " of His Majesty The Emperor of the French, (Signed) C. RIGAULT dɛ GENOUILLY. (Translation.) NAVAL DIVISION OF INDO-CHINA, CABINET OF THE ADMIRAL. FRIGATE Némésis, 10th December, 1857. I, the undersigned, Rear-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of IIis Majesty The Emperor of the French in the China and India Seas: : After coming to an understanding with The High Commissioner His Imperial Majesty on the pending difficulties between the Government of France and that of China, on the means of terminating them, on the Resolution of the Governments of France and England, to proceed by common action for the reparations which are due to them, and iu virtue of the Powers appertaining to me as Commander-in-Chief,— DECLARE: From the the Twelfth of the current Month, the River and Port of Canton and their Outlets will be held in a state of effective Blockade, by the Naval Forces placed under my command, acting in concert with the. Naval Forces of Her Britannic Majesty. Any Vessel attempting to violate the Blockade will be proceeded against according to International Law, and the Treatics in force with Neutral Powers. (Signed) On Board H. I. M. Frigate Le Némésis, Macao Roads, the Tenth of December, 1857. True Translations, H. F. HANCE. C. RIGAULT de GENOUILLY. the same to ore the 31st RTH, surer. partment. Steam for NOTICE. R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, MR ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE HE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “SINGAPORE,” Captain G. A. GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on TUESDAY, the 15th December, 212 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., en the 13th; SPECIE until Noon on the 14th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 14th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 y the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered the Shipp to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do Pet hold themselves responsible for any Detention or indice which may happen from incorrectness on ach declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1857. NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between LROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, d Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the cease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. &c., &c., has_Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. Majesty The slation, of this RISON. NOTICE. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deccased. MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date./NOTICE.—All Persons having Claims against retired from our Firm. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. WE F. D. SYME & Co. NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants & Commission Agents, at BANGKOK, Siam, from the 25th August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July 1857. MR NOTICE. R ROBERT MUIRHEAD REDDIE, is authorized to sign the name of our Firm in HOLLIDAYSWISE & Co. Hongkong 1st December, 1857. China. In re JOHN ABBOTT, Police Constable, deceased. FRANK ATTRILL, 49 " JOHN LORTON, alias {LAWTON,] Police Constable, deceased. NOTICE, All Claims against the above Estates inust be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 19th day of May, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the above Estates, are re- quested to make immediate Payment to NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar--Official Administrator, In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. E have this day established at Shanghae, No W * China. under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to gn our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ADAM SCOTT, Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. ment to or Executors. the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 185 In the Estate of HUGH WELSH, late of the Firm of CUBBINS & WELSH, of Pagodu Anchorage Foochow, deceased. ́OTICE. -All Persons having Claims on the undersigned; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make payment to the under- signed as Administrator, on or before the 1st March, 1858. FRED. HOWE HALE, H. B. M.'s Officiating Consul. British Consulate, Foochow, 9th November, 1857. In the Estate of the late HUGH CROSS GIBSON, deceased. the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- J. GIBSON. ment to N.B. I have empowered T. SUTHERLAND, Esquire, to receive all Debts due to the above Estate in my absence. Hongkong, 26th November, 1837. J. GIBSON. In re Estate of late Lieut.-Colonel LUGARD, R.K. NY Parties having Claims on, or being indebted A to, the Estate of the late Lieut.-Colonel, | LUGARD, Royal Engineers, are requested to com- municate with the undersigned without delay, J. W. GOSSET, Captain, Royal Engineers. Royal Engineers' Office, Hongkong, 3d December, 1857. * Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTO,-Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cenis—One- - half of these charges for each Repetition. ! 1857. DECEMBER 12, 1857.] ent under Deans and for any - they are t be held The Hongkong Government Gazette. (Translation.) 3 تن NAVAL DIVISION OF INDO-CHINA, CABINET OF THE ADMIRAL. MACAO ROADS, 10th December, 1857. MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE,-I have the honour to forward to your Excellency, Copy of the Notification of the Blockade of the Canton Viver by the Naval Forces of His Majesty The Emperor of the French, which are placed under my orders; which Blockade I declare tablished from the Twelfth of the current Month.—I have the honour to be, Monsieur le Ministre, your Excellency's very humblė d very obedient servant, The Rear-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Division of Passes ecessarily GES, etary. To His Excellency THE MINISTEr PlenipotenTIARY, OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAt Britain, &c., &c., &c. " of His Majesty The Emperor of the French, (Signed) C. RIGAULT dɛ GENOUILLY. (Translation.) NAVAL DIVISION OF INDO-CHINA, CABINET OF THE ADMIRAL. FRIGATE Némésis, 10th December, 1857. I, the undersigned, Rear-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of IIis Majesty The Emperor of the French in the China and India Seas: : After coming to an understanding with The High Commissioner His Imperial Majesty on the pending difficulties between the Government of France and that of China, on the means of terminating them, on the Resolution of the Governments of France and England, to proceed by common action for the reparations which are due to them, and iu virtue of the Powers appertaining to me as Commander-in-Chief,— DECLARE: From the the Twelfth of the current Month, the River and Port of Canton and their Outlets will be held in a state of effective Blockade, by the Naval Forces placed under my command, acting in concert with the. Naval Forces of Her Britannic Majesty. Any Vessel attempting to violate the Blockade will be proceeded against according to International Law, and the Treatics in force with Neutral Powers. (Signed) On Board H. I. M. Frigate Le Némésis, Macao Roads, the Tenth of December, 1857. True Translations, H. F. HANCE. C. RIGAULT de GENOUILLY. the same to ore the 31st RTH, surer. partment. Steam for NOTICE. R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, MR ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE HE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “SINGAPORE,” Captain G. A. GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on TUESDAY, the 15th December, 212 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., en the 13th; SPECIE until Noon on the 14th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 14th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 y the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered the Shipp to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do Pet hold themselves responsible for any Detention or indice which may happen from incorrectness on ach declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1857. NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between LROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, d Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the cease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. &c., &c., has_Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. Majesty The slation, of this RISON. NOTICE. In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deccased. MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date./NOTICE.—All Persons having Claims against retired from our Firm. Amoy, 26th August, 1857. WE F. D. SYME & Co. NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants & Commission Agents, at BANGKOK, Siam, from the 25th August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July 1857. MR NOTICE. R ROBERT MUIRHEAD REDDIE, is authorized to sign the name of our Firm in HOLLIDAYSWISE & Co. Hongkong 1st December, 1857. China. In re JOHN ABBOTT, Police Constable, deceased. FRANK ATTRILL, 49 " JOHN LORTON, alias {LAWTON,] Police Constable, deceased. NOTICE, All Claims against the above Estates inust be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 19th day of May, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the above Estates, are re- quested to make immediate Payment to NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar--Official Administrator, In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. E have this day established at Shanghae, No W * China. under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to gn our name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRÈRES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ADAM SCOTT, Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. ment to or Executors. the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE, Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 185 In the Estate of HUGH WELSH, late of the Firm of CUBBINS & WELSH, of Pagodu Anchorage Foochow, deceased. ́OTICE. -All Persons having Claims on the undersigned; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make payment to the under- signed as Administrator, on or before the 1st March, 1858. FRED. HOWE HALE, H. B. M.'s Officiating Consul. British Consulate, Foochow, 9th November, 1857. In the Estate of the late HUGH CROSS GIBSON, deceased. the said Estate, will please to send them in for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- J. GIBSON. ment to N.B. I have empowered T. SUTHERLAND, Esquire, to receive all Debts due to the above Estate in my absence. Hongkong, 26th November, 1837. J. GIBSON. In re Estate of late Lieut.-Colonel LUGARD, R.K. NY Parties having Claims on, or being indebted A to, the Estate of the late Lieut.-Colonel, | LUGARD, Royal Engineers, are requested to com- municate with the undersigned without delay, J. W. GOSSET, Captain, Royal Engineers. Royal Engineers' Office, Hongkong, 3d December, 1857. * Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTO,-Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cenis—One- - half of these charges for each Repetition. : THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 129. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE' will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. " W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 168. PROCLAMATION. JOHN BOWRING. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China: Whereas, the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances, namely:- Ordinance No. 8 of 1857, entitled- "An Ordinance for amending Ordinance No. 3 of 1851;" Ordinance No. 9 of 1857, entitled- "An amended Ordinance for better securing the Peace of the Colony:" Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Two Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid. By His Excellency's Command, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. W. T. BRIDGES,. Acting Colonial Secretary. Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 14th Day of December, 1857. No. 169. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Circular received from The Right Honourable HENRY LABOUCHERE, M.P., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th December, 1857. CIRCULAR. Downing StreET, 2d October, 1857. SIR-It frequently happens that Persons in this Country, as well as Foreign Parts, forward, for presentation to the Queen, Books nd other Articles. In order to protect Her Majesty against the inconvenience which the common adoption of this practice must inevitably occasion, it * been laid down as a Rule, that no Book or other Article can be presented to Her Majesty without her consent previously obtained. Fe same Rule ought obviously to be extended to Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions; I have therefore to desire that you will conform urself to it, by declining to forward for presentation to Her Majesty, any Article, without special permission to that effect.—I have the our to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, → Governor SIR John Bowring, &o, &o, &C., Hongkong. H. LABOUCHERE. ૭ 2 No. 170: The Hongkong Government Gazette. [DECEMBER 19, 1857. DEC GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. SINGA ADE The Honourable THOMAS CHISHOLM ANSTEY, Esquire, Attorney General, having returned to the Colony 'on' the 13th instant, has resumed his Official Duties accordingly. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th December, 1857. No. 165. BO THE T Captain Passeng above 1 at 2 r.M CAR on the: PARCE For F apply at Compan GOVERNMENT. NOTIFICATION. In consequence of certain applications for Spirit Licenses having been received too late to be brought under consideration at the Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, held at the Chief Magistrate's Office, on Wednesday, the 18th of the current Month, pursuant to Notification No. 144, of 14th October last, a further Sessions is hereby appointed to be held at the said Office, on Wednesday, the 30th of December ensuing, for the purpose of consider ing the said applications. TH By Order, LPOZ Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st December, 1857. COX • A W of the by the by the Bills of W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. not hol Prejudi such de F Steam HOD No. 45. q ct 0 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. THE 1857, Diplomatic Department. The following Extract from the London Gazette, of Tuesday, 13th October, 1857, is, by direction of His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th December, 1857. GEO. S. MORRISON. A I G In the The Hor FOREIGN OFFICE, 13th October, 1857. It is hereby notified, that The Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a Despatch, from Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K. C.B., Commanding Her Majesty's Naval Forces in China, dated from on board Her Majesty's Ship the Calcutta, August 8th, 1857, stating that he had on that day established a Blockade of the Port and River of Canton by a competent Force under his Command: And it is hereby further notified, that all the measures authorised by the Laws of Nations and Treaties will be adopted and executed with respect to all Vessels which may attempt to violate the said Blockade. True Copy, All -f No. 46. H. F. HANCE. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. ⠀ Diplomatic Department. 丁已年十一月初四日 His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., is pleased to direct, that the subjoined Translation of a Royal Decree, regulating the Conditions on which Dollars shall be current in the Kingdom of Siam, be published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th December, 1857. GEO. S. MORRISON. "T T SOC Offic Gove ᎠᎪ . A A ROYAL PROCLAMATION addressed TO THE NATIVES AND FOREIGNERS' RESIDING IN SIAM. Two Proclamations have already been issued concerning the Exchange of Dollars into Ticals. Merchants still continue to bring Dollars into the country in order to purchase Goods with them, and it has been computed that up to this time $3,000,000 have been introduced. The Owners of Dollars desire to exchange them for Ticals, but the Treasury is unable to meet the demand: therefore the Salaries paid by the King in this month were defrayed in Dollars; but as the difficulty of passing these Dollars was foreseen, Two Proclamations were issued to facilitate the circulation of Dollars, but without effect; but hereafter, whoever refuses to receive Dollars shall be fined for disobeying the order of the King in Council, which directs them to receive Dollars in exchange for Goods; and Creditors shall receive Dollars in exchange for Goods at the rate of 3 Dollars for 5 Ticals, in accordance with the former Proclamation; and if Persons in Bangkok refuse to receive them, let-the head of the Treasury be informed-if in the Provinces, let the Governor of the Province be informed-in order that the Person refusing to receive the Dollars may be fined Five in the Hundred of the amount refused. In future, when Foreigners make Agreements with Siamese for Goods, let it be stated whether the amount is to be paid in Dollars or ▾ Ticals; but if no Agreement to this effect is entered into, and if any dispute arises when the affair is brought before the proper Officer, let hin order the account to be paid in Dollars, and deduct Five in the Hundred from the Person who refused to receive them. This Proclamation is to take effect from the First Day waning Moon, 1st Month (1st December, 1857.) A True Translation, requ Offic in C eign True Copy, (Signed) H. F. HANCE THOMAS GEORGE KNOX. C THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. P NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26TH DECEMBER, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. III. No. 130. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NoTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. ❤ No. 171. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Any Persons having to complain of Nuisances, are requested in the first instance to communicate thereon with the Inspector of Nuisances. Such Communication should be in Writing, specifying the Locality and Nature of the Nuisance, and directed to- "THE INSPECTOR OF NUISAnces, Central Police Station." Should the Nuisance complained of continue unabated, the Honourable the Surveyor General will, on reference being made to him, take, the matter under his Superintendence. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th December, 1857. No. 172. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. It is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint, subject to Her Majesty's approval, JOHN DENT, Esquire, a Member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. JOHN Dent, Esquire, having this day been sworn in, took his Seat at the Council Board. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th December, 1857. No. 165. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. In consequence of certain applications for Spirit Licenses having been received too late to be brought under consideration at the Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, held at the Chief Magistrate's Office, on Wednesday, the 18th of the current Month, pursuant to Notification No. 144, of 14th October last, a further Sessions is hereby appointed to be held at the said Office, on Wednesday, the 30th of December ensuing, for the purpose of consider- ing the said applications. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st December, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. .2 Steam for The Hongkong Government Gazette. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “CADIZ,” Captain ALDHAM, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pass gers, Sp.cic, and Cargo, will leave this for the NOTICE. COURT, will be held on TUESDAY, the 29th day of December, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. E next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. NOTICE. [DECEMBER 26, 1857. ↳ NOTICE. MUIRHEAD REDDIE, Mauthorized to sign the name of our Firm China. HOLLIDAY, WISE & Hongkong, 1st December, 1857. In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deceased. OTICE.-All having Claims THE next Session of the SUPREME COURT, NOTICE Late, will place to send theat above Places, on TUESDAY, the 29th December," at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 p.m., Lon the 27th; SPECIE until Noon on the 28th, and PARCELS until 2 r.M. on the 28th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. MAXN. FISCHER. Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 17th December, 1857. BRITISH CHURCH SOCIETY OF CANTON. HE SECOND ANNUAL Statutɔry Meeting of the MEMBERS of the BRITISH CHURCH SOCIETY OF CANTON, will be held at the Office of the British Consulate for Canton, at the Government Offices in Hongkong, on WEDNES- DAY, the 30th instant, at 1} A.M. A full attendance of Members is particularly requested. CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, II B M.'s Vice-Consul for Canton. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Hongkong, 19th December, 1857. NOTICE. in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 8th day of January, A.D. 1858, at 12 o'clock at Noon. By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. INSOLVENCY JURISDICTION. N° In the matter of the Insolvency of one HENRY LAWSON CAMBRIDGE, and also of one LUPAN, Prisoners for Debt in the Gaol of Victoria. "OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-That the Estate and Effects of each of the said Prisoners have ben vested in the Provisional Assignee by order of this Court, and that the Schedules of the above-named Prisoners have been filed in the said Court; and that it is ordered that the said Prisoners be brought up for Examination at the Supreme Court House. Victoria, on TUESDAY, the Twenty- ninth day of December, 1857, Noon; and in case any Creditor intends to oppose the Discharge of either of the said Prisoners, he must give Notice in Writing of such his intention to the Court and such Prisoner, Two clear Days prior to the day of hearing. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MÄSSON, Acting Registrar. Dated this 17th December, 1857. M NOTICE. R THOMAS DEAS BOYD was admitted a Partner in our Firm, on 1st ultimo. MR FRANCIS DARBY SYME, on same date, retired from our Firm. F. D. SYME & Co. · Amoy, 26th August, 1857. TATE have this day established at Shangliae, WĘ in China. under the same Style, a Branch of our Firm MR GEORGE BLAKEWAY is authorized to sign our Name per procuration from same date. VAUCHER FRERES. Hongkong, 15th August, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of MR JAMES 1 SMITH in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 2d of July. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 22d July, 1857. | NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our House, as General Merchants & Commission Agents, at BANGKOK, Siam, from the 25th August last. REMI, SCHMIDT & Co. Shanghae, 1st October, 1857. NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. THE WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April 1857. for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate p ment to or ADAM SCOTT, Hongkong, 29th August, 1857. Executors In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims agai the said Estate, will please send them in liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, requested to make immediate payment to JOHN WISE Executor. Hongkong, 17th September, 1857. In the Estate of HUGH WELSH, late of the F of CUBBINS & WELSH, of Pagoda Anchor Foochow, deceased. OTICE.-All Persons having Claims on N° said Estate, will please to send them in to undersigned; and all Persons indebted to the 1 Estate, are requested to make payment to the und signed as Administrator, on or before the 1st Ma 1858. FRED. HOWE HALF H. B. M.'s Officiating Con British Consulate, Foochow, 9th November, 1857. In the Estate of the late HUGH CROSS GIBSON, deceased. NOTICE. All Personal being and thou the said Estate, will please to send them i for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate ment to J. GIBSON N.B. I have empowered T. SUTHERLAN Esquire, to receive all Debts due to the above Es in my absence. J. GIBSON A Hongkong, 26th November, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkon PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copics, Thirty Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and`under, Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-l half of these charges for each Repetition., ن Hongkong THE OLONIAY TRE HONGRU མ་། Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3D JANUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. " VOL. II. No. 79. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE' will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMAtions, NotificatIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 1. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. With reference to Government Notification No. 138 of 1856, the desire of His Excellency The Governor to create a Special Constabulary by voluntary enrolment not having been generally responded to, His Excellency directs it to be notified, that he has, with the advice of the Executive Council, decided to increase still further the European Police Force, and to advance the Police Rate, from the 1st instant. When the Assessors' valuation shall have been handed in, the Amount of Rate will be fixed and announced in due course. His Excellency has already directed a Piece of Ground to be set aside for the use of the Volunteer Fire Brigade, and proposes to refer this and other subjects connected with the Security of the City to the consideration of the Legislative Council of the Colony. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d January, 1857. No. 2. BOWRING PRAYA. NOTIFICATION. CITY OF VICTORIA. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. It is hereby notified to the inhabitants of this City,, that His Excellency The Governor has received a Despatch from the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated the 10th November, 1856, conveying the sanction of Her Majesty's Government to the construction of a Praya or Sea Wall in front of a part of this City, according to the plan proposed by His Excellency; and that the necessary works will be forthwith commenced, and prosecuted with despatch to their completion. Her Majesty's Government have considered the objections of the Marine Lot-holders to the proposed plan, and do not find in them any sufficient reasons for believing that, injustice will be thereby done to those parties. The Secretary of State desires it to be clearly understood, that Her Majesty's Government can give no sanction to the supposition, that unauthorized Encroachments by Private Persons upon Public Property, confer on them any title of Occupation which can prevail against the Rights of the Crown and Public convenience.. Nevertheless, as the particular circumstances under which those Encroachments have taken place may create a claim in favour of individual Lessees to lenient treatment on the part of the local Government, or, (irrespectively of Encroachments), as there may, in certain cases, exist peculiar circumstances which should entitle any of those Lessees to special consideration, His Excellency will not fail to cause all such exceptional claims to be fully examined and equitably adjusted, between the Crown and the Claimants. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d January, 1857. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. い C No. 1. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 79.—January 3, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. · Leave of Absence having been granted Mr VICE-CONSUL SINCLAIR, His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipo- tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., &c., has been pleased to appoint, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government, Mr THOMAS TAYLOR MEADOWS, Acting Vice-Consul in Charge at the Port of Ningpo. By Order, A Superintendency of Trade, Hongkong, 1st January, 1857. NOTICE. MEETING of BRITISH SUBJECTS interested Ofice of the ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, on MONDAY, the 5th instant, at Noon precisely. Hongkong, 3d January, 1857. SAM. GRAY. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION, AILS will close for BOMBAY, EUROPE, &c., per Steamer “Madras,” on WEDNES- DAY, the 14th January next, at 6 P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning from 9 to 11 o'clock a.m., of Sixpence ; and from 11 o'clock a.m. for as lace fet, for xp late fee of One Shilling, after which hour no letters will be received. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and 12 ́o'clock, must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. W NOTICE. E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE, I J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. HAVE this day established myself in the Pre- mises lately occupied by Messrs ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, as a COMMISSION MERCHANT AND GENERAL AGENT, under the Firm of F. W. LAWRENCE & Co.. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 1st January, 1857. NOTICE. M W. WOODGATE. NOTICE. THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. ERCHANTS and others lately resident at Canton are particularly requested to in- timate to the Acting Post-MASTER, to whom they | 5th day of January 1857, at 12 o'clock Noon. wish their Correspondence delivered, or how other- wise disposed of; as, until further Notice, no Letters, &c., can be forwarded to Canton, unless such as may be Prepaid, and addressed to Persons in Her Ma- jesty's Service. WM. CHAPMAN. Acting Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th December, 1856. NOTICE. T CANTON, are for the time transferred to the THE ARCHIVES of H. B. M.'s CONSULATE AT GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONGKONG,, where any Official Communications to H. M.'s Consul can, until further notice, be addressed. By Order of Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Vice-Consul. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Government Offices, Hongkong, 22d December, 1856. A N NOTICE. Assignment of the Property, Real and Personal, of the Firm of WETMORE & Co. of CAN- TON, FOOCHOW, and SHANGHAE, CHINA, having been duly made on the 12th July, 1856, to the under- signed, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, and recorded in the United States Consulate at Canton : I hereby give notice to all concerned to make pay men to me of all Sums due to, and to present to me any Claims against, the said Firm. OLIVER H, PERRY. Canton, 7th August, 1855. THE NOTICE. THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and R ALFRED JAMES DOW is a Partner in a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be MR our Firm. · W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. In the Estate of LEE KIP TYE, of Victoria, Hong- kong, Merchant, deceased. Α' LL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. G. COOPER TURNER, Solicitor for the Administrator, LEE KIP BEE, Dated 5th November, 1856. 咸豐六年十月初 承辦人谷巴丹拿狀師 A conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORK under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co, C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, JR., G. L. HASKELL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. In the Estate of LEONG-ASSU, of Victoria, Hongkong, Shopkeeper, deceased. LL Persone having claims against, or being A indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the TUCK CHEONG Shop in Lower Bazaar, to the undersigned 啟 forthwith. ** 師單各如李李 處到人有傑傑 以 債李被泰 便巴目傑承身 查丹祈泰辦故 明拿卽欠家其 狀送到業弟 In the Estate of ALEXANDER RYRIE, Master Mariner, deceased. LL Persons having claims against or being in- debted to the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. Dated 17th November, 1856. P. RYRIE, Administrator. LEONG-CHUN-SHE, LEONG-MAN-FOON, Administrators. Hongkong, 19th December, 1866. 店昌德環上 承辦人梁萬寬梁陳氏謹啟 咸豐六年十一月廿二日 啟日 明到人有陳梁 德債梁氏萬亞 昌目亞承寛蘇 以卽欠家媳故 便送到業婦其 查單各如梁姪 By order of the Court. WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,-that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSOn and Company, Deputya, seheving bene of an Order of this Hote be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his he lawfully appointed Receiver able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants Solicitors. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In Equity. Chief Justice. PU STEPHENSON v. MURROW. URSUANT to a Decree of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Equitable Jurisdiction, made in a cause, Stephenson against Murrow,--the several CREDITORS, without this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, or persons without the said Juris- diction or Empire claiming to be Creditors of, or to of YORICK JONES MURROW and JAMES STEPHENSON, have any incumbrances upon,. the Estate and Effects lately carrying on Business in Co-partnership together under the Firm and Style of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, and which Co-partnership ceased and was dissolved on the Tenth day of May, One thou- sand eight hundred and fifty-four, are, by themselves or their Solicitors, on or before the Thirtieth day of June, A.D. 1857, to come in and prove their said Claims before His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONGKONG, at his Chambers in the Court House of Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the 22d day of November, A.D. 1856. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In Equity. Chief Justice. of STEPHENSON ». MURROW. Hongkong, made in a cause, Stephenson URSUANT to a Decree of the Supreme Court against Murrote, the several CaRDITORS, (ithin this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, or persons within the said Jurisdiction or Empire, claiming ta be Creditors of, or to have any Incumbrances upon the Estate and Effects of YORICK JONES MURROW and JAMES STEPHENSON, lately carrying on Business in Co-partnership together under the Firm and Style of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, and which Co-partnership ceased and was dissolved on the Tenth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, are, by themselves or their Solicitors on or before the Twenty-second day of February next ensuing, to come in and prove their said Claims before His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONGKONG, at his Chambers in the Court House of Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremp torily excluded the benefit of the said Decre Dated the 22d day of November, A.D. 1856. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail.” ATACE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERNS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents---Ones half of these charges for each Repetition. THE. Hongkong Government GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, WEDNESDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 1857, VOL. II. No. 79*. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. HONGKONG. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIE REGINE. No. 2 of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trole of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for better securing the Peace of the Colony. : S [6th January, 1857.] Whereas it is expedient, in consequence of the present circumstances of this Colony, to adopt im- mediate and further means for the preservation of the Peace and Security thereof: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say:— I. This Ordinance shall take effect within this Colony until His Excellency in Executive Council shall, by Proclamation published in the Hongkong Government Gazette, suspend the operation of the same; and His said Excellency in Council is hereby authorized from time to time, by any Proclamation so published as aforesaid to revive the operation of this Ordinance and again to suspend it, so often as shall be deemed meet. II. Engraved Copper Plates, or printed Forms of Passes, shall be provided by the Superintendent of Police according to the Form following, that is to say: Preamble. Operation of the Or dinance, and power to suspend and revive it. Forms of Night Passes to be provided, sealed'; and issued, by the Sy perintendent of Policeș This is to certify, that the bearer hereof [name] is authorised to pass and repass during the Night Season from and to the House of [Employer's name] in [Street or Road] Victoria, during the 'period of Days from the date hereof. Dated this A.D., 1857. '[Seal] Day of (Signed) 4.B., Superintendent of Police.' which Plates or Forms shall bear Her Majesty's Arms and be Sealed with the Police Office Seal, and shall be from time to time issued by the said Superintendent to such of the Occupiers of the several Houses within Victoria, for use as he shall find to be fit and proper Persons to receive and use the same, and accord, ing to the Wants of such Occupiers; yet so as that no Chinese Occupiers shall receive or hold more than one such Plate or Form at any one time. And that no further issue of Plates or Forms be made to any Occt pier but upon his delivering up or proving the Loss or Destruction of those whereof he was previously the holder. . Every Occupier using or allowing to be used any Pass, shall first fill up or cause to be filled up the Blanks to be filled blanks therein according to the truth of the case; and he shall not use nor allow to be used any Pass "P by the Occupier. except in conformity with the facts thereby appearing; and every Offence against this Section shall be a Penalty. misdemeanor. IV. The Superintendent of Police is empowered from time to time to call in and rescind any Plates, Power to rescind or Forms previously issued by him, whether the times for which they were issued shall have then expired Passes. or not; and lany Person wilfully disobeying any such call shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. V. Any Chinaman found at large elsewhere than in his own Habitation between the hours of Eight ̧ Penalty for not in the Evening and Sunrise and not having a Pass duly issued and made out in conformity with Sections having a Night Pass. Two and Three of this Ordinance, shall be summarily punished by any Justice of the Peace for every such Offence, either by a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than One Dollar; or by Imprisonment and Hard Labour for a term not exceeding Fourteen Days, nor less than One Day; or by Public Whipping or Public Exposure in the Stocks, yet so as that no such Offender shall receive more than Twenty Blows, or be exposed for more than Two Hours, for any one Offence. } . The Wongkong Government Gazette. [No. 79.-JANUARY 7, 1857. Power to arrest and VI. Any Justice of the Peace may lawfully arrest, or cause to be arrested, with or without Warrant, keep suspected Emis-any P'erson whom he shall reasonably suspect to be an Emissary or Abettor of Her Majesty's Enemies, or saries or Abettors of of Pirates, or of Chinamen disaffected to Her Majesty's Government, or otherwise dangerous to the Enemies, &c. peace and good order of this Colony, and him safely keep until be can be dealt with according to law. VII. His Excellency in Executive Council is authorised to deport or cause to be deported to any place within the Empire of China, any Chinamen liable to arrest under Section Six of this Ordinance. Power of deportation. Co-operation with Fire Brigades. VIII. Every Person whomsoever required by the Superintendent of Police to co-operate with any Fire Brigade, whether consisting of Volunteers or not, so that the same be approved by His Excellency, or in the working of Fire Engines, or in the suppression of Fire, shall be bound to obey such requisition under the penalty for every case of disobedience of not less than Ten Dollars, nor more than Fifty Dollars, to be imposed by any Justice of the Peace, or (if such Justice shall think fit and the Offender „shall be a Chinaman) of not more than Fifteen Blows, nor less than Five Blows. Ordinance No. 1 of IX. Sections Three to Eight, both inclusive, of the expired Ordinance No. 1 of 1855, are hereby 1855 (Sections Three to Eight) revived and revived and made perpetual. made perpetual. Power to fire on Chi- • X. Division Eight of Section Three of Ordinance No. 14 of 1845 is hereby amended by expunging Ordinance No. 14 of the words • One Hundred and Fifty and inserting the words Three Hundred' in the stead 1845(Section Three, dis thereof. vision Eight) amended. XI. Every Person lawfully acting as a Sentry or Patrol at any time between the hour of Eight in the nese abroad at night Evening and Sunrise is hereby authorised whilst so acting, to fire upon, with intent or effect to kill, any Chinaman whom he shall meet with or discover abroad and whom he shall have reasonable ground to suspect of being so abroad for an improper purpose, and who being challenged by him shall neglect or refuse to make proper answer to his challenge. ime. Clinamen not hold- carry arms. doned. XII. If any Chinaman, not being the holder of a Night Pass, shall carry abroad with him, whether ng Passes shall not by Night or Day, any Deadly Weapon whatsoever, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. XIII. No act done or attempted in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be questioned in any Court. Acts not to be ques- XIV. Persons serving in the Sea or Land Forces of Her Majesty or of Her Allies shall, if acting or Farther powers to aiding in the execution of this Ordinance, be deemed and taken to have such further and other powers and Persons serving inauthorities for the better securing the Public Peace and Order as they would have had if Martial Law had n the Sea and Land been proclaimed within this Colony; and it shall not be lawful to try and punish any such Persons for any Forces of Her Majesty act done or attempted in pursuance of such further or other powers or authorities, or any of them, save only ind of Her Allies. (in the case of Her Majesty's said Forces) before a Court Martial to be holden under any Statute for holding; Courts Martial not such a Court. XV. Nothing in the last Section contained shall be construed to confer upon a Court Martial any Juris- o obtain Jurisdiction diction whatsoever over Persons not serving in Her said Majesty's Sea or Land Forces. over other Persons. XVI. All acts done or attempted before the passing of this Ordinance, and which would have been, Indemnity for past, lawful if so done or attempted after the passing thereof, are hereby authorised and made valid ; and no man shall at any time hereafter be called in question for or in respect of the same, icts. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 6th Day of January, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.-PRICE, $12 per Annum Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents.. JOHN BOWRING, TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,-Five Lines, and under, One Dollars each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One-half of these charges for each. Repetition. THE Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH JANUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 80. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 3. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Notice, issued by the Board of Trade, announcing the establishment, since the 15th Ultimo, of a Lighthouse on Cape Race, Newfoundland, is published for the information of Ship Masters, and others whom it may concern. The Sketch alluded to may be seen at the Harbour Master's office. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th January, 1857. NOTICE TO MARIÑERS. CAPE RACE light, newFOUNDLAND, The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give Notice,— W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. That the Lighthouse recently erected upon Cape Race (Newfoundland) will be lighted, and will continue to exhibit A FIXED WHITE LIGHT, from Sunset to Sunrise, on and after the Fifteenth of December, 1856. The Light will be visible to seaward from N.E. by E. round by the S.E. and South to West. The Light is elevated 180 feet above mean-water level of the sea, and may be seen in clear weather 17 miles from a ship's 'deck. The Tower appears as shown herewith, and is striped red and white vertically. It stands close to the old Beacon, which has been cut down, as shown in the sketch. The Lighthouse is in lat. 46° 39′ 12′′ N., long. 53° 2′ 38′′ W. Board of Trade, September, 1856. No. 4. [All bearings are Magnetic. Var. 24° W.] N.B.—A Toll will be levied upon all Vessels benefiting by this Light. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that during the present state of affairs within the Colony, the services of Mr MAY will be given solely to the Police Department; and that for the conduct of his Magisterial duties, satisfactory arrangements have been made by the willing co-operation of Mr BRIDGES, and the other Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. No. 5. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The attention of Officers in the Service of this Government is called to the accompanying Circular, addressed by the Right Honourable The Secretary of State to the Governors of Colonies. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. CIRCULAR. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. DOWNING STREET, 15th October, 1856. SIR, I find it frequently to occur that Officers in the Colonies obtain leave of absence from their duties to visit this country, when bey have, in fact, no intention of resuming their offices, but have made, or are about to make, applications for Retiring Pensions, to which they have just and sufficient claims. This practice leads to inconvenience in many cases, by postponing, till the expiration of the term of are granted, the permanent arrangement proper to be made for supplying the vacancy of the retiring Officer. THE Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH JANUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 80. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 3. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Notice, issued by the Board of Trade, announcing the establishment, since the 15th Ultimo, of a Lighthouse on Cape Race, Newfoundland, is published for the information of Ship Masters, and others whom it may concern. The Sketch alluded to may be seen at the Harbour Master's office. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th January, 1857. NOTICE TO MARIÑERS. CAPE RACE light, newFOUNDLAND, The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give Notice,— W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. That the Lighthouse recently erected upon Cape Race (Newfoundland) will be lighted, and will continue to exhibit A FIXED WHITE LIGHT, from Sunset to Sunrise, on and after the Fifteenth of December, 1856. The Light will be visible to seaward from N.E. by E. round by the S.E. and South to West. The Light is elevated 180 feet above mean-water level of the sea, and may be seen in clear weather 17 miles from a ship's 'deck. The Tower appears as shown herewith, and is striped red and white vertically. It stands close to the old Beacon, which has been cut down, as shown in the sketch. The Lighthouse is in lat. 46° 39′ 12′′ N., long. 53° 2′ 38′′ W. Board of Trade, September, 1856. No. 4. [All bearings are Magnetic. Var. 24° W.] N.B.—A Toll will be levied upon all Vessels benefiting by this Light. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that during the present state of affairs within the Colony, the services of Mr MAY will be given solely to the Police Department; and that for the conduct of his Magisterial duties, satisfactory arrangements have been made by the willing co-operation of Mr BRIDGES, and the other Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. No. 5. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The attention of Officers in the Service of this Government is called to the accompanying Circular, addressed by the Right Honourable The Secretary of State to the Governors of Colonies. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. CIRCULAR. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. DOWNING STREET, 15th October, 1856. SIR, I find it frequently to occur that Officers in the Colonies obtain leave of absence from their duties to visit this country, when bey have, in fact, no intention of resuming their offices, but have made, or are about to make, applications for Retiring Pensions, to which they have just and sufficient claims. This practice leads to inconvenience in many cases, by postponing, till the expiration of the term of are granted, the permanent arrangement proper to be made for supplying the vacancy of the retiring Officer. 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 80.-JANUARY 10, 1857. It is my wish, therefore, that when the Governor is aware of an intention to retire on the part of the Officer applying for leave, ho should grant only such a term of leave as will allow time for coming to a decision in this country on the application for a retiring Pension, reporting, at the same time, to the Secretary of State the circumstances of the case, and apprizing the Officer that so soon as the question of granting him a retiring Pension shall be decided in the affirmative, his claim to Half-Salary will cease, and his Pension will commence. If the Governor should grant leave of absence in any case in ignorance of the Officer's wish to retire ou a Pension, or if the Officer himself should be unable to judge of his own fitness for further duty, until the leave granted to him shall have wholly or partly run out, the date at which the Half-Salary shall be held to have ceased, and the pension to have commenced, must be determined by the special circumstances of each case.—I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, W. LABOUCHERE. Governor SIR John Bowring, + No. 6. &c., &c., &c. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Under Instructions from Her Majesty's Government, and pending receipt of Her Majesty's Exequatur, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize T. LAMBARRI, Esquire, as Consul in this Colony for the Republic of Chili. گی No. 7. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. : With reference to Clauses II, III, and IV, of the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, it is hereby notified, that Printed Forms of Night Passes for Chinese may be had on application to the Superintendent of Police after Noon to-morrow, when they will be ready for delivery. The Passes thus issued will remain in force until the 31st instant, when another issue will be made on renewed application and return of the Old Forms. In the use of these Passes, a grave responsibility will rest with the person to whom they are supplied. It will be the duty of the Police to see that the License conveyed by them be not abused by the Chinese House- holders; and Householders, other than Chinese, are cautioned to retain the Forms under their own control, and to be guarded in the distribution of them for the temporary purpose of protecting their Servants while abroad. 蓄 By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857. No. 8. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Police Notice has been Circulated in Chinese among the people of this Colony. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857. NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given to all persons who have no employment, or who cannot find security for their good behaviour, to depart from this Colony on or before Noon of the 15th day of the 12th Moon, on penalty of apprehension by the Police, and punishment of deportation. Agents of, the Chinese Government, come within the scope and meaning of this Notification. All persons calling_themselves Rebels against the Chinese Government, or persons acting in any way for, or being Emissaries or C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. 丙 香港總差役官 法究辦各宜稟遵特示 在港與唐官接濟者一體 離本港發蹄異地儿有稱洪賊 許逗遛倘敢不遵定必嚴拿驅 准于本月十五日午刻離港毋 生又無工僱及無保領者一槪 悉凡在本港之人若無正道營 爲曉謚事餘本港各式人等知 一千八百五十七新正 辰七 年 十新 月 十初 五十 孭 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 80.-JANUARY 10, 1857. It is my wish, therefore, that when the Governor is aware of an intention to retire on the part of the Officer applying for leave, ho should grant only such a term of leave as will allow time for coming to a decision in this country on the application for a retiring Pension, reporting, at the same time, to the Secretary of State the circumstances of the case, and apprizing the Officer that so soon as the question of granting him a retiring Pension shall be decided in the affirmative, his claim to Half-Salary will cease, and his Pension will commence. If the Governor should grant leave of absence in any case in ignorance of the Officer's wish to retire ou a Pension, or if the Officer himself should be unable to judge of his own fitness for further duty, until the leave granted to him shall have wholly or partly run out, the date at which the Half-Salary shall be held to have ceased, and the pension to have commenced, must be determined by the special circumstances of each case.—I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, W. LABOUCHERE. Governor SIR John Bowring, + No. 6. &c., &c., &c. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Under Instructions from Her Majesty's Government, and pending receipt of Her Majesty's Exequatur, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize T. LAMBARRI, Esquire, as Consul in this Colony for the Republic of Chili. گی No. 7. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. : With reference to Clauses II, III, and IV, of the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, it is hereby notified, that Printed Forms of Night Passes for Chinese may be had on application to the Superintendent of Police after Noon to-morrow, when they will be ready for delivery. The Passes thus issued will remain in force until the 31st instant, when another issue will be made on renewed application and return of the Old Forms. In the use of these Passes, a grave responsibility will rest with the person to whom they are supplied. It will be the duty of the Police to see that the License conveyed by them be not abused by the Chinese House- holders; and Householders, other than Chinese, are cautioned to retain the Forms under their own control, and to be guarded in the distribution of them for the temporary purpose of protecting their Servants while abroad. 蓄 By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857. No. 8. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Police Notice has been Circulated in Chinese among the people of this Colony. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857. NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given to all persons who have no employment, or who cannot find security for their good behaviour, to depart from this Colony on or before Noon of the 15th day of the 12th Moon, on penalty of apprehension by the Police, and punishment of deportation. Agents of, the Chinese Government, come within the scope and meaning of this Notification. All persons calling_themselves Rebels against the Chinese Government, or persons acting in any way for, or being Emissaries or C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. 丙 香港總差役官 法究辦各宜稟遵特示 在港與唐官接濟者一體 離本港發蹄異地儿有稱洪賊 許逗遛倘敢不遵定必嚴拿驅 准于本月十五日午刻離港毋 生又無工僱及無保領者一槪 悉凡在本港之人若無正道營 爲曉謚事餘本港各式人等知 一千八百五十七新正 辰七 年 十新 月 十初 五十 孭 The Wongkong Government Gazette. Nɔ, $0.—JANUARY 10, 1857.] The Hongkong No. 9. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 3 Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with a Petition numerously signed by the respectable Chinese 1-habitants of this Colony, the Chinese Festival customary at the New Year will not, on the coming occasion, be lowed as heretofore. The Regulations against the use of Fire Works will be enforced, and there will be no relaxation of those laid own in the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, against the passage of Chinese to and fro by night.-On the contrary, the Shops will be ordered, in terms of the Petition, to close at dusk on the evening of the 25th Instant, or last day of the Chinese Year. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. 1 -om of F. or Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857. No. 10 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Rules to be observed by the Chinese Inhabitants, both as regards precautionary measures, and, in the event of a house being on fire, will ensure safety to the honest and well disposed, and at the same time discover those who are abroad for the purposes of robbery and disorder. E 1. That every Householder will take the precaution to have a large tub of water continually filled, with two ckets handy thereto. 2. That the occupants of houses adjacent to any empty house, or the occupant of any house in which a portion thereof may be unoccupied, will in the evening of each day visit the same, and note that the fastenings of doors and windows are secure, and that every thing is correct, also that no combustible materials are stored therein. A Police Constable will be specially employed to attend to this duty, and will have directions to report if any inhabitant neglects this important precaution for his own and the general safety. 3. The occupant of every house in which a fire may break out, will do his utmost to extinguish the flames Before giving alarm; but failing this, will instantly call for the Police, who will protect him while engaged in the emoval of his property, and escort him and his family to the nearest Police Station or other place of safety. 4. The occupants of the houses immediately contiguous to the house on fire, will reinain therein until Police Constables arrive, a certain number of whom will be especially appointed to escort the family with their valuable goods to the nearest Police Station. An Officer of Police has been appointed to attend to this duty, 5. It is an imperative necessity that, upon the occasion of a house being on fire, or any public alarm, every Chinese Inhabitant shall remain within his own dwelling, guarding the same from the attack of thieves or incen- Caries. Every person in the public streets, especially if armed, will be in imminent danger of being fired upon. The only exception to this rule will be in favor of those who are attached to the Fire-engines, and who wear a particular dress 6. The owners of Boats are not permitted under any circumstances to remove from the anchorage of three Landred yards off-shore, after Eight o'clock P.M. The passage between the boats and shore is commanded by cannon, nd boat-owners removing their boats will place themselves within the line of fire, and thereby rush into certain destruction. 7. The respectable inhabitants of the City are invited to make known to Mr Caldwell, the Registrar General, the houses of persons who are without regular employment, or who from any circumstances they have reason to believe are intent upon disturbing the trade or public peace of the Colony. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th January, 1857. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary, NB-The foregoing Notification has been translated, and Copies posted at the Public places for the information the Chinese residents. HONGKONG. No.il, of 1857. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., 'Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Clony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Leuncil of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Intestates' Estates. [3d January, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- I. Ordinance No. 5 of 1855 is hereby repealed, and Ordinance No. 6 of 1854 (with the exception of Section Five of the last-mentioned Ordinance) is hereby revived. Repeal of Ordinance No. 5 of 1855, and re- vivor of Ordinance No. of 1854, (except Sec- II. The Officer administering the Government of this Colony shall, from time to time, as occasion shall c require, repay or make good to any persons preferring and duly proving their Claims to the same after Con- tion 5.) Subsequent claims to ation thereof for Colonial purposes under Section Three of Ordinance No. 6 of 1854, all Funds so fiscated; and all Monies in the Treasury forming part of, or arising from, the general Revenue of the he made good out of d Colony, shall be applicable in so repaying or making good the same. the General Revenue of the Colony. Power to unsuccess- 1. It shall be lawful for any Claimant, under Section Two of this Ordinance, in case his Claim shall t be allowed by the said Officer, to present his summary Petition in that behalf to the Supreme Court in ful Claimants to Peti- uity, against the Queen's Attorney General as Respondent thereto; and if he shall verify his said Claim tion the Supreme Court in Equity. Evidence to the satisfaction of the said Supreme Court, it shall be the duty of the said Court to make Order in the premises as justice shall require; and upon the application of the same, or any other mant or Person, or of the said Attorney General, from time to time to vary the same and to enforce every ich Order according to the practice of the Supreme Court. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 3d Day of January, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. JOHN BOWRING. 4 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 80.—JANUARY 10, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Ordinance, read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information. By Order, Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d January, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. Extention of Enact- ments. Rights acquired, &c., not to be affected. Date of Act. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 25. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIE REGINE. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for extending to this Colony certain Acts of Parliament. [ January, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say :— I. The Enactments of the Imperial Parliament specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed are hereby, and from the day of the passing hereof, extended to this Colony and its Dependencies, and to the Supreme Court of the same; with such Exceptions as are specified in the said Schedule. II. Rights acquired, Liabilities incurred, and Acts done, at or before the passing of this Ordinance, shall not be affected by the said Enactments, or any of them. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 94. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 97. 19 & 20 Viet e. 113. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 120. - Steam for THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS Ordinance refers. Title or Subject-matter of Act. An Act to amend the Law relating to Drafts on Bankers. An Act to repeal Certain Statutes which are not in use. An Act for the uniform Administra- {tion of Intestates' Estates. An Act to amend the Laws of England and Ireland affecting Trade and Com- merce. An Act to provide for taking Evi-“ dence in Her Majesty's Dominions in re- lation to Civil and Commercial matters pending before Foreign Tribunals. An Act to facilitate Leases and Sales 'settled Estates. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & Oriental Steam NAVIGA- THE TION COMPANY's Steam-ship MADRAS, Capt. II. Down, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, for the above Place, will leave this on THURSDAY, the 15th January, 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. How much of the Aet is extended by this Ordinance. The whole of the Act. The whole of the Act. * The whole of the Act (except in so far as it may be deemed to affect the customs or usages of Chinese people, touching the distribution of the persona estate of Chinese persons dying intestate.) The whole of the Act. So much of the Act as is not now in force within this Colony and its Depen [dencies, with the exception of the Proviso contained at the end of Section Six The whole of the Act except so much thereof as relates to Copyhold and Customaryhold Estates, and also except Sections Thirty, Thirty-one, Forty-twe, Forty-three, Forty-four, Forty-five, and Forty-six. In the Estate of ODIARNE TREMAYNE LANE, deceused. Aindebted to, the above Estate, are requested to LE Persons having Claims against, or being H forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. H. F. HANCE, Executor. Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. or Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGEE apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1856, SPRING GARDENS. ПHE undersigned have established themselves in CALL PENTERS and SHIP. SMITHS; and are ready to undertake Work of every description. They have also on hand a large supply of MATERIAL for the BUILDING and RE- PAIR of SHIPS': likewise SPARS ̊of all sizes. BYERS & Co. Hongkong, 1st January, 1837. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE. CENTRAL POLICE STATION, 10th January, 1857. ПENDERS will be received by the undersigned on and before the 17th instant, for TRIMMING, LIGHTING, and KEEPING CLEAN, Four Hundred PUBLIC OIL LAMPS, in the districts of Tae-ping- shang, Cheung-wan, Sheung-wan, for Six Months commencing on the 1st February ensuing. The person tendering will be required to furnish Oil, Wick, and the necessary Labour for Lighting and Keeping A-light the said Lamps during the Night. The Lamps and Burners will be furnished by Her Ma- jesty's Government. Further particulars as regards Size of Lamps, and Locality of District, will be given on application at the above Office. ¿ The Persons tendering to send in Samples of OLL and WICK. C. MAY, Superintendent of Police N° In re ROBERT JACKSON, deceused, ABEL POYER, ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMINI- STRATOR before the 10th day of July, 1857, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make payment to WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar-Official Administrator, | NOTICE. ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized t sign our Firm per procuration, and transac any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. ΜΑ POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. "AILS will close for BOMBAY, EUROPE, &t per Steamier “Madras,” on WEDNES DAY, the 14th Junuary next, at 6 P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M.. for a late fee of Sixpence; and from 11 o'clock a.m. to 12 o'clock, for a late fee of One Shilling,after which hour no letters will be received. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Acling Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. ΜΕΙ POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. ERCHANTS and others lately resident # Canton are particularly requested to in timate to the ACTING POST-MASTER, to whom they wish their Correspondence delivered, or how other wise disposed of; as, until further Notice, no Letters &c., can be forwarded to Canton, unless such as may be Prepaid, and addressed to Persons in Her Ma jesty's Service. WM. CHAPMAN. Acting Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th December, 1856. MR NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES DOW is a Partner our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. 4 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 80.—JANUARY 10, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Ordinance, read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information. By Order, Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d January, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. Extention of Enact- ments. Rights acquired, &c., not to be affected. Date of Act. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 25. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIE REGINE. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for extending to this Colony certain Acts of Parliament. [ January, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say :— I. The Enactments of the Imperial Parliament specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed are hereby, and from the day of the passing hereof, extended to this Colony and its Dependencies, and to the Supreme Court of the same; with such Exceptions as are specified in the said Schedule. II. Rights acquired, Liabilities incurred, and Acts done, at or before the passing of this Ordinance, shall not be affected by the said Enactments, or any of them. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 94. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 97. 19 & 20 Viet e. 113. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 120. - Steam for THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS Ordinance refers. Title or Subject-matter of Act. An Act to amend the Law relating to Drafts on Bankers. An Act to repeal Certain Statutes which are not in use. An Act for the uniform Administra- {tion of Intestates' Estates. An Act to amend the Laws of England and Ireland affecting Trade and Com- merce. An Act to provide for taking Evi-“ dence in Her Majesty's Dominions in re- lation to Civil and Commercial matters pending before Foreign Tribunals. An Act to facilitate Leases and Sales 'settled Estates. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & Oriental Steam NAVIGA- THE TION COMPANY's Steam-ship MADRAS, Capt. II. Down, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, for the above Place, will leave this on THURSDAY, the 15th January, 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. How much of the Aet is extended by this Ordinance. The whole of the Act. The whole of the Act. * The whole of the Act (except in so far as it may be deemed to affect the customs or usages of Chinese people, touching the distribution of the persona estate of Chinese persons dying intestate.) The whole of the Act. So much of the Act as is not now in force within this Colony and its Depen [dencies, with the exception of the Proviso contained at the end of Section Six The whole of the Act except so much thereof as relates to Copyhold and Customaryhold Estates, and also except Sections Thirty, Thirty-one, Forty-twe, Forty-three, Forty-four, Forty-five, and Forty-six. In the Estate of ODIARNE TREMAYNE LANE, deceused. Aindebted to, the above Estate, are requested to LE Persons having Claims against, or being H forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. H. F. HANCE, Executor. Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. or Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGEE apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1856, SPRING GARDENS. ПHE undersigned have established themselves in CALL PENTERS and SHIP. SMITHS; and are ready to undertake Work of every description. They have also on hand a large supply of MATERIAL for the BUILDING and RE- PAIR of SHIPS': likewise SPARS ̊of all sizes. BYERS & Co. Hongkong, 1st January, 1837. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE. CENTRAL POLICE STATION, 10th January, 1857. ПENDERS will be received by the undersigned on and before the 17th instant, for TRIMMING, LIGHTING, and KEEPING CLEAN, Four Hundred PUBLIC OIL LAMPS, in the districts of Tae-ping- shang, Cheung-wan, Sheung-wan, for Six Months commencing on the 1st February ensuing. The person tendering will be required to furnish Oil, Wick, and the necessary Labour for Lighting and Keeping A-light the said Lamps during the Night. The Lamps and Burners will be furnished by Her Ma- jesty's Government. Further particulars as regards Size of Lamps, and Locality of District, will be given on application at the above Office. ¿ The Persons tendering to send in Samples of OLL and WICK. C. MAY, Superintendent of Police N° In re ROBERT JACKSON, deceused, ABEL POYER, ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMINI- STRATOR before the 10th day of July, 1857, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make payment to WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar-Official Administrator, | NOTICE. ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized t sign our Firm per procuration, and transac any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. ΜΑ POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. "AILS will close for BOMBAY, EUROPE, &t per Steamier “Madras,” on WEDNES DAY, the 14th Junuary next, at 6 P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M.. for a late fee of Sixpence; and from 11 o'clock a.m. to 12 o'clock, for a late fee of One Shilling,after which hour no letters will be received. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Acling Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. ΜΕΙ POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. ERCHANTS and others lately resident # Canton are particularly requested to in timate to the ACTING POST-MASTER, to whom they wish their Correspondence delivered, or how other wise disposed of; as, until further Notice, no Letters &c., can be forwarded to Canton, unless such as may be Prepaid, and addressed to Persons in Her Ma jesty's Service. WM. CHAPMAN. Acting Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th December, 1856. MR NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES DOW is a Partner our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. hc ry he by, ne -ce, the ona por. Six. an! -two -ed to ansact > W. ES made A.N. A.X _after nd 12 AN, ster. No. 80. JANUARY 10, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. NOTICE E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership I heretofore existing between us under the of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE, I J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856, NOTICE. HAVE this day established myself in the Pre- mises lately occupied by Messrs ARMSTRONG LAWRENCE, as a COMMISSIONR MECHANT AND GENERAL AGENT, under the Firm of F. W. LAWRENCE & Co. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 1st January, 1857. NOTICE. HE ARCHIVES of H. B. M.'s Consulate at CANTON, are for the time transferred to the 6 VERNMENT OFFICES, HONGKONG, where any Ocial Communications to H. M.'s Consul can, until farther notice, be addressed. By Order of Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Vice-Consul. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Government Offices, Hongkong, 22d December, 1856. NOTICE. NAssignment of the Property, Real and Personal, of the Firm of WETMORE & Co. of CAN- PS, FOOCHOW, and SHANGHAE, CHINA, having been 2y made on the 12th July, 1856, to the under- • cred, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, and pended in the United States Consulate at Canton: I hereby give notice to all concerned to make pay- rn to me of all Sums due to, and to present to me Any Claims against, the said Firm. OLIVER H. PERRY. Canton, 7th August, 1855. NOTICE. ПHE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Fort, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- · ig Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and ▲ strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be nducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- *** under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, Jr., G. L. HASKELL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG' I' In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. IS HEREBY NOTIFIED, that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the Jase firm of MURrrow, Stephenson and CompaNY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Ipety,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- she Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitors, In the Estate of LEE KIP TY E, of Victoria, Hong- kong, Merchant deceu sed. A' LL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. G. COOPER TURNER, Solicitor for the Administrator, LEE KIP BEE Dated 5th November, 1856. 咸豐六年十月初八 承辦人谷巴丹拿狀師 啟 日 者 In the Estate of ALEXANDER RYRIE, Master Mariner, deceased. 5 LL Persons having claims against or being in Adebted to the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. Dated 17th November, 1856. P. RYRIE, Administrator. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In Equity, Chief Justice. STEPHENSON v. MURROW. to a Decree of the Supreme Court *¥**** PURSUAngkong, in its Equitable Jurisdiction, of made in a cause, Stephenson against Murrow,-the Empire of China, or persons without the said Juris- 處到人有傑傑 several CREDITORS, without this Jurisdiction or the 以谷債李泰 и*@**diction or Empire claiming to be Creditors of, or to 便巴目傑承身 查丹祈泰辦故 ←Яπ✯✯ under the Firm and Style of MURROW, STEPHENSON have any incumbrances upon, the Estate and Effects of YORICK JONES MURROW and JAMES STEPHENSON, lately carrying on Business in Co-partnership together AND COMPANY, and which Co-partnership ceased and was dissolved on the Tenth day of May, One thou- sand eight hundred and fifty-four, are, by themselves or their Solicitors, on or before the Thirtieth day of ⇓⇓✶✶ June, A.D. 1857, to come in and prove their said In the Estate of LEONG-ASSU, of Victoria, Hongkong, Shopkeeper, deceased. A LL Persons having claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the TUCK- CHEONG Shop in Lower Bazaar, to the undersigned forthwith. LEONG-CHUN-SHE, LEONG-MAN-FOON, Administrators. Hongkong, 19th December, 1856. 店昌德環上 咸豐六年十一月廿二 承辦人梁萬寬梁陳氏謹啟 日 Claims before His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONGKONG, at bis Chambers in the Court House of Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the 22d day of November, A.D. 1856. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In Equity. Chief Justice, PURS STEPHENSON v. MURROW. URSUANT to a Decree of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, made in a cause, Stephenson against Murrow, the several CREDITORS, within this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, or persons within the said Jurisdiction or Empire, claiming to be Creditors of, or to have any Incumbrances upon the Estate and Effects of YORICK JONES MURROW and JAMES STEPHENSON, lately carrying on Business 明到人有陳梁梁 德債梁氏萬 ***Tenth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and 昌目亞承寛蘇 店祈蘇辦其身 in Co-partnership together under the Firm and Style of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, and which Co-partnership ceased and was dissolved on the fifty-four, are, by themselves or their Solicitors on or before the Twenty-second day of February next ensuing, to come in and prove their said Claims before His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONGKONG, at his Chambers in the Court House of Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremp Dated the 22d day of November, A.D. 1856, FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk ✯✯torily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. 便送到業婦其 查單各如梁姪 FOR SALE. At the Office of the " China Mail." TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois, Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.➡ PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,-Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents--One- half of these charges for each Repetition. ent # to i m the othe Letter as 1* er M. AN. uster. rtner = Co. マ THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH JANUARY, 1857. VOL. II. No. 81. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and Public PAPERS, of this Government. No. 11. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to nominate to the Commission of the Peace The Honourable Lieutenant Colonel F. DUNLOP, Captain R., W. ROMER, and Captain GuY ROTTON, who have accordingly been uly sworn in as Justices of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th January, 1857. No. 12. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Return of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Colony of Hongkong for the Year 1856, and the Comparative Table for the Two Years last past, are published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th January, 1857. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH JANUARY, 1857. VOL. II. No. 81. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and Public PAPERS, of this Government. No. 11. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to nominate to the Commission of the Peace The Honourable Lieutenant Colonel F. DUNLOP, Captain R., W. ROMER, and Captain GuY ROTTON, who have accordingly been uly sworn in as Justices of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th January, 1857. No. 12. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Return of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Colony of Hongkong for the Year 1856, and the Comparative Table for the Two Years last past, are published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th January, 1857. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 81.—January 17, 1857. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1836. REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. LAND REVENUE, RENT, exclusive of Lands, LICENSES:- Spirit Dealers, Pawnbrokers, Auctioneers, *** ... Salt Brokers,... Stone Quarriers,. Billiard Tables, Opium Retailers,... ... ... ... FINES. 29 " "9 Boarding-house Keepers, TAXES. POLICE ASSESSMENT :— Balance on the Year ended 31st December, 1855, On Account of 1856, FINES, FEES, and Forfeitures of Court :~~ (From the Supreme Court, Chief Magistrate and Court of Petty Sessions, Marine Magistrate, Superintendent of Police, Sheriff, ... • ... *** £ 8. 15,837 2,279 d. 14 6 2 £3,122 947 18 8 ... 218 15 •'• 992 14 ... 20 16 2,587 141 9 10 13 2 404 8 ... ESTABLISHMENTS (—— Governor, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General, Registrar General, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Harbour Master, ... Marriage Registrar, 8,031 16 1 Emigration Officer,... 133 4 11 Police-rate Collectors, Judicial, Ecclesiastical, ... ... ... *... *** ... ... ... ... ... ... や d 2,830 3 8 2,476 12 5 1,381 19 114 903 13 108 15 1,993 400 1,735 50 ... 15 183 130 7 10 5,976 799 711 3,734 16 10 3,868 91 Medical, ... ... Do. for Hospital, £200 ... ... 165 ... සුප £237 10 890 10 365 8 193 10 6 Educational, : 74 101 15 .10 2 6 4 4 4 99 One of the Justices of) the Peace, 3 17 1 1,311 | 19 | 113 Police and Gaols, viz :— Chief Magistrate and Establishment, Sheriff, do., Superintendent of Police and Establishment, £2,153 1,207 12 6,511 3 62 9 11 9,872 5 FEES. ށ From the Supreme Court, Chief Magistrate and Court of Petty Sessions, " FORFEITURES. From the Superin- FEES OF OFFICES;-- On Marriage Licenses, . " Burials, " ... ... ... Official Signatures and Seal of the Colony, » Registration of Boats and Hawkers, Deed Registry, ... » Sailing Letters and Passes, ... ... 581 10 10 203 59 tendent of Police, { Chief Magistrate, 1 94 20 51 784 15 TOTAL ESTABLISHMENTS, : તા. £ 29,401 4 | 111 73 0 10 60 .. 3 5 2,156 18 ... ... Shipping Seamen, " Colonial Register, ,, Survey, SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, ... ... ... ... ReimbursementS IN AID OF EXPENSES incurred by Government, MISCELLANEOUS Receipts, SPECIAL RECEIPTS, *** 10 ... 7 18 317 8 93 15 929 17 218 ... 1,140 58 8 :960 ... ... ... *** ... TOTAL, ... PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES, and GRATUITIES, REVENUE SERVICES, exclusive of Establishments, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, do., EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, POLICE and GAOLS, ... *** Conveyance of Mails, WORKS and Buildings, 7 ROADS, STREETS, and BRIDGES, CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES, RENT, 10 TRANSPORT, 2,781 16 10 35 359 108 11 14 6 41 3 વા £ 35,500 8 9 . SPECIAL EXPENSES, MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, ... ... 1. do., do., do., ... ... ... ... ... ... ... abo ... ... ... 63 10 10 208 3 10 82 10 6 7 259 12 1 2,695 13 10 316 397 14 فاه TOTAL, .bi .... *** 4,337 8 4,274 1 32 8 349 1 1 2 14 11 £ 42,426 6 53 Victoria, Hongkong, January the 7th, 1857. W. T. MERCER,-President, J. HYNDMAN, H. REINHARD, Members, of the Colonial Treasury Commission. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE IN 1855 AND 1856. No. 81.—JANUARY 17, 1857.). The Hongkong Government Gazette. REVENUE. Land Revenue,. Rents, exclusive of Lands,.. 1855 1856 INCREASE. DECREASE. EXPENDITURE. 1855 L 1856 £ s. d. £ d. £ s. d. £ .. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. 27,634 16 5| 15,837 14 6 ... 11,797 111] Governor, 2,685 4 9 2,830 3 8 INCREASE. £ 8. d. 144 18 101 DECREASE. £ 3. d. ... 2,676 6 8 2,279 2 0 397 4 8 Spirit Licenses,... Pawnbrokers' do., 2,512 10 7 3,122 8 9 Stone Quarry do., Opium Dealers' do., Tax,-Police Assessment, Fines of Courts, Forfeitures of do., Fees of do., Auctioneers' do., Salt Brokers' do., Billiard Tables do., Boarding-house Keepers' Licenses, 802 1 8 218 15 0 947 18 4 609 18 2 145 16 8 ... Colonial Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, 2,456 12 8 2,476 12 5 19 19 9 1,359 13 6 1,381 19 11 ... 757 9 11 ... 218 15 0 ... 478 2 6 992 14 2 514 11 8 ... ... ... 31 5, 0 2,558 4 4 102 18 4 3,917 3 63 1,311 4 41 159 14 3 924 12 11 20 16 8 2,587 9 10 141 13 4 3,868 1 9 1,311 19 11 60 3 54 784 15 4 ... ... ... 0 15 7 ... Fees of Offices → On Marriages, ... Burials, Official Signatures and Seal, 7 10 205 3 4 195 8 4 " " » Survey, Registration of Boats and Hawkers, ... Deed Registry, ... Sailing Letters and Passes, » Shipping Seamen, Colonial Register, Sale of Government Property, Reimbursements in Aid of Ex- penses incurred by Govern- ment, Miscellaneous Receipts, Special 1,373 9 3 190 6 10 ... 1,049 11 8 179 3 4 225 0 0 7 18 4 317 8 4 93 15 0 929 17 0 218--23 1,146 0 10 58 6 8 ... 29 5 6 38 15 0 8 4 112 5 0 10 8 4 49 1 9. 99 10 93 139 17 7 Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General,.. Marriage Registrar, Emigration Officer, Police-rate Assessors&Collectors, Judicial, Ecclesiastical, Registrar General, ... ... Harbour Master, 110 13 6 1,420 4 5 365 1 1,327 8 4 1,993 8 903 13 9 168 15 0. 4 9 ... 50 0 0 200 9 7 123 4 C 183 15 8 ... 400 8 5 1,735 3 8 50 0 0 22 6 5 146 3.10 573 3 11 35 6 7 407 15 3 ... ... 16 13 111 1 18 130 7 10 73 : 6,074 13 7 5,976 7 11 98 5. 71 -- 736 16 9 799 3 8 62 6 11 Educational, Medical, ... ... Police and Gaols, ... 137 2 4 330 0 0 7,938 7 10 193 10 6 365 8 4 9,872 5 8 56 8 2 35 8 4 1,933 17 10 Establishments,. 26,073 3 10 29,401 4 111 3,444 19 1 116 18 1 101 13 4 443 12 23 Pensions, Retired Allowances, Gratuities, 494 18 8 27 15 5 ... Revenue Services, ... Administration of Justice, 96 9 2 Education, ... +44 10 8 4 140 12 6 35 14 7 368 11 4 359 6 9 ... 667 0 9 108 11 2 do, 43 18 11 41 6 3 !!: :: 120 16: 8 214 11 8 104 17 11 Hospital, Police and Gaols, ... *** 4738.10 56 19 9 4 15 10 282 16 1 1,852 7 5 63 10 19 208 ~ 3 10 82 10 0 6 7 1 ··259 12- 53 2,695 13 10 Rent, 785 9 Il ... ... 316 6 6 25 10 3 1-11 3 ... 843 6 5 431 7 10 265 4 114 23 3 7 469 3 5 Transport, 835 3 8 397 14 4 9 4 7 Works and Buildings, 7,592 1 6 558 9 63 Roads, Streets, and Bridges, Charitable Allowances, 2,299 11 0 --4,337 3 3 4,274 1 8 32 1 8 437 9 4 3,254 18 3 2 11 101 Land or House Purchased, Special Expenses, Miscellaneous Expenses, ... 62 14 7 349 ... I 1 2 14 11 ... 1,974 10: 8 32 1 & 286 ... 6 6 2 14 11 Total, ... 47,973 11 135,500 89 Deduct Increase, Nett Decrease, ... ... ... 1,576 0 62 14,049 2 11 1,576 0 61 12,473 2 41 Total, ... 40,813 11 2 Deduct Decrease, 42,426 6 5 ... 6,611 0 9 4,998 5 61 4,998 5 61 Nett Increase, 1,612 15 31 Victoria, Hougkong, January the 7th, 1857. ! W. T. MERCER,-President, J. HYNDMAN, H. REINHARD, } Members, of the Colonial Treasury Commission.. 3 A No. 2. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 81.-JANUARY 17, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. Her Majesty's Consul at Foochow has forwarded to the Chief Superintendent of Trade a Decree from the Authorities of that Port on the subject of the Currency, a Translation of which Decree His Excellency has directed to be published for general iuformation. By Order, W. WOODGATE. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th January, 1857. 葉明 事 PROCLAMATION by YEH, Prefect of Foochow; CHUNG, Haefang of Nantae; Fux, Magistrate of the Min District; and TSAE, Magis. trate of the How Kwan District,-issued by order. # a We have received the following injunction from His Excellency WANG-E-TIH, Governor General, &c., &c. Prefect YEH, the Superintendent of Foreign Commercial Affairs, in his report upon the application made by the British and American Consuls to have the new and old Dollars declared current at similar rates. says, If these varieties of new dollars be quite pure, "there can be no deficiency in their value, and there need be no bar to their general use as a circulating medium. Shopkeepers are, how. ever, I fear, not familiar with their appearance, and hesitate to accept them; or perhaps at times their purity is doubtful, and they do not come up to the older coin. In either case it would not have been expedient to force them upon the market by official authority, which "would be doing violence to the prejudices of the people. But a new consideration presents itself. Since the prohibition upon the export of Tea from Fuli-keen has been taken off, numbers of merchants from all ports of the world have come hither, bringing with them large quantities of various kinds of new dollars, which has led to repeated calls for their admission into the currency, and it has become nece sary to issue some Proclamation on the subject, or to direct the Magistrates of Min and flow Kwan to sound the feelings of the people "in reference to the measure, and make a truthful report, on which action may be taken. To this end I beg to be furnished with instruc tious for my guidance.” +4 " Such is the purport of Prefect Yu's Report; and on receiving it I ordered the Local Committee of Finance to look into the matter and give me their opinion. Time elapsed, and no answer came. So, as a promising Tea season was approaching, bringing with it larger arrivals of merchants and these new dollars, rendering it impossible to stay proceedings, and as it had become urgently necessary for me to satisfy myself by application to the Cantou authorities, whether the new dollars and those hitherto in use with ornamental millings ha been there declared current at equal or various rates, or whether differences had been determined among the several sorts of new dollars themselves,-I wrote to the Imperial High Commissioner at Canton, enclosing a copy of the Prefect's report above quoted, and beggin him to inform me whether the new dollar and the old one with ornamental millings had indeed been declared equivalent, and the pay ment of premium made needless, and to send me without delay copies of all papers that had been published on the subject. The Com missioner has answered my letter, and, quoting a report drawn up by his Provincial Commissioner of Finance, he says, "The test by "which current dollars should be judged is purity of touch. In the autumn of the 3d year of His Imperial Majesty's Reign, certain new "arrived dollars with Eagles' Heads and various other impressions were in circulation, and although differently stamped from the old kid "with a devil's head and flowery milling, yet they were the same coin, and both were equally pure in touch. The Shopkeepers of Canton having repeatedly prayed to have the new sorts admitted into circulation on joint terms with the old, orders were given accordingly, and "it was positively forbidden to extort any premium on their payment unless where their purity was doubtful, in which case of course a difference was to be made. These dollars are now generally current, and no difficulty has been experienced in consequence." Such is the Commissioner's reply to my application. Being doubtful (as I have already remarked) whether the various new dollars so plent:-ɔ fully introduced of late by English and American merchants might pass current at par with the old coin, and whether, while objectionable from their strangeness to the people of Foochow, they had yet been officially declared properly current at Canton at equal rates with the old dollars, or, if not so, at different rates from the old and from each other, I wrote to the Imperial Commissioner, and received from him a reply assuring me that these new dollars, although differently stamped from the old kind, were yet similar in point of purity, and has accordingly been declared current at equal rates. Such being the case, I have no hesitation in following the same course here for uniformit sake, and I order therefore that proclamatious be forthwith issued to that effect for general information and guidance. Having receive this injunction from His Excellency the Viceroy, it becomes our duty to issue this proclamation under our joint authority and seal; and we hereby proclaim for the information of all traders within and without city, shopkeepers, soldiers, common people, and persons of ever description. You must all know that the test by which dollars are to be judged is purity of touch. The dollars lately arrived from foreign countries, stamped with Eagles' Heads and divers other impressions, and the old dollar stamped with a devil's head and flower millings, are one and the same thing. Both kinds are of standard purity and both of standard value. Both have been declared current a equal rates in Canton Province, and no excuse on the plea of imperfect acquaintance with the newer coin can be admitted for interferin: with its free circulation here. From this moment therefore see to it, that you all obey this mandate, and use all coins equally in you commercial dealings, refraining from exacting premium of any kind. Should you meet with any dollars which have an admixture copper in their composition, and therefore deficient in value, you will be at liberty to accept them at the proportional allowance. Our sole motive in publishing these orders is to show kindness to those who come from afar, and promote the interests of ou implicitly own people. Let all implicitly obey. Do not oppose this special Edict. Given this 15th day of the 11th month in the 6th Year of Heen Fung's Reign. (11th December, 1856.) Tran 'ated¦y W. H. Medhurst. True Copy. W. WOODGATE. c No. 81.---JANUARY 17, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. יין NOTICE. |VIE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM Walkinshaw, WILLIAM HUTCHISón, John Scarth, and ROBERT FORRESTER Thorburn. TURNER & Co, Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NOTICE. E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership Wheretofore existing between us under the firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. I NOTICE. THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORK under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, JR., G. L. HASKELL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. NOTICE. THE ARCHIVES of H. B. M.'s CONSULATE AT J. M. ARMSTRONG. CANTON, are for the time transferred to the F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. HAVE this day established myself in the Pre- mises lately occupied by Messrs ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, as a COMMISSIONR MECHANT AND GENERAL AGENT, under the Firm of F. W. LAWRENCE & Co. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 1st January, 1837. A NOTICE. N Assignment of the Property, Real and Personal, of the Firm of WETMORE & Co. of Can- rox, FoocHow, and SHANGHAE, CHINA, having been duly made on the 12th July, 1856, to the under- signed, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, and recorded in the United States Consulate at Canton : I hereby give notice to all concerned to make pay- men to me of all Sums due to, and to present to me any Claims against, the said Firm. OLIVER H. PERRY. Canton, 7th August, 1855. NOTICE. • GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONGKONG, where any Official Communications to H. M.'s Consul can, until further notice, be addressed. By Order of Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Vice-Consul. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Government Offices, Hongkong, 22d December, 1856. A In the Estate of ALEXANDER RYRIE, Master Mariner, deceased. LL Persons having claims against or being in- debted to the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. P. RYRIE, Dated 17th November, 1856. Administrator. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, T STEPHENSON V. MURROW. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in 18 HEREBY NOTIFIED,that all Monies, E MR זי +1 our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. HE NOTICE. ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized to sign our Firm per procuration, and transact any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitors, 5 In the Estate of ODIARNE TREMAYNE LANE, deceused. Andebted to, the above Estate, are requested to LL Persons having Claims against, or being forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. H. F. HANCE, Executor. Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. In the Estate of LEE KIP TYE, of Victoria, Hong. kong, Merchant, deceased. Α' LL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. G. COOPER TURNER, Solicitor for the Administrator, LEX KIP BEL. Dated 5th November, 1856. 承辦人谷巴丹拿狀師謹啟 咸豐六年十月初八日 師單各如李李 處到人有傑傑 以 債李被泰 便巴 傑承身 查丹新泰辦故 明拿卽欠家其 狀送到業弟 FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail." TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES--Tea, as bought by the Pieul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,➡Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Centa--One- half of these charges for each Repetition. 川 1 i. le he In ad ed nd rv -ry DW at ur of THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH JANUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 82. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NotificaTIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 14. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. | GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. His Excellency The Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to grant Twelve Months' leave of absence to Captain WATKINS, R.N., Harbour Master and Marine Magistrate, on Medical certificate. E. R. MICHELL, Esquire, has assumed, from the 12th instant, the charge of the Department; and as a temporary measure, JOHN LONEY, Esquire, of H.M.S. Calcutta, will have the special Superintendence of the Shipping in the Harbour. The duties of Marine Magistrate will be performed, as on previous occasions, by the Sitting Magistrate of the day. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th January, 1857. No. 15. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Notice is hereby given, that whereas information has been received of certain Treasonable Papers issued by the Authorities of the neighbouring Chinese Province, and to be found on the Persons of Parties suspected to be Emissaries of the Provincial Government, and now being within this Colony, His Excellency The Governor sanctions the offer of · A REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension of each Person on whom such Paper shall be found. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d January, 1857. No. 13. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Notification relative to the Pearl Fishery at Aripo, in the Island of Ceylon, is here published for general information, at the request of the Government of that Colony. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th January, 1857. GOVERNMENT ADVERTISEMENT. PEARL FISHERY, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Notice is hereby given, that a Pearl Fishery will take place at Aripo, in the Island of Ceylon, on or about the 1st of March, 1857; and that the Bank to be fished, is the North-west part of the Chivel Paar, estimated to contain Oysters sufficient to employ Seventy-five boats for Fifteen days. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH JANUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 82. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NotificaTIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 14. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. | GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. His Excellency The Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to grant Twelve Months' leave of absence to Captain WATKINS, R.N., Harbour Master and Marine Magistrate, on Medical certificate. E. R. MICHELL, Esquire, has assumed, from the 12th instant, the charge of the Department; and as a temporary measure, JOHN LONEY, Esquire, of H.M.S. Calcutta, will have the special Superintendence of the Shipping in the Harbour. The duties of Marine Magistrate will be performed, as on previous occasions, by the Sitting Magistrate of the day. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th January, 1857. No. 15. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Notice is hereby given, that whereas information has been received of certain Treasonable Papers issued by the Authorities of the neighbouring Chinese Province, and to be found on the Persons of Parties suspected to be Emissaries of the Provincial Government, and now being within this Colony, His Excellency The Governor sanctions the offer of · A REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension of each Person on whom such Paper shall be found. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d January, 1857. No. 13. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Notification relative to the Pearl Fishery at Aripo, in the Island of Ceylon, is here published for general information, at the request of the Government of that Colony. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th January, 1857. GOVERNMENT ADVERTISEMENT. PEARL FISHERY, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Notice is hereby given, that a Pearl Fishery will take place at Aripo, in the Island of Ceylon, on or about the 1st of March, 1857; and that the Bank to be fished, is the North-west part of the Chivel Paar, estimated to contain Oysters sufficient to employ Seventy-five boats for Fifteen days. 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 82.-JANUARY 24, 1857. It is therefore recommended that such Boat-owners and Divers as may wish to be employed at the said Fishery, should be at Aripo on or before the 20th February next. The Fishery will be conducted on account of Government, and the Oysters put up to sale in such Lots as may be deemed expedient. The arrangements of the Fishery will be the same as have been usual on similar occasions. All payments to be made in ready money in Ceylon Currency, or in East India Company's Rupees. Drafts on the Banks in Colombo, or Bills on the Agents of this Government in India at Ten day's sight, will be taken, on letters of Credit being produced to warrant the drawing of such Drafts or Bills. For the convenience of purchasers, the Treasurer at Colombo and the different Government Agents of Provinces will be authorized to receive Cash Deposits from partics intending to become purchasers, and Receipts of these Officers will be taken in payment of any sums due on account of the Fishery. No deposit will be received for a less sum than Fifty Pounds. Colonial Secretary's Office, Colombo, 13th December, 1856. Translation. Size of BASKET. QUALITY OF PEARLS EXTRACTED. 20th Anie (Round), *** By His Excellency's Command, STATEMENT. WEIGHT OF PEARLS EXTRACTED. QUANTITY OF PEARLS. Manchady. Kalancy. Chew. RATE OF VALUATION PER Chew and Kalancy, VALUE C. J. MACCARTHY, Colonial Secretary. OF PEARLS. Rupees. Annas. " 118 12 pagodas per Chew,... 30 1 Pice. do., "9 *** ... ... ... do., 1 " 40 190 30th do., 1 28 # ... *** .. 10 do., do., 6 12 2 ... do., 1 " *** *** ... *** 50th do., n *** ... ... 19/10 10 do. do.. $ " འ 80th Anie & Anatbary, ][ 10 do., do., 9 3 ... *** Kalippo, 25 16 do., Kalancy, 11 14 2 ... " » 8. Cooroowel, don do., 5 15 * *** " " 100th Vadiwoe, ... n " " 200th do., *** *** " .18 do., do., 225 24 13 19 400th do., ... # " 600th 800th Tool, 21 do.. do., 15 5 " 1000th Peesal, ... Kodey, Karoppo, ... *** ... " do., do., " ... .... ... Total, .. ... 110 " =£11 1s. Ijď. G. LEE, C. P. LAYARD. J. HIGGS. Colombo, 25th November, 1856. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THER " THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "BOMBAY, Capt. W. CURLING, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas- NOTICE. THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on THURSDAY, the 29th day of January instant, at 12 o'clock Noon. By order of the Court. WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. AILS for BOMBAY, 'EUROPE, &c., per Steamer "Bombay,” will close on THURS- DAY, the 29th instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. sengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Ma Places, on FRIDAY, the 30th instant, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 p.M. on the 28th; SPECIE until Noon on the 29th; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 29th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1857. A SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning from 8 to 10 A.M., for a late fee of Sixpence; and from 10 till Noon, for a late fee of One Shilling,-after which hour no letters will be received. Letters posted between 10 and 12 o'clock, must be prepaid. Wan. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, A 23d January, 1857. NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against the ESTATE of the late THOMAS B. GRAY, are re- quested to send them in to the undersigned before the Tenth day of February proximo ; and all indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to persons AND. S. DIXSON, Executor. Hongkong, 21st January, 1857. NOTICE. HE undersigned, being about to leave the Colony Tby the February Mait for Europe, requests that all Claims against him may be sent in before the 10th February, and that all Debts due to him may be also paid before that date. H. WINIBERG, Commercial Hotel Hongkong, 20th January, 1857. N In re TSOO AMING, CARPENTER, deceased. OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS or CODICILS of the above Party that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on SATURDAY, the 31st day of January, 1857; or if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court. No By the Court, WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar. In re ROBERT JACKSON, deceased, ABEL POYER, 99 ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMINI- STRATOR before the 10th day of July, 1857, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make payment to WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar-Official Administrator. 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 82.-JANUARY 24, 1857. It is therefore recommended that such Boat-owners and Divers as may wish to be employed at the said Fishery, should be at Aripo on or before the 20th February next. The Fishery will be conducted on account of Government, and the Oysters put up to sale in such Lots as may be deemed expedient. The arrangements of the Fishery will be the same as have been usual on similar occasions. All payments to be made in ready money in Ceylon Currency, or in East India Company's Rupees. Drafts on the Banks in Colombo, or Bills on the Agents of this Government in India at Ten day's sight, will be taken, on letters of Credit being produced to warrant the drawing of such Drafts or Bills. For the convenience of purchasers, the Treasurer at Colombo and the different Government Agents of Provinces will be authorized to receive Cash Deposits from partics intending to become purchasers, and Receipts of these Officers will be taken in payment of any sums due on account of the Fishery. No deposit will be received for a less sum than Fifty Pounds. Colonial Secretary's Office, Colombo, 13th December, 1856. Translation. Size of BASKET. QUALITY OF PEARLS EXTRACTED. 20th Anie (Round), *** By His Excellency's Command, STATEMENT. WEIGHT OF PEARLS EXTRACTED. QUANTITY OF PEARLS. Manchady. Kalancy. Chew. RATE OF VALUATION PER Chew and Kalancy, VALUE C. J. MACCARTHY, Colonial Secretary. OF PEARLS. Rupees. Annas. " 118 12 pagodas per Chew,... 30 1 Pice. do., "9 *** ... ... ... do., 1 " 40 190 30th do., 1 28 # ... *** .. 10 do., do., 6 12 2 ... do., 1 " *** *** ... *** 50th do., n *** ... ... 19/10 10 do. do.. $ " འ 80th Anie & Anatbary, ][ 10 do., do., 9 3 ... *** Kalippo, 25 16 do., Kalancy, 11 14 2 ... " » 8. Cooroowel, don do., 5 15 * *** " " 100th Vadiwoe, ... n " " 200th do., *** *** " .18 do., do., 225 24 13 19 400th do., ... # " 600th 800th Tool, 21 do.. do., 15 5 " 1000th Peesal, ... Kodey, Karoppo, ... *** ... " do., do., " ... .... ... Total, .. ... 110 " =£11 1s. Ijď. G. LEE, C. P. LAYARD. J. HIGGS. Colombo, 25th November, 1856. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THER " THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "BOMBAY, Capt. W. CURLING, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas- NOTICE. THE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on THURSDAY, the 29th day of January instant, at 12 o'clock Noon. By order of the Court. WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. AILS for BOMBAY, 'EUROPE, &c., per Steamer "Bombay,” will close on THURS- DAY, the 29th instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. sengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Ma Places, on FRIDAY, the 30th instant, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 p.M. on the 28th; SPECIE until Noon on the 29th; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 29th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1857. A SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning from 8 to 10 A.M., for a late fee of Sixpence; and from 10 till Noon, for a late fee of One Shilling,-after which hour no letters will be received. Letters posted between 10 and 12 o'clock, must be prepaid. Wan. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, A 23d January, 1857. NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against the ESTATE of the late THOMAS B. GRAY, are re- quested to send them in to the undersigned before the Tenth day of February proximo ; and all indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to persons AND. S. DIXSON, Executor. Hongkong, 21st January, 1857. NOTICE. HE undersigned, being about to leave the Colony Tby the February Mait for Europe, requests that all Claims against him may be sent in before the 10th February, and that all Debts due to him may be also paid before that date. H. WINIBERG, Commercial Hotel Hongkong, 20th January, 1857. N In re TSOO AMING, CARPENTER, deceased. OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS or CODICILS of the above Party that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on SATURDAY, the 31st day of January, 1857; or if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court. No By the Court, WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar. In re ROBERT JACKSON, deceased, ABEL POYER, 99 ́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMINI- STRATOR before the 10th day of July, 1857, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All Persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make payment to WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar-Official Administrator. No. 82. JANUARY 24, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. IVE NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our Firm at Fuhchan, and Mr ROBERT N. WESTALE is authorized to sign our Firm at that Port by procuration. SMITH, KENNEDY & Co. Shanghae, 19th January, 1837. THE NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTChison, Joan Scarth, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNER & Co, Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NOTICE. Wheretofore existing between hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership Erm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. HAVE this day established myself in the Pre- Imises lately occupied by Messrs ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, as a CoMMISSIONR MECHANT and General AGENT, under the Firm of F. W. LAWRENCE & Co. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 1st January, 1857. NOTICE. NOTICE. ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized to any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. NOTICE. THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORK under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, Jr., G. L. HASKELL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. NOTICE. THE ARCHIVES of H. B. M.'s CONSULATE AT CANTON, are for the time transferred to the GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONGKONG, where any Official Communications to H. M.'s Consul can, until further notice, be addressed. .' By Order of Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Vice-Consul. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Government Offices, Hongkong, 22d December, 1856. AN Assignment of the Property, Real and Personal, A Firm of & Co. of Can- TAN, FOOCHOW, and SHANGHAE, CHINA, having been diy made on the 12th July, 1856, to the under- Signed, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, and recorded in the United States Consulate at Canton : I hereby give notice to all concerned to make pay. ren to me of all Sums due to, and to present to me y Claims against, the said Firm. OLIVER H. PERRY. Canton, 7th August, 1855. NOTICE. In the Estate of ALEXANDER RYRIE, Master Marincr, deceased. LL Persons having claims against or being in- debted to the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. P. RYRIE, · Dated 17th November, 1856. Administrator. In the Estate of ODIARNE TREMAYNE LANE, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Aindebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in | without delay. our Firm. MR W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. H. F. HANCE, Executor. Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. 3 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, IT STEPHENSON v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,-that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 18th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitors. In the Estate of LEE KIP TYE, of Victoria, Hong. kong, Merchant, deceased. indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. G. COOPER TURNER, Solicitor for the Administrator, LEE KIP BEE. Dated 5th November, 1856. 咸豐六年十月 承辦人谷巴丹拿狀師啟 啟者 李 師單各如李李 處到人有傑傑 以債李泰 便巴目傑承身 初 查丹新泰辦故 八 明拿卽欠家其 殷日 狀送到業弟 Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 31ST JANUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 83. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NotificATIONS, and PUBLIC Papers, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 3. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., has been pleased to appoint, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government, WILLIAM Raymond GingELL, Esquire, to officiate as Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bangkok. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th January, 1857. W. WOODGATE. No. 16. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified that, by Order of His Excellency The Governor, and with the Advice of the Executive Council, a Circular has been issued in the Chinese Language, in which a Reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS is offered for the apprehension and conviction of One ALUN, said to have absconded from the ESING Bakery on or about the morning of the 15th Instant; and a further Reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for the apprehension and conviction of One ATSOI, said to have absconded in like manner, By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th January, 1857. No. 17. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby intimated to the Purchasers of the Farm Lots at Pok-foo-lum, sold on 14th June 1856, that in accordance with the Third Clause of special Conditions of Sale, and under Authority from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Leases of those Lots will be extended from 21 to 75 Years, on payment for each Lot of an increased Premium by way of Bonus to the amount of Seventy-five Dollars and Sixty Ĉents, being the average amount of Premium realized at the Sale. It is requested that the said Purchasers will without delay communicate to the Acting Surveyor General their intention of accepting such extension on the above terms, or of taking out their Leases under the original Conditions. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th January, 1857, 2 No. 18. The Wongkong Government Gazette. [No. 83.-JANUARY 31, 1857. 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, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. Account of the average Amount of the Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 31st December, 1856, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NOTES ISSUED,.............................$247,950, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 28th January, 1857. SAM GRAY, Manager. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that I found the necessary Amount of Specie as required by the Royal Charter. Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. NOTICE. E have established a Branch, of our Firm WE a Branch OBERT IN WESTALL is authorized to siga our Firm at that Port by procuration. SMITH, KENNEDY & Co. Shanghae, 19th January, 1857. THE NOTICE. by the February Mail for Europe, requests that all Claims against him may be sent in before the 10th February, and that all Debts due to him may be also paid before that date. H. WINIBERG, Commercial Hotel. Hongkong, 20th January, 1857. NOTICE. VIIE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND THE Interest and Responsibility of em, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNER & Co, Ilongkong, 12th January, 1857. WE NOTICE E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership, heretofore existing between us under the firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W, LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. NOTICE. ALL Persing the LL Persons having Claims against the ESTATE H. REINHARD, A Member of the Colonial Treasury Commission. In the Estate of ODIARNE TREMAYNE LANE, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being quested to send them in to the undersigned before A indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to the Tenth day of February proximo; and all persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to AND. S. DIXSON, Executor. Hongkong, 21st January, 1857. NOTICE. .... i `R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in MR our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. NOTICE. H sign our Firm per procuration, and transact ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized to any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. NOTICE. AN Assignment of the property, Real and Personal, N forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. H. F. HANCE, Executor. Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, IT STEPHENSON v. MURROW. IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,-that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver noun being alone good discharges for such monies, in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour. able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitors. In the Estate of LEE KIP TYE, of Victoria, Hong. kong, Merchant, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. of the Firm of WETMORE & Co. of CAN-A TON, FOOCHOW, and SHANGHAE, CHINA, having been duly made on the 12th July, 1856, to the under- signed, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, and recorded in the United States Consulate at Canton: I hereby give notice to all concerned to make pay- wen to me of all Sums due to, and to present to me any Claims against, the said Firm. OLIVER H. PERRY. Canton, 7th August, 1855, · NOTICE. HAVE this day established myself in the Pre-ARCHIVES of H. B. M.'s CONSULATE AT mises lately occupied by Messrs ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, as a COMMISSIONE MECHANT AND GENERAL AGENT, under the Firm of F. W. LAWRENCE & Co. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 1st January, 1857. NOTICE. GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONGKONG, where any are for the time transferred to the Official Communications to H. M.'s Consul can, until further notice, be addressed. By Order of Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Vice-Consul. HE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be conducted by the Government Offices, Hongkong, 22d December, 1856. In the Estate of ALEXANDER RYRIE, Master Mariner, deceased. G. COOPER TURNER, Solicitor for the Administrator; LEX KIF BEL. Dated 5th November, 1856. 承辦人谷巴丹拿狀師 咸豐六年十月初八 日 claims against in- Ponds under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON Adebted to the above Estate, are requested to & Co. - C. D. WILLIAMS, 啟 #*# 師單各如李李 處到人有傑傑 以谷債李被泰 便巴目傑承身 查丹祈泰辦故 明拿卽欠家其 狀送到業弟 forward particulars of the same to the 'undersigned | Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— forthwith. H, ANTIION, JR, G. L. HASKELL. P. RYRIE, Administrator. Dated 17th November, 1856. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Lino, Twenty Centa—() no- '-half of these charges for each Repotition. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 84. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 19. : GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Return of Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer during the Year 1856, is published · for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. RETURN of PASSENGER SHIPS, to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, during the Year, 1856. ADULTS. CHILDREN. DATE OP CERTIFICATE. SHIP'S NAME. TONE. OF WHAT PORT. MASTER'S NAME. WHITHER BOUND. Male. Female. Male. Female. February 23 March 12 Stephen Baldwin,... Bertha, 634 500 " 12 John Calvin,....... 510 14 Cornelis Smit, 719 24 Jacoba Cornelia, 492 25 Euterpe, ... ... 26 * Lady Hayes, *.. 26 Cornwall, ... 28 Juno, ... 31 31 Anglia,... April ... Everdine Elizabeth, Duke of Portland, 615 Rotterdam Philadelphia Bremen Hongkong Alblaperdam Rotterdam 504 Dordrecht 384 Hongkong 580 London 441 Rotterdam D. Klamp A. Thornhill H. H. Ruhaak T. Rosenboom A. Knipers Dawson J. O. Kluin C. J. Tonjis G. Downer San Francisco Adelaide 230 ... 231 ... 12 ... Havana 81 Adelaide & Port Phillip 384 ... 20 Adelaide 263 Adelaide 282 2 R. Williamson Port Phillip 175 Adelaide & Port Phillip 317 Adelaide & Melbourne 226 Adelaide & Melbourne 375 ... *** • 570 523 Liverpool Greenock W. M. Ball Adelaide & Sydney 317 ... 6 12 G. F. Seymour Havana 334 2 Jamestown, ... 1,151 New York Rufus G. F. Candage Adelaide & Port Phillip 399 3 Labuan, 547 Macao ... " 4 Sumatra, ... 778 Dort 8 Tuskina, 420 San Francisco ... 11 Kenau Hasselaar,....... 698 Rotterdam 11 " Alfred the Great, 649 London 11 Alfred,... ... 780 Hongkong 14 Nicoline, ... 570 Hamburg 14 Golden West, 1,500 Boston, U.S.A. J. F. Grill Henri Grivel Edmund Jones O. Lindeman Peter M'Intyre W. R. Browning C. H. Vallessen W. E. Putnam San Francisco San Francisco Adelaide & Port Phillip 252 ... Adelaide & Melbourne 374 ... Adelaide & Port Phillip 294 12 Sydney & Port Phillip San Francisco Sydney 354 ... 230 ... ... 385 234 : 344 ... ... 17 Christina,... 272 Sydney Lewis Truscott Port Phillip & Sydney 157 21 Kit Carson, .. 997 Dennis (Mass: U.S.A.) Seth Crowell San Francisco 370 ... ... 29 Sirocco, ... 1,135 Philadelphia W. H. Weat San Francisco 480 ... ... ... 30 Tartar,... 573 New York ... May 10 Jan Hendrik, *** 12 " Star King, • 611 1,170 Amsterdam Boston E. A. Mix H. de Jong G. H. Turner Adelaide & Sydney 378 ... ... San Francisco 250 ... San Francisco 370 10 17 Sarah Warren.......... 188 San Francisco A. W. Gove San Francisco 57 .. 17 Hamilton, ... 17 Black Warrior........... 438 1,900 Hongkong James Fair San Francisco 219 ... ... ... Baltimore T. J. Murphy San Francisco 457 1 ... *** 24 Carribean, *** ... June 30 Caesar,... **** July ... *** ... " 13 Wilhelmsburg......... 1,119 7 John Stuart, Edith Rose. 19 Henry Miller, September 12 Meteor, 17❘ Excelsior.... 874 London Hamburg 438 Hamburg 1,653 New York 510 Boston 433 London 1,067❘ Boston 682 | Stockton II. C. Muller John Sturge W. M. Chamberlin H. F. Crowell Robert Putt S. W. Pike Alexander Jones John Winchester San Francisco 422 *** ... San Francisco 415 ... San Francisco 74 ... San Francisco 150 Melbourne & Sydney 40 ... ... ... Havana 191 San Francisco Melbourne 260 66 THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 84. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 19. : GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Return of Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer during the Year 1856, is published · for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. RETURN of PASSENGER SHIPS, to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, during the Year, 1856. ADULTS. CHILDREN. DATE OP CERTIFICATE. SHIP'S NAME. TONE. OF WHAT PORT. MASTER'S NAME. WHITHER BOUND. Male. Female. Male. Female. February 23 March 12 Stephen Baldwin,... Bertha, 634 500 " 12 John Calvin,....... 510 14 Cornelis Smit, 719 24 Jacoba Cornelia, 492 25 Euterpe, ... ... 26 * Lady Hayes, *.. 26 Cornwall, ... 28 Juno, ... 31 31 Anglia,... April ... Everdine Elizabeth, Duke of Portland, 615 Rotterdam Philadelphia Bremen Hongkong Alblaperdam Rotterdam 504 Dordrecht 384 Hongkong 580 London 441 Rotterdam D. Klamp A. Thornhill H. H. Ruhaak T. Rosenboom A. Knipers Dawson J. O. Kluin C. J. Tonjis G. Downer San Francisco Adelaide 230 ... 231 ... 12 ... Havana 81 Adelaide & Port Phillip 384 ... 20 Adelaide 263 Adelaide 282 2 R. Williamson Port Phillip 175 Adelaide & Port Phillip 317 Adelaide & Melbourne 226 Adelaide & Melbourne 375 ... *** • 570 523 Liverpool Greenock W. M. Ball Adelaide & Sydney 317 ... 6 12 G. F. Seymour Havana 334 2 Jamestown, ... 1,151 New York Rufus G. F. Candage Adelaide & Port Phillip 399 3 Labuan, 547 Macao ... " 4 Sumatra, ... 778 Dort 8 Tuskina, 420 San Francisco ... 11 Kenau Hasselaar,....... 698 Rotterdam 11 " Alfred the Great, 649 London 11 Alfred,... ... 780 Hongkong 14 Nicoline, ... 570 Hamburg 14 Golden West, 1,500 Boston, U.S.A. J. F. Grill Henri Grivel Edmund Jones O. Lindeman Peter M'Intyre W. R. Browning C. H. Vallessen W. E. Putnam San Francisco San Francisco Adelaide & Port Phillip 252 ... Adelaide & Melbourne 374 ... Adelaide & Port Phillip 294 12 Sydney & Port Phillip San Francisco Sydney 354 ... 230 ... ... 385 234 : 344 ... ... 17 Christina,... 272 Sydney Lewis Truscott Port Phillip & Sydney 157 21 Kit Carson, .. 997 Dennis (Mass: U.S.A.) Seth Crowell San Francisco 370 ... ... 29 Sirocco, ... 1,135 Philadelphia W. H. Weat San Francisco 480 ... ... ... 30 Tartar,... 573 New York ... May 10 Jan Hendrik, *** 12 " Star King, • 611 1,170 Amsterdam Boston E. A. Mix H. de Jong G. H. Turner Adelaide & Sydney 378 ... ... San Francisco 250 ... San Francisco 370 10 17 Sarah Warren.......... 188 San Francisco A. W. Gove San Francisco 57 .. 17 Hamilton, ... 17 Black Warrior........... 438 1,900 Hongkong James Fair San Francisco 219 ... ... ... Baltimore T. J. Murphy San Francisco 457 1 ... *** 24 Carribean, *** ... June 30 Caesar,... **** July ... *** ... " 13 Wilhelmsburg......... 1,119 7 John Stuart, Edith Rose. 19 Henry Miller, September 12 Meteor, 17❘ Excelsior.... 874 London Hamburg 438 Hamburg 1,653 New York 510 Boston 433 London 1,067❘ Boston 682 | Stockton II. C. Muller John Sturge W. M. Chamberlin H. F. Crowell Robert Putt S. W. Pike Alexander Jones John Winchester San Francisco 422 *** ... San Francisco 415 ... San Francisco 74 ... San Francisco 150 Melbourne & Sydney 40 ... ... ... Havana 191 San Francisco Melbourne 260 66 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 84.-FEBRUARY 7, 1857. RETURN of PASSENGER SHIPS, &c.,— Continued. ADULTS. CHILDREN. DATE OF CERTIFICATE. SHIP'S NAME, TONS. OF WHAT PORT. MASTER'S NAME. WHITHER Bound. Mule. Female. Male. Female. ctober 28 Janet Willis, 666 London 31 Land o' Cakes,... 561 London R. J. Wood R. M. Miller San Francisco 120 *** ... Melbourne 287 ... *** ... Tovember 8 Bernicia 548 London 24 Mary Whitridge, 978 Baltimore ecember 4 Cornwall," 580 London J. T. Jarman W. Dawson Adelaide & Melbourne 231 •• R. C. Cheesebroughe San Francisco 161 *** ... Guichen Bay 317 ... ... 4 Paradise, 500 ... Penang T. Heritage Singapore 210 ... ... 5 Catherine Glen, ... 1,327 London R. Early Havana 597 ... ... • 10 Phaeton, .. 1,000 London R. W. Morison Guichen Bay 250 ... ... 13 Jan Hendrik, 614 Amsterdam H. de Jong Guichen Bay 297 22 ... ... 13 Cornelia, ... ... 408 Singapore C. F. Demeé Singapore 100 17 Vanguard, 687 ... Liverpool R. Wise Guichen Bay & Melbourne 309 ... 99 99 " 18 Lady Elgin, 750 ... : 29 Atalanta, 934 ... ... 30 Statesman, Prince of Wales' Island] C. Le Boucher de Lisle | Singapore London 405❘ Singapore 300 10 J. Blyth J. Webb Guichen Bay & Melbourne 555 ... ... Singapore 77 ... 31 Eliza Ann, 246 ... Singapore SUMMARY. C. E. Wise Singapore 92 ... ADULTS. CHILDREN. Male. Female. Male. Female. "9 San Francisco, " To Adelaide, Guichen Bay, Port Phillip, and Sydney, Havana,.. "Singapore,. 7,515 1 86 ... 4,843 24 ... *** ... ... 779 4 10 Totals......... 14,340 29 96 E. R. MICHELL, Emigration Officer. Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857. No. 20. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. J. J. HICKSON, Esquire, having resigned Office under this Government, it is hereby notified, that G. COOPER TURNER, Esquire, has been appointed Crown Solicitor and Queen's Proctor, and that CHARLES MAY, Esquire, will perform the duties of Coroner; and, as Deputy Sheriff on the nomination of the Sheriff, have charge of Victoria Gaol. These Appointments will date from the 4th Instant, and will be referred for the approval of Her Majesty's Government. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. No. 21. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified to Lease-holders of Crown Lands in this Colony, that a List of all Rents outstanding on Monday, the 16th Instant, will be handed in to the Crown Solicitor for instant recovery. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. No. 4. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. *W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Diplomatic Department. Directions having been received from The Right Honourable The Earl of Clarendon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Revoke the Instructions to Her Britannic Majesty's Consuls and Vice- Consuls in China, in reference to a Colonial Ordinance No. 15 of 1856, conveyed by Circular No. 17 of 1856, from this Department, copy of which was published for general information in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 30th August last: The said Instructions are hereby Revoked accordingly. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 4th Day of February, 1857. JOHN BOWRING, H. B. M.'s Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China. By Command of His Excellency H.B.M.'s Plenipotentiary, W. Ver TE. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 84.-FEBRUARY 7, 1857. RETURN of PASSENGER SHIPS, &c.,— Continued. ADULTS. CHILDREN. DATE OF CERTIFICATE. SHIP'S NAME, TONS. OF WHAT PORT. MASTER'S NAME. WHITHER Bound. Mule. Female. Male. Female. ctober 28 Janet Willis, 666 London 31 Land o' Cakes,... 561 London R. J. Wood R. M. Miller San Francisco 120 *** ... Melbourne 287 ... *** ... Tovember 8 Bernicia 548 London 24 Mary Whitridge, 978 Baltimore ecember 4 Cornwall," 580 London J. T. Jarman W. Dawson Adelaide & Melbourne 231 •• R. C. Cheesebroughe San Francisco 161 *** ... Guichen Bay 317 ... ... 4 Paradise, 500 ... Penang T. Heritage Singapore 210 ... ... 5 Catherine Glen, ... 1,327 London R. Early Havana 597 ... ... • 10 Phaeton, .. 1,000 London R. W. Morison Guichen Bay 250 ... ... 13 Jan Hendrik, 614 Amsterdam H. de Jong Guichen Bay 297 22 ... ... 13 Cornelia, ... ... 408 Singapore C. F. Demeé Singapore 100 17 Vanguard, 687 ... Liverpool R. Wise Guichen Bay & Melbourne 309 ... 99 99 " 18 Lady Elgin, 750 ... : 29 Atalanta, 934 ... ... 30 Statesman, Prince of Wales' Island] C. Le Boucher de Lisle | Singapore London 405❘ Singapore 300 10 J. Blyth J. Webb Guichen Bay & Melbourne 555 ... ... Singapore 77 ... 31 Eliza Ann, 246 ... Singapore SUMMARY. C. E. Wise Singapore 92 ... ADULTS. CHILDREN. Male. Female. Male. Female. "9 San Francisco, " To Adelaide, Guichen Bay, Port Phillip, and Sydney, Havana,.. "Singapore,. 7,515 1 86 ... 4,843 24 ... *** ... ... 779 4 10 Totals......... 14,340 29 96 E. R. MICHELL, Emigration Officer. Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857. No. 20. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. J. J. HICKSON, Esquire, having resigned Office under this Government, it is hereby notified, that G. COOPER TURNER, Esquire, has been appointed Crown Solicitor and Queen's Proctor, and that CHARLES MAY, Esquire, will perform the duties of Coroner; and, as Deputy Sheriff on the nomination of the Sheriff, have charge of Victoria Gaol. These Appointments will date from the 4th Instant, and will be referred for the approval of Her Majesty's Government. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. No. 21. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified to Lease-holders of Crown Lands in this Colony, that a List of all Rents outstanding on Monday, the 16th Instant, will be handed in to the Crown Solicitor for instant recovery. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. No. 4. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. *W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Diplomatic Department. Directions having been received from The Right Honourable The Earl of Clarendon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Revoke the Instructions to Her Britannic Majesty's Consuls and Vice- Consuls in China, in reference to a Colonial Ordinance No. 15 of 1856, conveyed by Circular No. 17 of 1856, from this Department, copy of which was published for general information in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 30th August last: The said Instructions are hereby Revoked accordingly. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 4th Day of February, 1857. JOHN BOWRING, H. B. M.'s Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China. By Command of His Excellency H.B.M.'s Plenipotentiary, W. Ver TE. l e ent 4-FEBRUARY 7, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. next GENERAL MAILS for BOMBAY, iROPE, &c., per Steamer "CADIZ” will SATURDAY, the 14th instant, at 6 o'clock, Sual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made wing morning from 8 to 10 o'clock A.M., arte fes tid.; and from 10 till noon, for a late fee After which hour no Letters can be received. WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. Post Offer, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. ewing Instructions having been received by His Grace The Post-Master General, are te published for general information :— New Postal Convention having just been con- with FRANCE, the provisions of this convention its operation on 1st January, 1857. A re- to Three-pence per quarter ounce, instead of - “ence per quarter ounce, will be chargeable after icate above mentioned, in addition to the uniform A rate of Gd. per half-ounce, upon all Letters d between the United Kingdom and nging, making the total charge for a letter- ia 3, if not exceeding 4 ounce. tad, if exceeding and not exceeding & ounce. " ounce, " n ❤ " " " 11 11 » Convention also reduces the charges upon conveyed directly between France and Hong- ing; and it has been agreed that, upon all Letters ied between France and Hongkong, the entire Ind Sta Postage shall be collected in France. r this arrangement, the Red Sea rate of One Nurg the half ounce, hitherto levied in Hongkong ww letters contained in the Mails to or from Parr, wili no longer be chargeable; and no Postage courerance shall hereafter be collected in on the despatch of letters to France, ng, either e me the dolievery of letters from France. 2 By Order. WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Muster. Pue. Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, Victoria, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. "OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing 15 CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF *** SCURRAL WORKS-in constructing a New WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to - the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward. Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of twiter's Wharf; in forming the NEW STRAND ROAD; in Franz in the Gronad between such New Road and - ment Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; mi w runtinuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., 4-ear inspect the DRAWINGS, Specifications, **Ă CONDITIONS of Contract at this Office, on and + IT NOTICE. T is hereby notified, that Applications to fill the Office of Danish Consul at Foo-chow Foo. by Resident Merchants of that place, will be received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Copenhagen, until the end of April Next. By Order, FRED. H BLOCK, H. S. M. Consul. Danish Consulate, Hongkong, 7th February, 1857. NOTICE. A NOTICE 3 LL Persons having Claims against the ESTATE of the late THŪMAS B. GRAY, are re- quested to send them in to the undersigned before indebted to the said Estate are requested to make the Tenth day of February proximo; and all persons immediate payment to AND. S. DIXSON, Execulor. Ilongkong, 21st January, 1857. ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuance M PAR of the intimation of HER MAJESTY'S PLENI- POTENTIARY to the BRITISH Community of Canton, under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, are informed by the undersigned that these Statements HARRY S. PARKES, should be furnished them in Duplicate. Consul Offg. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. NOTICE. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. NOTICE. ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized to HENRY FUSTA per procuration, and transact any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. NOTICE. N A Copy of the JURY LIST HOUR for insted Assignment of the Property, Real and Personal. up at the Court inspec- tion. Notice of any Inaccuracies, Omissions, &c., must be given IN WRITING to the Registrar on or before the Twenty-first day of February instant, in accordance with the Provisions of Section 3 of Or- dinance No. 4 of 1851. WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar. NOTICE. THE undersigned, being about to leave the Colony TH by the February Mail for Europe, requests that all Claims against him may be sent in before the 10th February, and that all Debts due to him may be also paid before that date. H. WINIBERG, Commercial Hotel Hongkong, 20th January, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND THNEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTchison, John SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNEK & Co, Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NOTICE. WE E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. sHE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours Port, between the undersigned, under the Style #11 a.m. and 4 P.M. THOS. S. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. NOTICE. I have this day entered into Partnership as GENERAL MERCHANTS and COMMISSION herers under the Firm of DAVIS & LAWRENCE, ** which will merge the Affairs of Messrs F. W. LAWRENCE & Co. HENRY DAVIS. F. W. LAWRENCE. Fmrkong, 7th February, 1857. NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our Firm at Fukchaw, and Mr ROBERT N. VESTALL is authorized to sign our Firm at that Put by procuration. SMITH, KENNEDY, & Co. Lunghae, 19th January, 1857. | of Firm of WETMORE & Co. of CAN- TON, FOOCHOw, and SHANGHAE, China, having been duly made on the 12th July, 1856, to the under signed, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, and recorded in the United States Consulate at Canton: I hereby give notice to all concerned to make pay- men to me of all Sums due to, and to present to me any Claims against, the said Firm. OLIVER H. PERRY. Canton, 7th August, 1855. NOTICE. THE ARCHIVES of H. B. M.'s CONSUlate at TH CANTON, are for the time transferred to the GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONGKONG, where any Official Communications to H. M.'s Consul can, until further notice, be addressed. By Order of Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Vice-Consul. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Government Offices, Hongkong, 22d December, 1856. In the Estate of ODIARNE TREMAYNE LANE, deceused. LL Persons having Claims against, or being A indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. H. F. HANCE, Executor. Hongkong, 7th January, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. ́T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies, IT now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- Deputy,) be having been lawfully appointed Receiver ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA-EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. PORK under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, Jr., G. L. HASKELL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. In the Estate of ALEXANDER RYRIE, Master Mariner, deceased. debted to the above Estate, are requested to ALL Persons having claims against or being in- forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. Dated 17th November, 1856. P. RYRIE, Administrator. A GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitors. FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail." the TEA, all CHARGES--Tea, as bought by the Pisul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. PRICE, $12 per Annum. Bingle Copies, Thirty-siz Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong. Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cenis--One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 85. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby giren, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMations, NotificaTIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. t W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 22. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Notice having been circulated amongst the Shipping in this Harbour, is published for general information. By Order, `W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th February, 1857. Masters and Officers in charge of Merchant Vessels in the Harbour, are hereby notified, that the Section in the Port Regulations (Ordinance No. 11 of 1845) having reference to the Firing of Guns, will in future be strictly enforced. * E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master. Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th February, 1857. No. 23. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The Honourable WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Colonial Secretary and Auditor General, has obtained leave of absence from the Colony, for Eighteen Months from this date. W. T. BRIDGES, D.C.L., will officiate as Acting Colonial Secretary during Mr MERCER's absence. The duties of Auditor General will, until further orders, be performed by H. REINHARD, Esquire. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th February, 1857. No. 24. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. J. HYNDMAN, Esquire, will conduct the affairs of the Colonial Treasury until further notice. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th February, 1857. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 25. The Wongkong Government Gazette. [No. 85.-FEBRUARY 14, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor directs the publication of the following Letters from the Superintendent of Police, in explanation of certain statements recently made against that Officer. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No 9. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th February, 1857. POLICE DEPARTment, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. Str.-In compliance with your letter of this date referring to a statement appearing in the China Mail newspaper of this morning, respecting the treatment of the prisoners seized at the Esing Bakery: I have the honour to state, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, that upon the apprehension of the whole of the prisoners on the 15th January, and pending enquiry which resulted in the committal of ten of the number for trial at the Supreme Court, the prisoners, with the exception of several kept apart for the purposes of the investigation, were placed in a room on the ground floor of the New Police Station, Cross Roads, this appearing to me a suitable place, and the only one at my disposal,-the then crowded state of the Jail, and the Cells at the Central Police Station, being always required for ordinary business, rendering it necessary to provide other accommodation for these particular prisoners. After the committal for trial of ten prisoners on the 19th January, the remainder, forty-two in number, were remanded as being persons dangerous to the peace and good order of the Colony, under Ordinance No. 2 of 1857; and inasmuch as the same difficulty continued of placing them within Jail, (until the 26th January, when certain prisoners were deported), they have been since that date until the 3d February, confined in the room at the Cross Roads Station. This room is a dry lofty room, fifteen feet square, and is ventilated by a chimney and an opening near the top of the room, which opening, secured by iron bars, measures six feet long, by one feet high, the door of the room opens on to the Queen's Road, and as I am informed and credibly believe, this door was frequently open. On two occasions I visited the prisoners, who certainly presented no appearance of illness. I found the air close, but not more so than I have found in many places no larger, occupied by as many, or more, Chinese emigrants or coolies. None of the prisoners are ill, and present no other than the usual appearance of prisoners; and this is the most conclusive evidence that the accommodation was not so bad, and has had no such injurious effect, as stated in the newspaper report. On the 3d of February, Dr Lorrain called at my office upon other business, and then mentioned that he had that morning visited the Cross Road Station, in company with the Editor of the China Mail; and that, in his opinion, if the prisoners confined there were not removed speedily, they would be seized with fever. Giving weight to a medical opinion, I directed the prisoners to be at once removed to the Jail, and I should have removed them at any time had I supposed that the place of imprisonment was unsuitable and injurious to the prisoners' health; for undoubtedly I had no intention to inflict cruelty upon the prisoners, and all my arrangements respecting them were made, having only a regard for their safe custody and the public convenience. With respect to the food for the prisoners, I have to state, that the usual rations, ample and good, were provided at Government expense at the commencement of the imprisonment, and that upon the prisoners friends asking if they might give them provisions, I gave per- mission. Most certain it is that the prisoners had their daily food in the usual way; and that if the prisoners' friends had not preferred supplying it, that it would have been provided at the expense of Government. I have seen the cook-shop keeper, who upon the order of the prisoners' friends supplied the provisions of the prisoners.—I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, The Honourable W. T. MERCER, Esquire, Colonial Secretary, &c., &c. No. 11. CHARLES MAY, Superintendent of Police. POLICE DEPARTMENT, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 13th February, 1857. SIR,—I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 180 of this date, informing me that it is the intention of His Ex- cellency the Governor to publish in the Government Gazette my former report on the subject of the treatment of certain Prisoners apprehendeg at the Esing' shop and Bakery, and referring to a second Article on this subject in one of the Local Newspapers. I would desire to add to my former Report, in reference to certain points specified in this second Article, that I have recollection that on the morning of the 3d February instant, Assistant Superintendent Grand Pré requested me to sign an order for the transmission of the Prisoners referred to, from the Room at the Cross Roads Station to the Jail, mentioning that the air at the former place was close. I directed Mr Grand Pré not to remove them until the case at the Supreme Court was decided, which I believed would be that day, as upon that decision would probably depend whether the prisoners would be farther detained or liberated. The following morning_Dr_Lorrain called at the Station, and upon his representation I gave a warrant for the reception of the Prisoners within Jail, when Dr Lorrain mentioned the subject, I casually remarked, "some of them deserve punishment for they did not exhibit much feeling towards us;" to this Dr Lorrain replied, "that may be, but let them be punished properly, do not treat them with cruelty." I said "most certainly, my remark did not apply to justify their being improperly confined." And upon this point, I beg to disclaim the inference attempted to be drawn that I desired to palliate the alleged improper treatment of the Prisoners, because of the heinous nature of the crime in the commission of which they were supposed to be implicated. I do not recollect that up to the time of Dr Lorrain's forcibly representing the matter, (when I instantly acted upon his information) that I received from any person any intimation conveying more than that the air in the Prisoners' Room was close, of which fact I was aware from my personal observation. No complaint was ever made to me by any of the Prisoners' friends, either with respect to food, or to the place of confinement. On the subject of the food I have nothing to add, the Prisoners had a sufficient supply. I do not believe that it was the desire of any person connected with the Police, to use any harshness towards the Prisoners; and with respect to myself, I positively and conscientiously assert that I had no intention to inflict cruelty, or am I cognizant of any cruelty having been inflicted upon them; and I can therefore bear that accusation as well as that more usually urged against me, of exhibiting too much lenity and kindness towards the Chinese. With respect to the Prisoners confined on the 24th and 25th of January ultimo, within the yards of the Jail, I wish to state briefly the circumstances of the cases. At 10 P.M., and about midnight of the 23d January, Mr Caldwell apprehended 146 Prisoners, charged upon private information. These Prisoners were placed for security within the Mill-yard. On the morning of the 24th they had a good ration of rice and vegetables; and on the 25th they had another ration, this last at about 1 P.M. The whole number (excepting two) having given security were released two hours subsequently. The ration of the 25th should have been supplied earlier, but the Cook Shop keeper stated that from the number of prisoners, he was unable to get it ready at the usual time. The Constable in charge of the prisoners several times went to the cook-shop to hasten the supply. On the 24th of January, 204 prisoners were apprehended on Bonham Strand. These prisoners were placed within the yard of the Debtors' Jail, and I remained until after dark releasing all who could give security, finally leaving only 45 of the number, who being unable to give security, remained in confinement all night. At 1 P.M., the 25th January (Sunday) I went again to the Jail, at which time the prisoners received their ration, and took security for 31 of the remaining. In conclusion, I beg respectfully to remark, that, at a time when from secret information it was nightly feared that an armed attack would be made upon the City; when, as you are aware, the superior officers of Police were occupied with pressing and arduous duties; and lastly, when from the peculiar circumstances of the times, the ordinary prison accommodation was overcrowded with offenders, it need not be a matter of surprize, or form a subject of accusation against public officers, that every arrangement was not carried out with the usual regularity.—I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, The Honourable W. T. MERCER, Esquire, Colonial Secretary. CHARLES MAY, Superintendent of Police. • No. 85. FEBRUARY 14, 1857.] The Hongkong. Government Gazette. Nf. 26. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 3 In pursuance of Ordinances No. 2 of 1845, and No. 3 of 1851, it has been determined by His Excellency The Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council of Hongkong, that a Rate of Ten per Cent be paid for the Year commencing from the 1st January 1857, on the Valuation of Property liable to Police Assessment. The amount of the first Quarter will be payable from that date. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th February, 1857. No. 27. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. WILLIAM THOMAS BRIDGES, D.C.L., having been appointed by His Excellency The Governor Acting Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, has been this day sworn in as a Provisional Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of the Colony. The Honourable W. T. BRIDGES, D.C.L., has taken his seat in both Councils accordingly. By Order, A Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th February, 1857. HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. No. 3 of 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting-Colonial Secretary. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for extending to this Colony certain Acts of Parliament. [14th February, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say:- I. The Enactments of the Imperial Parliament specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed are hereby, Extention of Enact- and from the day of the passing hereof, extended to this Colony and its Dependencies, and to the Supreme ments. Court of the same; with such Exceptions as are specified in the said Schedule. II. Rights acquired, Liabilities incurred, and Acts done, at or before the passing of this Ordinance, Rights acquired, &c., shall not be affected by the said Enactments, or any of them. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 14th Day of February, 1857. Date of Act. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 25. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 94. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 97. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 113. JOHN BOWRING. THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS. Title or Subject-matter of Act. * not to be affected. How much of the Act is extended by this Ordinance. An Act to amend the Law relating to The whole of the Act. Drafts on Bankers. An Act to repeal Certain Statutes which are not in use. An Act for the uniform Administra- tion of Intestates' Estates. An Act to amend the Laws of England and Ireland affecting Trade and Com- merce. An Act to provide for taking Evi-ˆ dence in Her Majesty's Dominions in re- lation to Civil and Commercial matters pending before Foreign Tribunals. * An Act to facilitate Leases and Sales 19 & 20 Vict. c. 120. {of settled Estates. The whole of the Act. The whole of the Act (except in so far as it may be deemed to affect the customs or usages of Chinese people, touching the distribution of the personal estate of Chinese persons dying intestate.) The whole of the Act. So much of the Act as is not now in force within this Colony and its Depen- [dencies, with the exception of the Proviso contained at the end of Section "Six. ... The whole of the Act except so much thereof as relates to Copyhold and Customaryhold Estates, and also except Sections Thirty, Thirty-one, Forty-two Forty-three, Forty-four, Forty-five, and Forty-six. 4 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 85.-FEBRUARY 14, 1857. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. ПHE next GENERAL MAILS for BOMBAY, EUROPE, &c., per Steamer “CADIZ” will close on SATURDAY, the 14th instant, at 6 o'clock, r.m. The usual SuPPLEMENTARY Matt. will be made up the following morning from 8 to 10 o'clock A.M., for a late fee Gd.; and from 10 till noon, for a late fee of 1s. After which hour no Letters can be received. WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th February, 1857. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & Oriental Steam NAVIGA- | NOTICE. IT T is hereby notified, that Applications to fill the WE OFFICE OF DANISH CONSUL at Foo-chou foo, by Resident Merchants of that place, will be received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Copenhagen, until the end of April Next. By Order, FRED. H BLOCK, H. S. M. Consul. Danish Consulate, Hongkong, 7th February, 1857. WE NOTICE. E have this day entered into Partnership as GENERAL MERCHANTS and COMMISSION AGENTS under the Firm of DAVIS & LAWRENCE, I into which will merge the Affairs of Messrs F. W. LAWRENCE & Co. HENRY DAVIS. F. W. LAWRENCE, Hongkong, 7th February, 1857. THE TION COMPANY'S Steam-ship CADIZ, Captain A ALHDAM, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDÁY, the 15th instaut, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 F.M. on the 13th; SPECIE until Noon on the 14th; and PARCELS until 2 r.3. on the 14th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 2d February, 1857. Νο SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. | NOTICE. Cory of the JURY LIST for 1857 is posted up at the SUPREME COURT HOUSE for inspec tion. Notice of any Inaccuracies, Omissions, &c., must be given IN WRITING to the Registrar on or before the Twenty-first day of February instant, in accordance with the Provisions of Section 3 of Or- dinunce No. 4 of 1851. WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar. NOTICE. IIE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND THE NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. FORRESTER THORBURN. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and Robert TURNER & Co, Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NOTICE. WE NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our Firm at Fulchau, and Mr ROBERT N. WESTALL is authorized to sign our Firm at that Port by procuration. SMITH, KENNEDY & Co. Shanghae, 19th January, 1857. NOTICE. PARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuance of the intimation of HER MAJESTY'S PLENI- POTENTIARY to the BRITISH COMMUNITY OF CANTON, under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, are informed by the undersigned that these Statements should be furnished them in Duplicate. HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offy. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. NOTICE. ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized to sign our Firm per procuration, and transact any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. ANA Α NOTICE. N Assignment of the Property, Real and Personal, of the Firm of WETMORE & Co. of Can- TON, FOOCHOW, and ShanghaE, CHINA, having been duly made on the 12th July, 1856, to the under- signed, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, and recorded in the United States Consulate at Canton: I hereby give notice to all concerned to make pay- men to me of all Sums due to, and to present to me any Claims against, the said Firm. OLIVER H. PERRY. Canton, 7th August, 1855. In Equity, E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this IT STEPHENSON v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. 1 Port, between the undersigned, under the Style EDGER being alone good discharges for och mos OTICE is hereby given,-that Persons willing | of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEwing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of PORK under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON Pedder's Wharf; in forming the NEW STRAND ROAD; & Co. in Filling in the Gronud between such New Road and the present Sca-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &C., &c., may inspect the DRAWIngs, SpecificaTIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. S. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitors. FOR SALE. At the Office of the " China Mail.” C. D. WILLIAMS, A TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with H. ANTHON, JR., G. L. HASKELL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. MR W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.➡ PRICE, $12❤er Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents--One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY, 1857. · GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 86. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATtions, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 08. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that all Official Communications involving questions of Law, are hereafter to be sent in the first instance to G. COOPER TURNER, Esquire, who will take the necessary steps with reference to the same. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th February, 1857. No. 29. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that the Certificate of British Registry, No. 23 of 1854, granted to the Lorcha Tucklee, of this Port, has been this day cancelled. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. No. 30. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. It is hereby notified that, at a Meeting of the Executive Council held this day, EDMUND R. MICHELL, Esquire, Acting Harbour Master and Emigration Officer, took the necessary Oaths, and was declared a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th February, 1857. No. 31. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to appoint J. C. POWER, Esquire, Collector of the Police and Lighting Rates in this Colony for the Year 1857. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th February, 1857. 2 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 86. FEBRUARY 21, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Ordinance, read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information. By Order, Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th February, 1857. L. D'ALMADA É CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. 5 & 7 of 1856, to be HONGKONG. • ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINE. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for amending the Ordinances therein mentioned. [ February, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :— Rules and Orders I. All Rules and Orders made or to be made by the Supreme Court, for giving effect to Ordinances under Ordinances Nos. No. 5 of 1856, and No. 7 of 1856, or either of them, shall be laid before and approved by the Legislative approved in Council. Council, before the same shall be issued; and all such Rules and Orders when so approved and issued, shall be Repeal of parts of published, and have the same force within this Colony as if the same had been enacted by way of Ordinance. Sections Two and II. So much of Section Two of Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, as contains a Salvo as to the Power of the Four of Ordinance Registrar; and so much of Section Four of the last-mentioned Ordinance, as requires immediate Payment to Sections Five, Six, and be made of Costs of Interlocutory Proceedings, and forbids their being made to abide the event, and also the whole of Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same Ordinance, are hereby repealed. No. 14 of 1856, and of Twelve of the same. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given,—that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the NEW STRAND ROAD; in Filling in the Gronud between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c.,—may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. IT THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. NOTICE. ́T is hereby notified, that Applications to fill the OFFICE OF DANISH CONSUL at Foo-chou foo, by Resident Merchants of that place, will be received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Copenhagen, until the end of April Next. By Order, W NOTICE. NOTICE. E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership High our Firm per procuration, and transact heretofore existing between us under the firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. The outstand- ПHE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORK under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, JR., G. L. HASKELL Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. NOTICE. ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized to any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,-that all Montes IT now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, lat paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitors. TO PARENTS IN THE EAST. BOARD and INSTRUCTION offered by MRS BAKER, at the very moderate Terms of Sevenly Guineas per annum, which includes all the [R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in necessary and useful BRANCHES of EDUCATION; our Firm. FRED. H BLOCK, H. S. M. Consul. MR Danish Consulate, Hongkong, 7th February, 1857. WE NOTICE. E have this day entered into Partnership as GENERAL MERCHANTS and COMMISSION AGENTS under the Firm of DAVIS & LAWRENCE, into which will merge the Affairs of Messrs F. W. LAWRENCE & Co. HENRY DAVIS. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 7th February, 1857. ΤΗ NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. | W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. WE NOTICE E have established a Branch of our Firm at Fuhchau, and Mr ROBERT N. WESTALL is authorized to sign our Firm at that Port by procuration. SMITH, KENNEDY & Co. Shanghae, 19th January, 1857. NOTICE. ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuance PART of the intimation of HER MAJESTY'S PLENI- to which she adds FRENCH, Music, and DancinG.— DRAWING and Italian extra. A Home replete with every comfort. Religious Principles affectionately cultivated. Especial regard paid to the Health of the Pupils; which can reason- ably be expected, as Mrs Baker receives only a limited number of Young Ladies. References to Clergymen and others of the highest respectability. GRAVEL-WALK HOUSE, CULLOMPTON, DEVON, August 18th, 1856. FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail." POTENTIARY to the BRITISH COMMUNITY OF CANTON, A TABLE, shewing the COST OF TEA, with under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, are informed by the undersigned that these Statements Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, | should be furnished them in Duplicate! WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN Scarth, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNER & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offg. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Bingle Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS, Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-Ons- half of these charges for each Repetition. • THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 87. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and Public PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 32. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Return of Balances of Estates, deposited in the Colonial Treasury up to the 31st December, 1856, is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d February, 1857. RETURN of BALANGES OF ESTATES, deposited in the Colonial Treasury by WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Registrar the Supreme Court, and Official Administrator, up to the 31st December, 1856. DATE OF DEPOSIT. RENARES. NAMES. Jibs Williams, AMOUNT. ... Awabron, 4.59 42.29 17th May, 1853 Deposited as Residue till claimed. Do. ... ... John Johnson, 5.40 21st November, 1853 Do. Do. .. ... ... Fry Garvin, 12.95 ... W Sam James, 18.05 ... ... Mobyboy, ... 14.11 17th March, 1854 Do. 13th June, 1854 Deposited to Account of W. Sutton's claim against Estate. Deposited as Residue till claimed. Do. .. *** A Lactatio Francisco, 6.52 ... *** 9th September, 1854 Do. ♪ H. Skirving,*.. 46.91 Do. Do. ... J'exander Woodburn,* 14.66 Do. Do. ... ... Iles Mahomed, ... Chizmaly... .92 26.39 6th November, 1854 Do. Do. Pedra de Souza, ......... .60 Do. J. Washbaru.......... .56 ... ... J. C. Ryan,* 444.66 ... Juda C. Ryan, 73.31 24th November, 1854 *** ... ... 20th November, 1854 6th November, 1854 Do. Do. 10.95 6th November, 1854 14.02 26th November, 1855 Do. Deposited as Residue till claimed. Three-fourths of this amount have since been paid to three of the Next of Kin, leaving $111.16, the Share of one of the Brothers of deceased. Deposited to credit of claims of T. Beck, J. Lord, Assam, and F. Duddell: of this amount Lord's claim $41.81, and Assam's claim $12.79, have been paid. Deposited as Residue till claimed. vador de Mello, Thomas Delany, John Kingsmill, ...** Fernard Whelehan, Mahomed, Isi mmel, Carveen, ... ... ... *** Do. ... ... 3.27 Do. Do. ... ... 4.93 Do. Do. *** ... ... 1.84 Do. Do. ... ... 2.09 Do. Do. ... ... 3.02 Do. Do. 6.41 Do. Do. ... Meb Jahn, 11.45 ... ... Ta cho fye 12.29 ... ... ... Ham Davies,** 94.65 *** *** Edward Bates, ... *** Arna Antony, Thomas Russell, Cader Alli,... 2.47 Do... 14th July, 1856 2.58 11th October, 1856 21st June, 1856 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. ... ... ... ... *** 15.13 26th November, 1856 Do. 4.78 Do. Do. Isa Thomas,......... 38.52 Do. Do. Peter Andrew Tay, 18.54 23d December, 1856 Do. *The Next of Kin have been communicated_with. ¡ Court House, Hongkong, 1st January, 1857, W. H. ALEXANDER, Registrar Official Administrator. 2 No. 33. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 87.-FEBRUARY 28, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby requested, that Notice to the Sexton of intended Burials in the Protestant Cemetery be in all cases accompanied with a Statement, showing the Name, Age, and Condition of the deceased. These particulars are required for the purpose of enabling the Sexton to fill up his Register of Burials in due form. By Order, • W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 23d February, 1857. No. 34. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, by order of His Excellency 'The Governor, with reference to the late piratical seizure of the Steamer Queen, that a Reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid to any person or persons who shall give such information as may lead to the apprehension of any of the parties engaged in such crime; and a Reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for giving such evidence as will cause the conviction of the criminals in question. C Notices to a similar effect have been circulated in the Chinese Language, by the Tepos of the different Districts of this Island. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th February, 1857. No. 35. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor having received permission from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, to publish the Correspondence relating to the Reconstruction of the Legislative, Council, has directed the same to be made known for general information. It will appear in an Extra Government Gazette on Monday March 2d. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th February, 1857. No. 36. 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, 27th February, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES,, Acting Colonial Secretary. Account of the average Amount of the Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 31st January, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NOTES ISSUED...................................$245,446, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. SAM. GRAY, Manager. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 2d February, 1857. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter. Victoria, Hongkong, 26th February, 1857. J. HYNDMAN, Acting Colonial Treasure, No. 37. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has received through The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, an additional Instruction, under Her Majesty's Signet and Sign Manual, directing that the Senior Military Officer for the time being in Command of the Troops in Hongkong, shall at all times be a Member of the Executive Council. Accordingly, it is hereby declared, that the Appointment of The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel DUNLOP to 1 Seat in the Executive Council is no longer Provisional. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th February, 1857. No. 5. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial. Secretary. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, has received Instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to appoint Mr Acting Vice-Consul MORRISON, or the Officer in Charge of Her Majesty's Consulate for the time, to act as Agent for Emigration at Amoy, for the purpose of giving effect to the "Chinese Passengers' Act." By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. W. WOODGATE. ses als No. 87.-FEBRUARY 28, 1857.] The Wongkong Government Gazette. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined List of Jurors for the Year commencing on the 1st March, 1857, as revised and amended by His Excellency The Governor and the Legislative Council, is hereby published for general information. By Order; L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, K Clerk of Councils. Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. Names. Mercantile Assistant Merchant Clerk Merchant JURY LIST, 1857.. Profession or Occupation. ANTROBUS, Robert Crawford 1 Merchant of Ashton, John Angic, Frederick John Appleton, Samuel Anderson, Graham Bateson, Charles E. the Baldwin, John C. Blakeway, George Merchant's Clerk Clerk Merchant's Clerk Broderson, Gustavus Merchant Merchant and Auctioneer Merchant's Clerk' Queen's Road Residence Messrs Lindsay & Co. Pottinger Street Mr Woods Elgin Street Messrs Bateson, Butt & Co. Elgin Street Messrs Lindsay & Co. Special Jurg. Special Juror. icts Brooks, James Alfred Burrows, E. B. Brimelow, James Wentworth Barretto, João Antonio Block, Frederick Horsen Baldwin, R. H. Behr, Gustavus Bowra, William Addenbrook Horton, James Barretto, João Backhead, Frederick John Beran, William Frazer Buyers, John Blanchard, H. P. Crawford, Ninian tate I the Carroll, J. R. Compton, John Brown Clarke, George day Cohen, Philip Chomley, Francis Crosby, Nathaniel Campbell, Archibald Campbell, A. J. Carvalho, Richardo Homen Campbell, Patrick Cardno, John Carnachau, W. Chambers, Rendall H. Craven, J. H. Cryder, W. Wetmore, Dixson, Andrew Scott Bank Duus, Nicolay Month Pawson, James J. Dickson, George Duncanson, Edward Ford Trinker, Sandwith dell, George Dick, David Dent, William De Silver, Harrison Tillinghurst De Silver, George P. De Silver, T. H. Dreyer, William Da Silva, Luiz Jožo Deacon, R. Beacon, Albert Darling, John Specia Deland, Wm. N, F'de, Francis Endicott, Henry Charles Edwards, Henry Ferne Erbrechts, G. Foster, William Hammond Storekeeper Merchant's Clerk Merchant Mercantile Assistant Merchant's Clerk Storekeeper Licensed Victualler Storekeeper Storekeeper Printer and Publisher Shipsmith and Carpenter Storekeeper Storekeeper Merchant's Clerk Mercantile Assistant Carpenter Merchant Mercantile Asistant Storekeeper Merchant Mercantile Assistant Banker Banker Chief Officer Mercantile Assistant Clerk Mercantile Assistant Printer and Publisher Merchant Mercantile Assistant Smith Merchant's Clerk. Storekeeper's Assistant Auctioneer Blacksmith Merchant Storekeeper Storekeeper Storekeeper's Clerk Merchant Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Assistant Merchant Mercantile Assistant Sailmaker Storekeeper Merchant Merchant's Clerk Mercantile Assistant Merchant's Assistant Findlay, George Merchant Fletcher, Angus Merchant Fernandez, J. Merchant For the ilitary ecutive Framheim, Otto IL Merchant Goddard, John Guthrie, George Mercantile Assistant Carpenter Gibson, Hugh C. Clerk Gutierrez, Venancio Clerk Gilman, Edward Varley Grant, Andrew •P to 1 Giles, John S, ry. nt. na, has Activ gent la E. Grew, H. Gray, Samuel Gutierrez, Lorenço João Gibb, John Darby Gow, David Glatz, C. H. Gifford, Alexander Grosvenor, Arthur Wellington Gutierrez, C. Gourea, M. Harsant, Frederick May Harunt, 1. Harper, George Bolge, Robert Hall, Sam. P. Hudson, Joseph Trevitt .» Hitchcock, L N. Helland, G. Hermann, Ludovig Commission Agent Mercantile Assistant Godown Keeper Merchant's Assistant Banker Merchant Merchant Shipwright. Watchmaker Merchant Shipwright Clerk Clerk Storckeeper's Clerk Storekeeper's Clerk Shipwright Clerk Marine Surveyor "Merchant's Clérk - Merchant : Merchant's Clerk Watchmaker··· Vaucher Frères Hollywood Road Pottinger Street Queen's Road Shelley Street Queen's Road Messrs Dent & Co. Messrs Dreyer & Co. Queen's Road Queen's Road West P. & O. Steam N. Company Victoria Harbour Gage Street Spring Gardens Messrs Hunt & Co. Messrs Murrow & Co. Special Juror. Queen's Road Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Special Jurer. Special Juror Mr Lamont, Ship-builder Messrs Philips, Moore & Co. Messrs Dent & Co. Queen's Road Messrs Fletcher & Co. Messrs Fletcher & Co. Oriental Bank Special Juror. Queen's Road Special Juror. Receiving Ship Fort William Messrs Lyall, Still & Co. Messrs De Silver & Co. Victoria Hollywood Road Queen's Road Special Juror. Special Juror. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.: Mr Lamont, Ship-builder Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co. Messrs Hunt & Co. Michell's Grove Queen's Road Messrs Dent & Co. Queen's Road Queen's Road Messrs De Silver & Co. Queen's Road East Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co. Messrs Augustine, Heard & Ca Victoria Messrs Moul & Co. Spring Gardens Messrs Hunt & Co. D'Aguilar Street Messrs Burd & Co. Messrs Blenkin, Rawson & Co̟ Messrs Russell & Co. Messrs Fletcher & Co. Queen's Road Victoria Messrs Reiss & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Ca Mr Lamont, Ship-builder P. & O. Steam Ñ. Company P. & O Steam N. Company Peel Street Messrs Turner & Co. Messrs Dent & Co. Special Juror. Special Juror Special Juror, Special Juror. Special Juror, Messrs Russell & Co.. Oriental Bank Special Juror. Hollywood Road Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co. Special Juror. Queen's Road Special Juror. Mr Harper, Queen's Road Messrs Gifford & Co. Victoria Receiving Ship Bombay Receiving Ship John Adam Messrs Bowra & Co. Messrs Bowra & Co. Queen's Road Messrs Harper & Co. Gough Street Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co. Messrs King & Co. Messrs. Edwards & Balley Mr D. Lapraik Special Juror, The Mongkong Government Gazette. [No. 87.-FEBRUARY 28, 1857. Names. Hudson, Augustus Rawlinson Hardie, Henry Robert Hyndman, Henry Heymann, F. H. Henderson, James Hoey, Henry Edward Harding, William Hutchison, William Heard, John Heard, Augustine Irwin, John Thomas Innes, Hugh R. Johnson, F. B. Jameson, Charles Jardine, Joseph Jardine, Robert Jose, John Jesus, J. V. D. Kup, Antoine Wonter P. Lança, Eugenio Leonardo Lemon, John Lambarri, Torrebio Lambert, J. W. Lamond, William Lane, Thomas Ash Lamont, Tohn Lapraik, Douglas Livingston, John Lemann, H. B. Lyall, George Leonard, James K. Lawrence, Frederick William Lawrence, George Richard Lutkens, L. S. Leigh, Albert Milisch, J. McDermott, Benjamin McDougall, H. Macdouall, John Murrow, Yorick Jones Murrow, Lloyd Edward Maclean, George Francis Macalister, George. MacAndrew, R. A. MacAndrew, James Magniac, Herbert Martin, J. P. Murray, Charles Wilson Maxwell, William Menke, Julius Macleod, Malcolm Andrew Marshall, G. Marsh, Henry Maclean, Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Samuel Mourilyan, Walter McLeod, John Michie, Alexander Murray, A. D. Marques, D. Norris, George Norton, Wm. M. Nelson, P. Augustus Oliveira, Antonio Outeiro, Joze Maria de Overbeck, Gustave Ormiston, Walter Polkenhorne, Samuel J. Porter, F. Park, Robt. Dudgeon Piccope, T. C. Pereira, Edward Pearce, Richard JURY LIST,—Continued: Profession or Occupation. Residence. Merchant Aberdeen Street Merchant Staunton Street Merchant's Clerk Messrs Duus & Co. Merchant's Clerk Smith Licensed Victualler Storekeeper Merchant Merchant Merchant Clerk Merchant's Clerk · Merchant Master Mariner Merchant Merchant Hotel Keeper Clerk Merchant's Clerk Mercantile Agent Stationer Merchant's Clerk Clerk Banker Storekeeper Shipbuilder Watchmaker Mercantile Assistant Mercantile Assistant Merchant Mercantile Assistant Merchant Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Clerk Mercantile Assistant Master Mariner Banker's Clerk Engineer Merchant Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Assistant Merchant's Clerk Mercantile Assistant Mercantile Assistant Mercantile Assistant. Druggist's Assistant Merchant Schoolmaster Merchant's Clerk Mercantile Assistant Mercantile Assistant Milliner and Mercer Merchant Merchant Mercantile Assistant Mercantile Assistant Chief Officer Engineer Clerk Merchant Auctioneer Storekeeper Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Mercantile Assistant Banker Shipwright Merchant's Clerk + Messrs Pustau &. Co. Mr Ross, Queen's Road Queen's Road Messrs Bowra & Co. Mr Sutton, Sailmaker Special Jury. Special Juror. Messrs Turner & Co. Special Juror. Messrs Augustine Heard & Co. Special Juror. Messrs Augustine Heard & Co. Messrs Lindsay & Co. Queen's Road, West Special Juror. Ship Bombay, Victoria Harbour East Point Special Juror. Special Juror. Commercial Hotel East Point Mr Cowper, Spring Gardens Messrs Lawrence & Co. Gough Street Queen's Road Messrs Robinet & Co. P. & O. Steam N. Company Caine's Road Special Juror. Queen's Road • East Point D'Aguilar Street Special Juror. Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co. Messrs Gillman & Co. Special Juror. Special Juror. Caine's Road Messrs Dent & Co. Queen's Road Messrs Lawrence & Co. Messrs Pustau & Co. Mr Ross, Shipbuilder Messrs Siemssen & Co. Fort William Gough Street Spring Gardens Queen's Road West Messrs Murrow & Co Messrs Lyall, Still & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Dr Watson's Dispensary Hollywood Road Old Baylie, Messrs Pustau & Co. Spring Gardens Special Juror. Special Juror. Messrs Blenkin Rawson & Co. Queen's Road Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Special Juror. Victoria Messrs Lindsay & Co. Receiving Ship John Adam Messrs Lindsay & Co. Mr Cowper, Spring Gardens Messrs Thomas Hunt & Co. Messrs Blenkin, Rawson & Co. Messrs McEwen & Co. Messrs Dent & Co. Special Juror. Victoria Harbour Messrs Robinet & Co. Stanley Street Spring Gardens Special Juror. Messrs Harper & Co. Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co.' Messrs Neave, Murray & Co. Merchant's Clerk Messrs Neave, Murray & Co. Merchant Messrs Dent & Co. Special Juror. Mercantile Assistant ` Messrs Dent & Co. Merchant's Clerk Messrs Dent & Co. Special Juror. Merchant's Clerk Plessmann, B. Pustau, William Probst, William Pickenpack, P. Parker, Francis Petel, George Von Polanon Purdie, Walter L. Palmer, W. H. Rutter, Henry Repton, Edward Pakenham Rangel, Floriano Antonio Reynvaan, A. J. Robinet, William Manoel Rickett, John (Junior) Ryrie, Phineas Reiche, Frederick Raynal, G. Merchant Merchant Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Assistant Mercantile Assistang Secretary Banker's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Merchant Clerk Mercantile Assistant Merchant Pottinger Street Pottinger Street Messrs Pustau & Co. Messrs Pustau & Co. Messrs Angustine Heard & Co. Messrs King & Co. Club House Queen's Road Hollywood Road Hollywood Road Vaucher Frères Queen's Road East P. & O. Steam N. Company Roesing, Gustave A. Ross, William Remedios, João Joaquim dos Remedios, Florentino dos Rodger, Alexander Roper, William Henry Russell, W. F. Rangel, Sigismondo Remedios, A. F. Still, Charles Frederick Smith, J. Silveira, Albino da Sutherland, Thomas Sullivan, James Stephenson, James Sherrard, Robert B. Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Shipwright Merchant Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Master Mariner Storekeeper's Clerk Clerk Clerk Merchant Clerk Merchant's Clerk Clerk Storekeeper's Clerk Merchant Merchant Messrs Turner & Co. Messrs Russell & Co. Messrs Pustau & Co. Messrs Schaeffer & Co. Queen's Road East Messrs Dent & Co. Gough Street Messrs Dent & Co. + Ship John Adam, Victoria Harbour Messrs Hunt & Co. Hongkong Register Offico Receiving Ship Cama Family Queen's Road Mr C. Markwick Messrs Robinet & Co. P. & O. S. N. Company Messrs Smith & Brimelow Stanley Street Mr Edger's, Special Juror. Special Juror. Special Juror. No. 87. FEBRUARY 28, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. Scarth, John Stewart, H. D. Scott, Adam Names, : Stiles, William Spence, Thomas Sturgis, Robert Shaw Schaeffer, Hermann Schaeffer, Walter Serrays, Schwebert n, G. W. Stuckey, William Sutton, William Henry Strachan, Robert Siemissen. G. T. Short, Septimus Stanford, Wm. Saunders, W. Tarrant, William Tate, Joseph Priestly Talbot, Henry Eustace Taber, G. A. Trubshaw, James Tyson, G. Tatham, Thomas Thom, William Toms, Walter Urmson, George Vaucher, Albert E. Varco, W. B. Vaucher, Henri Vaucher, Henry Weiner, G. A. Wilson, Alexander Whittall, Edward Watmore, Robert Walker, Robert Scott Wilkinson, Alfred Wilkins, George- Wheeley, A. W. Woodruff, Samuel C. Willaume, John West, James Woods, Frederick Wiese, Ludwig- Whitney, W. R. Willson, Charles T. Wise, John Walcott, John Wilson, J. T. Yuill, Robert T. JURY LIST-Continued. Profession or Occupation. Residence. Epecial Jury. Merchant Messrs Turner & Co. Special Juror. Mercantile Assistant Merchant Mercantile Assistant Bookbinder Merchant Merchant Merchant's Assistant Merchant's Assistant Merchant's Clerk Shipwright Sailmaker Printer and Publisher Merchant Banker's Clerk Chief Officer Carpenter Printer and Publisher Mercantile Assistant Storekeeper's Assistant Licensed Victualler Mercantile Assistant Mercantile Assistant Merchant's Clerk Master Mariner Chief Officer Merchant Merchant Merchant's Clerk- Merchant Watchmaker Merchant Storekeeper Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Agent Merchant Storekeeper's Clerk Mercantile Assistant Storekeeper Trader Storekeeper's Clerk Storekeeper Merchant Master Mariner Master Mariner Merchant Chief Officer Secretary Banker's Clerk Messrs Turner & Co. Wellington Street Messrs Dent & Co. Wellington Street Queen's Road Queen's Road Messrs Schaeffer & Co. Messrs Schaeffer & Co. Messrs Dreyer & Co. Mt Ross, Queen's Road Queen's Road, Eust Gage Street Messrs Siemssen & Co. Spring Gardens Receiving Ship Bombay Mr Cowper, Spring Gardens Elgin Street Messrs W. H. Wardley & Co. Messrs Smith & Brimelow Wellington Street Messrs Dent & Co. Messrs Russell & Co. Messrs John Burd & Co. Ship Falcon, Victoria Harbour Ship Cama Family, Vic, Harbour Messrs Birley & Co. Queen's Road Messrs W. H. Wardley & Co. Queen's Road Queen's Road Messrs Lindsay & Co. Special Juror. Special Juror. Special Juror. Special Juror. Special Juror. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. P. & O. S. N. Company Special Juror. Special Juror. Mr Murray, Hollywood Road Messrs De Silver & Co. Messrs Dent & Co. Messrs Crosby & Co. Queen's Road, East Messrs McEwen & Co. Queen's Road Messrs Siemssen & Co. Ship Ruparell, Victoria Harbour Ship Cama Family. Vic. Harbour Messrs Holliday, Wise & Co. Receiving Ship Ruparell United States Consulate Spring Gardens / Special Juror. Special Juror. J. J. HICKSON, Deputy Sheriff. CHARLES MAY, Acting Sheriff. Revised and amended, and the Special Jurors designated, in pursuance of Ordinance No. 4 of 1851, by His Excellency The Governor and the Legislative Council, this 28th Day of February, 1857, L. D'ALMADĄ ɛ CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Ordinance, as this day amended by the Legislative Council, is hereby published for general information. By Order, L. D'ALMADA ɛ CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. 5 Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th February, 1857. HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for amending the Ordinances therein mentioned. [ February, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- I. All Rules and Orders made or to be made by the Supreme Court, for giving effect to Ordinances Rules and Orders No. 5 of 1856, and No. 7 of 1856, or either of them, shall be laid before and approved by the Legislative under Ordinances Nos. 5 & 7 of 1856, to bo Council, before the same shall be issued; and all such Rules and Orders when so approved and issued, shall be approved in Council. published, and have the same force within this Colony as if the same had been enacted by way of Ordinance. Repeal of parts of II. So much of Section Two of Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, as contains a Salvo as to the Power of the Sections Two, Four, Registrar; and so much of Section Four of the last-mentioned Ordinauce, as requires immediate Payment to and Seven of Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, and of be made of Costs of Interlocutory Proceedings, and forbids their being made to abide the event; and also Sections Five, Six, and o much of Section Seven of the said Ordinauce as allows any discretion as to the amount of Fees payable Twelve of the same. in the cases therein mentioned; and also the whole of Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same Ordinance, are hereby repealed. III. In all Proceedings where Costs would have been recoverable by or from private parties, they Costs payable by or thall be recoverable by or from the Crown. to the CrownL No. 87. FEBRUARY 28, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. Scarth, John Stewart, H. D. Scott, Adam Names, : Stiles, William Spence, Thomas Sturgis, Robert Shaw Schaeffer, Hermann Schaeffer, Walter Serrays, Schwebert n, G. W. Stuckey, William Sutton, William Henry Strachan, Robert Siemissen. G. T. Short, Septimus Stanford, Wm. Saunders, W. Tarrant, William Tate, Joseph Priestly Talbot, Henry Eustace Taber, G. A. Trubshaw, James Tyson, G. Tatham, Thomas Thom, William Toms, Walter Urmson, George Vaucher, Albert E. Varco, W. B. Vaucher, Henri Vaucher, Henry Weiner, G. A. Wilson, Alexander Whittall, Edward Watmore, Robert Walker, Robert Scott Wilkinson, Alfred Wilkins, George- Wheeley, A. W. Woodruff, Samuel C. Willaume, John West, James Woods, Frederick Wiese, Ludwig- Whitney, W. R. Willson, Charles T. Wise, John Walcott, John Wilson, J. T. Yuill, Robert T. JURY LIST-Continued. Profession or Occupation. Residence. Epecial Jury. Merchant Messrs Turner & Co. Special Juror. Mercantile Assistant Merchant Mercantile Assistant Bookbinder Merchant Merchant Merchant's Assistant Merchant's Assistant Merchant's Clerk Shipwright Sailmaker Printer and Publisher Merchant Banker's Clerk Chief Officer Carpenter Printer and Publisher Mercantile Assistant Storekeeper's Assistant Licensed Victualler Mercantile Assistant Mercantile Assistant Merchant's Clerk Master Mariner Chief Officer Merchant Merchant Merchant's Clerk- Merchant Watchmaker Merchant Storekeeper Merchant's Clerk Merchant's Clerk Agent Merchant Storekeeper's Clerk Mercantile Assistant Storekeeper Trader Storekeeper's Clerk Storekeeper Merchant Master Mariner Master Mariner Merchant Chief Officer Secretary Banker's Clerk Messrs Turner & Co. Wellington Street Messrs Dent & Co. Wellington Street Queen's Road Queen's Road Messrs Schaeffer & Co. Messrs Schaeffer & Co. Messrs Dreyer & Co. Mt Ross, Queen's Road Queen's Road, Eust Gage Street Messrs Siemssen & Co. Spring Gardens Receiving Ship Bombay Mr Cowper, Spring Gardens Elgin Street Messrs W. H. Wardley & Co. Messrs Smith & Brimelow Wellington Street Messrs Dent & Co. Messrs Russell & Co. Messrs John Burd & Co. Ship Falcon, Victoria Harbour Ship Cama Family, Vic, Harbour Messrs Birley & Co. Queen's Road Messrs W. H. Wardley & Co. Queen's Road Queen's Road Messrs Lindsay & Co. Special Juror. Special Juror. Special Juror. Special Juror. Special Juror. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. P. & O. S. N. Company Special Juror. Special Juror. Mr Murray, Hollywood Road Messrs De Silver & Co. Messrs Dent & Co. Messrs Crosby & Co. Queen's Road, East Messrs McEwen & Co. Queen's Road Messrs Siemssen & Co. Ship Ruparell, Victoria Harbour Ship Cama Family. Vic. Harbour Messrs Holliday, Wise & Co. Receiving Ship Ruparell United States Consulate Spring Gardens / Special Juror. Special Juror. J. J. HICKSON, Deputy Sheriff. CHARLES MAY, Acting Sheriff. Revised and amended, and the Special Jurors designated, in pursuance of Ordinance No. 4 of 1851, by His Excellency The Governor and the Legislative Council, this 28th Day of February, 1857, L. D'ALMADĄ ɛ CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Ordinance, as this day amended by the Legislative Council, is hereby published for general information. By Order, L. D'ALMADA ɛ CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. 5 Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th February, 1857. HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for amending the Ordinances therein mentioned. [ February, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- I. All Rules and Orders made or to be made by the Supreme Court, for giving effect to Ordinances Rules and Orders No. 5 of 1856, and No. 7 of 1856, or either of them, shall be laid before and approved by the Legislative under Ordinances Nos. 5 & 7 of 1856, to bo Council, before the same shall be issued; and all such Rules and Orders when so approved and issued, shall be approved in Council. published, and have the same force within this Colony as if the same had been enacted by way of Ordinance. Repeal of parts of II. So much of Section Two of Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, as contains a Salvo as to the Power of the Sections Two, Four, Registrar; and so much of Section Four of the last-mentioned Ordinauce, as requires immediate Payment to and Seven of Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, and of be made of Costs of Interlocutory Proceedings, and forbids their being made to abide the event; and also Sections Five, Six, and o much of Section Seven of the said Ordinauce as allows any discretion as to the amount of Fees payable Twelve of the same. in the cases therein mentioned; and also the whole of Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same Ordinance, are hereby repealed. III. In all Proceedings where Costs would have been recoverable by or from private parties, they Costs payable by or thall be recoverable by or from the Crown. to the CrownL 6 The Wongkong Government Gazette. [No. 87.---FEBRUARY 28, 1857. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. THE next GENERAL MAILS for BOMBAY, 1 E not in NRA NORAX will be closed on SATURDAY, the 14th Murch, at 6 o'clock, P.M.; and the usual SUPPLEMENTARY Man, will be made up on the following morning between the hours of 9 and 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d. ; and 11 to 12 o'clock r.M., for a late fee of 1s. WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. Post-Office. Victoria, Hongkong, 27th February, 1857. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HUGHE on the 10th December, 1856. LINDSAY & Co., China, Hongkong, 23d February, 1857. Νο SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, THE NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firin, reused by his death on the 22d Instant, DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner it our Firm. VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. MR TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given,—that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a New SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, Pedder's Wharf; in forming the NEW STRAND Road; Steam for ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- “NORNA,” TION COMPANY'S Steam-ship Captain ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specic, and Curgo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th March, 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.31. on the 14th. in Filling in the Gronud between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWings, SpecificATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and afler Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December lust. TH Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, For Particulars regarding FREIGht and Passage, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN Scarth, and Robert Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1857. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. A LL Persons having claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. FORRESTER THORBURN, TURNEK & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NOTICE. WE E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856, NOTICE. ПHE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Port, between the undersigned, under the Sty of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day The outstand- by lapse of time and mutual consent. ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGEncy & Commission Business will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORx under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, Jr., G. L. HASKELL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. WE NOTICE. E have established a Branch of our Firm at Fuhchau, and Mr ROBERT N. WESTALL is authorized to sign our Firm at that Port by procuration. SMITH, KENNEDY & Co. Shanghac, 19th January, 1857. PART NOTICE. ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in purauanes of the intimation of HER MAJESTY'S PLEMI- POTENTIARY to the BRITISH COMMUNITY OF CANTON, under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, an informed by the undersigned that these Statements should be furnished by them in Duplicate. HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offy. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. NOTICE. ENRY EUSTACE TALBOT is authorized to HENRY E Firm per procuration, and saudad any Business connected therewith. SMITH & BRIMELOW. Hongkong, 5th January, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG In Equity, I' STEPHENSON v. MURROW. IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of Murrow, Stephenson and Company, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiva in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies, Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitors. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hồngkong.-- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TEENS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, On Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-Oue kalf of these charges for each Repetition. bovernment Zazitte huitearing 72nd March 1857 1 11 12 N niml 1: AN rl CH 10: TE -y+ No. 38. Welineation GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.- The subjoined Correspondence relative to the Recon- struction of the Legislative Council, is this day published for general information, according to Notification No. 35, of 26th ultimo. By order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d March, 1857. No. 110. Legislatire. Government Offices, VictoriA, HONGKONG, 2d August, 1855. MY LORD,-I have to acknowledge your Lordship's Despatch No. 9, dated 23d May, on the subject of the Government of this colony. | Having communicated my views to the Colonial Secretary, and discussed with him on various occasions the propriety of recon- structing the Legislative Council, with reference to the altered con- dition and growing prosperity of this colony, I have now the honour to submit, for your Lordship's consideration, a revised minute, which contains the outlines of what appears to me a safe and satisfactory | scheme of Legislative Reform. T instructed the Colonial Secretary to submit the same to the Lieutenant-Governor, and forward copy of a letter to me which conveys his approval of the project. Your Lordship will observe by my Despatch No. 108, dated 30th | ultimo, that we do not find it necessary to avail ourselves of the Parliamentary Grant in aid, as proposed in the Estimates for the year 1855-56; and I have every reason to hope, not only that the colony will supply itself with adequate funds to meet the needful expendi- ture, but that we shall be able, without difficulty or pressure upon the inhabitants, to accomplish many important objects, which, while they benefit the people, will ultimately be productive to the Trea- Bury. I propose to add six new Members, 3 Official and 3 Non-official, to the present number of the Legislative Council. I think the num- ber thirteen sufficient for the purposes of discussion, and for the acquisition of all that information which is desirable for the ends of Legislation; and that the proportion of 8 Official to 5 Non-official | Members, is quite as great a majority as Her Majesty's Government is entitled to nominate in a (now) self-supporting colony. vered to Colonel Caine.-I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, JOHN BOWRING. The Right Honorable Lord JOHN RUSSELL, M.P., &c., &c., &c. Inclosure 1,-Despatch 110. REVISED MINUTE ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNCILS. It has long been generally apparent, that both the Legislative and Executive Councils in this colony require reconstruction; and the time is arrived when the necessary steps may be conveniently and usefully taken for the proper arrangement of them. 2. To accomplish this object, it will be requisite, not to interfere with the Charter of the colony, but simply to propose alterations in the Queen's Instructions to the Governor, following the prece- dent which was adopted on the occasion of the admission of two Unofficial Members to the Legislative Council. 3. Premising thus much, I would suggest the following mea- sures :— 4. The Executive Council to be composed of,— His Excellency The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Officer in Command of the Troops, the Colonial Treasurer. 5. The Legislative Council of,— His Excellency The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Chief Justice, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Colonial Treasurer, the Surveyor General, the Chief Magistrate of Police, and Five (5) Unofficial Members. 6. In the event of the absence or disqualification of any of the Officials above mentioned, it shall be in the power of the Governor to nominate to the vacant seat. 7. The Five Unofficial Members to be elected triennially from the general body of Registered Holders of Land, leased from the Crown, in the colony,-all five being bona fide British Subjects, and three at least Justices of the Peace for the colony; but none of the five Unofficial Members shall be elected from persons holding office in the colony. 8. The Electoral Body to consist of all Registered Holders of an undivided Lot of Land under Crown Lease, of the yearly Rental of £10 and upwards. 9. An Electoral Roll or List of those qualified to vote to be annually prepared by the Sheriff, in communication with the Surveyor General; and this list to be published in the Government Gazette Three Mouths at least before the General Election. 10. The Sheriff to entertain and record all applications and objections made to him on the subject, and to forward the same to the Colonial Secretary One Month before the General Election. 11. The Colonial Secretary to lay this List, with such applica- the List, and decide on the applications and objections. 12. The List so revised to be passed by the Executive Council, and published in the Gazette at least Ten days before the General Election. I have felt some hesitation as to the proposal of confining the choice of the constituents to two Members, who are not necessarily Justices of the Peace; but considering Her Majesty's Government decided that the Non-official Members now belonging to the Legislations and objections, before the Executive Council, who shall revise tire Council should be chosen from the bench of Magistrates, I have thought it desirable to continue the recognition of the principle to the extent proposed by the minute. But I hold it of paramount importance, for the satisfaction of the community, and for the inte- rests of good Government, that the Five Non-official Members should not be selected from persons holding office in the colony. The 20th clause, giving to a Consul the right of being present on Summons from the Governor, when questions are to be discussed affecting the Queen's subjects settled in China, is I think likely to be of great assistance to the Legislative Council. Asthe Estimates for next year will be sent home by the present Mail, there would be great advantage in having the reconstruction of the Legislative Council determined before preparing the budgets for 1856-57. Though I have not introduced the subject of publicity of debate into these suggestions, the advantages of such publicity immensely preponderate in my mind over any benefits to result from secret discussion. In conformity with your Lordship's Instructions, an official copy ́ Sir George Grey's Despatch of 28th April last, No. 7, was deli- 13. The Election shall take place every third year, during the last week in March, the day to be named by the Sheriff, and announced by Public Notice in the Gazette. 14. The Election shall be conducted by the Sheriff in such place as shall be directed by the Executive Council. 15. The Sheriff shall require from each voter the oath of allegiance, and, if required by an Elector, the oath against bribery, before receiving and recording the suffrage of such voter. 16. The Five Members returned shall sit for Three years, and in the event of a vacancy occurring during this period, it shall be in the discretion of the Governor to direct that such vacancy be filled by Election in the prescribed manner, or be left unfilled for the remaining period of the Three years. 17. The Warrant for each Election shall be signed by the Governor, sealed with the seal of the colony, and addressed to the Sheriff. • 18. The Rules now in operation to be thoroughly revised; and the Council to be conducted after the usual manner of conducting Public Councils or Meetings. 19. Each Member, on being sworn in, to sign the Council copy of Rules for the conduct of the Council. 20. When the Legislative Council shall sit in discussion on any matter affecting British Subjects in China, eg. on any Consular Ordinance, any Consul or Vice-Consul, provided he be regularly appointed from home, and not merely acting, and provided he be on actual Service at one of the Ports of China open to Trade, shall, on Summons from the Governor, be admissible to a seat in häc vice, and shall enjoy the right of the Legislative Council pro speaking, but not of voting in the Council. J 21. The Governor shall enjoy, as President of the Council, a casting vote, and no vote of the Council shall interfere with the power or authority vested in the Governor by Her Majesty, or the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 22. The Council may, as it shall see fit, amend or alter, from time to time, the Rules adopted for the conduct of its business. VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 28th July, 1855. Inclosure 2,-Despatch 110. Victoria, Hongkong, 31st July, 1855. of the 30th instant, together with its inclosure (herewith returned), SIR,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and to state for the information of His Excellency. The Governor, that the proposed reconstruction of the Colonial Councils appears to me most desirable. Yo! The only suggestion I have to make is with reference to para- to observe, that the 5 Unofficial Members graph 7; and here I being elected every third year, would render these parties more efficient and better acquainted with their duties, than if elected annually.—I have, &c., (Signed) The Honorable W. T. MERCER, Esquire, Colonial Secretary. Hongkong. No. 2. (True copy,) དྷྭ་༔ལ !,,,"་ *W.CAINE, or Lieutenant Governor. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. DOWNING STREET, 23d November, 1855, SIR,-I have to acknowledge your Despatch No. 110, of the 2d August last, proposing, for the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, a scheme for the reconstitution of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. 3. I trust to receive from you a detailed report on this subject: and take the opportunity of the delay to direct your attention to some other portions of the plan which appears to me to deserve reconsideration. i 10 Wan | | No. 49. Legislative. GOVERNMENT OFFICES, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 26th March, 1856. SIR,-In reference to your Despatch of 23d November last, I propose now to forward some additional observations, and to furnish some further information in connection with my suggestions for the reorganization of the Legislative Council of this colony. My prin- cipal object is to introduce the popular element into its Govern- ment, and to make that element subservient to its prosperity, as I have reason to believe its introduction would be acceptable to public opinion. 2. I deemed it desirable, before again reverting to the topic, to give the Colonial Secretary an opportunity of making any remarks upon my proposals, which either his experience of the Colonial Service, or his matured reflections on the subject matter, might suggest, and I think it right to forward copy of a Memorandum I have received from him. The change he advocates is altogether so unimportant, that I should think it would be better to leave matters as they are than to modify the Legislative Council in the manner suggested; and as I do not agree in the conclusion that the present state of things is satisfactory to the community, still less that it ought to be satisfactory, so I am persuaded that the admission of influences which should represent public opinion, with its contribu̟- better Government. tion of knowledge, its demands for improvement, its interest in social reforms, would here as everywhere lead to greater contentment and 3. But were there still less of dissatisfaction than exists with the present state of things, I should hold it most desirable not to wait à period of agitation, and the expresion of public discontent, in order to confer on a growing and prosperous population the benefit of Such couces- representative institutions in some shape or other. sions come most gracefully when they are not extorted by clamour, or surrendered by necessity, but are the result of a calm survey of the present and the future. Ldo not recommend or desire any very large infusion of the popular principle, but I object to its utter exclusion in every shape, and from every department of Govern- ment. I believe that exclusion acts. perniciously on the Executive authority, which necessarily falls into habits of relaxation and routine,--by being removed from a control alike useful in impelling right tendencies, and checking wrong ones; and I see no reason whatever why the representative principle, conceded in some form or other to almost every colony under the Crown, should be denied to Hongkong. 4. The enlargement of Councils, by the sole introduction into them of a greater number of public functionaries, is objectionable, as it would be but the diffusion and consequent diminution of re- sponsibility among the Executive body, whose functions, in my judgment, would be better performed by few than by many; and, except for the purpose of bringing influence from without the Government circle into the field of legislation, I see little neces sity for change. The increase of Nou-official Members of the Legis- lature is a good I would willingly purchase by the introduction of a greater number of the higher officials. 2. That proposal will receive attentive consideration; but, before any decision can be arrived at upon it, it is essential that Her Majesty's Government should be furnished with more detailed 5. The Legislative Council as at present constituted, is undoubt- information on the most essential feature of the plan. They must however have some knowledge of the future electoral body, which, accord-edly devoid of authority even to suggest any measure, ing to paragraph 8 of the minute, is to be composed of " all regis-wholesome or desirable. As I found it constituted, it was no more tered holders of an undivided lot of land under Crown lease of acquainted with the concerns of the colony, than the rest of the the yearly rental of £10, and upwards." They should be enabled inhabitants. The Blue Book had never been laid on the Council to form an estimate of the probable number of such Electors: the Table. No subject whatever was discussed except on the presenta- proportion they may bear to the unrepresented classes of the tion of the Governor-nothing whatever connected with the budget was ever submitted either for suggestion, deliberation, or decision, population: whether they would be chiefly European, and with What admixture of Chinese islanders or recent settlers, and such The Colonial Treasurer has been solely charged with the prepára- tion of the Estimates, and, if approved by the Governor, they are other particulars as you may be able to communicate, ta referred home without any advice or action of the Legislative Council. While I have been Governor, I have laid the budget on the Table, and invited observations thereon, but I have in no instance put any question of receipt or expenditure to the vote. this is not to me a satisfactory state of things. I see no reason why a properly constituted legislature should not in Hongkong, as elsc- where, be charged with some control over the Finances of the colony. The resources of the colony are abundantly sufficient for all its Civil Expenses without Parliamentary Aid; and though it is true that the sales and rentals of Crown Lands are the principal sources of revenue, that circumstance has not been held to exclude colonies from interference with local revenues, nor from having a voice as to local expenditure. And, moreover, I have made it a part of my proposal that the Crown influence, through its function- aries, shall possess a predominant majority in the Legislative Council. 6. I am not aware of the existence of the misapprehension to which the Colonial Secretary refers, with reference to the control which the Legislative Council possesses over the finances of the No control has hitherto been in any way exercised or colony. assumed over any portion of the Colonial Revenues. 4. Paragraph 7,—I do not fully understand in what manner you propose to enforce the provisions that Three out of Five elected Members should be Justices of the Peace. It may perhaps not be difficult to devise machinery for this purpose, but I should wish to be informed of its nature?...... 's
5. Paragraphs 9, 10, and 11,―These arrangements might perhaps answer at the outset of the experiment; but to devolve on the Executive Council definitively the duty of deciding on Electoral claims and objections, would be in my opinion a bad arrangement, calculated to place that body in an invidious position. The func tionary to be entrusted with this power should be above suspicion of partiality, and of a judicial character if possible. 6. Paragraph 16,-I am not satisfied with the expediency of leaving in the Governor's hands the power of suspending in this indirect manner the electoral rights conceded to the community; but I am quite ready to receive any further explanation on this or the other points adverted to. ne 24 7. The preceding observations do not however imply any ex- pression of opinion on the part of Her Majesty's Government as to the main question which you have raised for their consideration. They are not as yet prepared to assent to the opinion that such a change as you have suggested would at the present time conduce to the better Government of the Island, or the increased contentment Their decision upon that question will be of its inhabitants. reserved until the receipt of the further information which you are requested to supply.—I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, H. LABOUCHERE. Governor SIR JOHN Bowring, &c., &o, &c., Hongkong. But I own 7. But the Colonial Secretary allows that the Legislative Council is concerned in the levying the Police Rate,-that revenue not aris- ing from the property of the Crown. Now, strange to say, the Police Rate in Hongkong is determined, not by the Legislative, but by the Executive Council. 8. I do not imagine the Charter of the colony, to which the Colonial Secretary refers in support of the present system, to be an irrevocable and immutable Law, but a law which the Sovereigu Lawgiver may modify in the interest of Her subjects. Whatever may have been the purpose of the charter, under existing Colonial usages, it appears to me the functions of the Legislative and the Executive Councils are in practice not unfrequently confused and blended, and that much of the action of the Executive might, with public advantage, be placed under the supervision of the Legislative 3 " - Council, on the understanding always that the Legislative Council ticipate, at least in so far as to aid in the selection of such British should stand on a broader basis, and that its aptitude for useful Subjects as are to hold Non-official seats in the Legislative Council. 17. The machinery for enforcing the arrangement that three out Legislation - should be increased by the introduction of a certain ¦¦ of five Non-official Members should be selected from the Magistracy, number of popular elected members. 9. I do not know in what respect the experiment made by Sir might be simply that the suffrages of any voter who polled for more George Bonham, six years ago, can be said "to have entirely failed," than two pon-magistrates should be ipso facto disallowed. Voters nor am I acquainted with the prediction which anticipated that might be required to give in a written list of five members for whom failure. My experience is, as the President of the Legislative they desired to poll, and the paper might then and there be rejected Council, (of which the Colonial Secretary is not a member; and by the poll clerk if it contained more than two non-magisterial cannot therefore be so well informed as I am with regard to its names. 18.. As regards the 16th paragraph allowing the Governor to workings,) that the Non-official Members are eminently useful to the Council, from the knowledge of the colony which they possess and leave a vacancy unfilled, I think it, on consideration, better that no communicate,—that the attendance of one of the two members such discretion should be left to the Governor, but that on a va- (Mr Edger) is constant; and if that of the other (Mr Jardine) has cancy occurring an election to supply it should take place. 19. With reference to the proposal of the Colonial Secretary, for been less so, it is, as I have been assured'by himself, attributable to the fact, that the business submitted to the Legislative Council was the appointment of a Colonial Surgeon, I think a salary of £800 seldom of a character sufficiently interesting or important to justify would be a sufficient remuneration, and that to his duties might be the dedication of valuable time to attendance at the sittings of superadded the supervision and direction of measures connected Council. But Mr Jardine has, I believe, almost invariably been with the Public health, I am not prepared without farther consi- present when matters of gravity have been discussed. Whatever deration to advocate his having a seat in the Legislative Council, may be the merits or the defects of the present Non-official Members but I quite concur in the opinion that it would be desirable he of the Council, I think life-appointments altogether. undesirable, should be debarred from private practice, except in cases of extreme and that absolute independence of the control of the popular senti- urgency, which might certainly present themselves in this colony, 20. enclose two Documents which may serve to elucidate the ment is quite incompatible with that responsibility for the discharge of public duty which ought to be held over every member of a Le- inquiry into the proposed constituency of the colony. The first is gislative body. As a functionary, he ought to be deemed responsible a Memorandum of all the Tenements rated to the Police from £10 superordinates,—as an efected member, to those who elected to £20-£20 to £30,-£30 to £40,-£40 and upwards, and the -in either and in both cases, to the tribunal of public | numbers under each head of British, Foreign, and Chinese renters exhibiting as a result-1,637 Chinese, 186 British, and 176 Foreign, 10, I do not therefore, by any means, consider that the introduc-rated at £10 and upwards. This is not an exact individual return, tion of two Non-official Members, who were selected by a small as there may be cases of the same individual comprehended under body of Magistrates from their own number, is to be defended solely two or more assessments, so that the whole number of persons on the ground that their presence in the Legislative Council is not assessed is somewhat less than the returns would seem to exhibit. The second Memorandum shews' the Crown Rents under the “obstructive or prejudicial;" and I should think the introduction of a Third additional Member a mere idle and useless incumbrance, same division, the totals being, of payers of £10 and upwards,—Bri- tish 69, Chinese 42, Foreigners 80.I have the honour to be, utterly unworthy of the attention of the Government, if the reasons for the admission had no more cogency than that his presence would with the highest respect, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, JOHN BOWRING. no harm. to his him, opinion. do • The Right Honourable HENRY LABOUCHERE, M.P, &o., &o.. : Inclosure 1,--Despatch 49. 11. As regards the exclusion of Foreigners from the Electoral body, I think such exclusion would be unpopular and unwise. Foreigners contribute their proportion to the expenses of the colony, and are called on to serve as Jurors, and in other public capacities. It would be a sufficient security, in my judginent, that the elected members of the Legislature should be natural born British Subjects, ør have obtained letters of naturalization in England. Moreover, as the whole number of Non-official Members proposed is Five, of whom I suggested that Three should be chosen from the Justices of the Peace,—and as the Official Members of the Council were intend-posed ed to be Eight, with a casting vote to the Governor,—I confess I see no danger whatever in my original proposition. 12. As regards the Chinese population, I should be glad to as- sociate them with the action of the Government. At Singapore they have been admitted into the Magistracy, and I know of no evil which has resulted from their admissiou,—but on the contrary much good. There might be advantage if an educational test were associated with the exercise of the electoral right, and if Chinamen were encouraged to the study of our language, by its being made the means of access to social distinction. || MEMORANDUM ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNCILS OF THE COLONY. His Excellency having called on me for my opinion on the pro- reconstruction of the Councils of this Colony, I have to state as follows :--- :4 In, I think, the month of February, last year, I drew up, at His Excellency's request, a plan with this object in view, which under- went revision and alteration by His Excellency, and was eventually submitted to the Secretary of State, in Despatch No. 110 of 2d August, 1855. Before considering this in detail, I wish to observe that, although long desirous to see both Councils enlarged, I never recognized the expediency of admitting into them what may be familiarly termed "the popular element," to the extent contemplated by the plan under discussion; and in drawing out that plan originally, I regard- ed myself as acting under His Excellency's instructions and carry- 13. My opinion remains unchanged as to the desirableness of excluding public functionaries beyond that large proportion who would sit by virtue of office in the Legislative Council. Parlia-ing out his views. mentary experience at home, and I may add a far wider experience of the mischief growing out of the introduction of elected officials into Legislative bodies, confirm my conviction, that no person holding office should be eligible as one of the Five Non-official Members; nor do I think that subordinate officials-the superor dinate berug members by virtue of office-could, with any propriety or advantage, be called away from their public duties to take a part in Legislative discussions and controversies. " 14. That in a population of 75,000, the whole number of Electors should be only 75, or practically only 45, being one in every 1,666 inhabitants, (as the Colonial Secretary proposes,) would appear to me the establishment of as close a borough" and as narrow a suf- frage as ever afforded a grievance for popular discontent to deal with. The Justices of the Peace in the colony are 24 in number the Special Jury list consists of 34, the Common Jury list of 1,13, members; the number of individuals who are rated at a rental above £40, per annum is 650; above £30, it is 1,135; above £20, 1,566; and above £10, 1,999. I do not know in what respect a £10 suffrage would be objectionable, especially if guarded by the “ Edu- cational test” which I have suggested. · 15. As regards the revision of the Electoral Lists, the Books of the Police Rate Surveyors (being officialized by the Executive Council) would be simple and sufficient evidence of right to vote as far as the payment of rates is concerned; and if the electoral right should emanate from being a Juror, the Hongkong Gazette would furnish the best evidence, as it registers the Jury Lists when they have been revised by the Legislative Council. The Electoral Lists might be made up by the Clerk of the Councils, with an appeal to the Chief Magistrate. | | | | In fact my notion was then, as it is now, in perfect unison with the following paragraph from Mr Secretary Labouchere's Despatch of 23d November last, calling for further information before final decision on the scheme proposed:-" They (i.c. Her Majesty's Government) are not as yet prepared to assent to the opinion that such a change as you have suggested would at the present time conduce to the better government of the Island, or the increased contentment of its inhabitants." 1 By the Charter of the colony, the Governor, at his discretion, may act in full opposition to either Council; and this provision after all, reduces the Council to the position of a consultative not an ad- ministrative body. A considerable amount of misapprehension, exists on this head, as also on the degree of control which the Legislative Council possesses over the Finances of the colony. The Colonial Regulations (cap. X, 2, 8,) lay it down that the Council has a “species of immediate control over the Revenne raised in. the. colouy by Taxes upon the inhabitants, and over its expenditure," but that such control "does not extend to funds arising from the property of the Crown." At the present moment, therefore, the only portion of the Public Revenue with which the Legislative Council is concerned, is the Police Rate, which meets about half the Police Expenses, the Crown Funds supplying the deficiency. I have been particular in. drawing attention to this, as it is a powerful argument against the necessity of further opening the Le- gislative Council to the public. The experiment made by Sir George Bonham six years ago, has, in my opinion, entirely failed, and justified my prediction at the 16. I can by no means admit the conclusion of the Colonial Se-time of its proposal." cretary, that the large and preponderating number of Foreigners in this colony is a reason for excluding them from any voice in its Government.. I believe the best security for their attachment and co-operation is to recognize and not to repudiate their claims to be considered as parts of the whole community in whose publio duties they share, and in whose rights they may, be safely allowed to par» And I say this without the most remote intention to impute re- missness or any other fault to the two honourable gentlemen un- official members of the Legislative Council; but the simple fact is, that they have their business as merchants to attend to, and the conduct of this is naturally of far more importance to them than the business of the Council, or the general interest of the colony. ; the Pu of 1 ma Or apf on sha the spe cas po Se tin In of an thi བྷུརྞ ཙཎྜ ལྱཱ gri be efl an TI N ROD ar M iu ha in te tl tc ri At the same time I see nothing obstructive or prejudical in tho presence of two Unofficial Members, and as the step has been taken, I would not revoke it; but I would not enlarge the number, or at any rate go beyond three, more especially when consideration is given to what I have stated above, with reference to the small portion of the Colonial Revenue with which the Council has to deal. As regards then the filling up these scats as vacancies occur (and one is already vacant, see Colonial Regulations, cap. II, 1, 7,) I would adopt some such plan as that contained in Inclosure 1 to Despatch No. 110, above referred to. But I would exclude Foreigners from the Electoral Body, and on no account permit the right of franchise to a Chinese. To those practically acquainted with the Chinese character, it is unnecessary to say anything on this head, and to others I would fail in finding intelligible words. I would omit the conclus'ion of clause 7 in the plan, as I can con- ceive an occasion on which the public might wish to elect a subor- dinate official if useful and ntelligent; and I see no reason either for interfering with the right o the Electors to elect whom they please, or for preventing a respectable official from occupying that position in which the public consider he could render good service to them. I have no fear of any undue influence on either side being used in this respect. Thus my idea is, that the three members and all the Electoral Body be bona fide British Subjects. In the Secretary of State's Despatch, objection is taken to the powerproposed to be given to the Executive Council in revision of the Electoral Roll.Let then the power go to the Legislative Counc il itself, as now in the case of the Jury List. In clause 2 of the Despatch, information is called for as to the probable number of Electors, and the proportion they would bear to the unrepresented classes of the population. On the plan here suggested by me, the numb Electors would be about 75, of whom about 45 would be present to vote, and as the population is about 75,000, the proportion is 1 in 1,000; but taking the Jury List as the European population, to this the proportion would be about 1 to 2; and of these, taking the British Subjects present ånd voting, rather more than 1 in 3. As I have stated, British Subjects only should vote, and the large and preponderating number of Foreigners resident in the Island is to my mind an argument against, instead of for, their admission to influe ntial privileges in a British colony. I think that all the heads of Executive departments should have seats in the Legislative Council, excepting always when such heads happen to be foreigners, when I would sanction their presence, but withhold the power of voting in the Council. In the colony of Mauritius, I see that all Naturalization Ordi- nances specially exclude the privilege of sitting in Council. Memorandum of Tenements,—Continued. £40 and upwards CLASS. NUMBER. TOTAL. RATE. Brought forward, 1349 British 148 Foreign 92 Chinese 410 650 ... British 186 TOTAL. Foreign Chinese 176 ... ... 1637 GRAND TOTAL,................ 1999 (Signed) J. C. POWER, Police Rate Assessor. 1st April, 1856. (True copy,) W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Inclosure 3,-Despatch 49. Memorandum of INDIVIDUALS paying Crown RENT, abstracted from the RENT ROLL of 25th December, 1855. British Subjects, Foreigners,. Chinese,..... 10 £10 £20 £30 £40 TOTAL. 2 5 54 69 7 4 3 16 30 14 6 4 18 42 TOTAL,......... 29 12 12 88 141 (Signed) J. C. POWER, Clerk of Deed Registry. (True copy,) Surveyor General's Office, VICTORIA, 31st March, 1856. 1 The Councils then I would recommend, as given in clauses 4 and 5 of the plan enclosed in Sir John Bowring's Despatch No. 110, of 2d August, 1855, with this exception, that the number of Un- official Members of the Legislative should be reduced to 3 for the No. 82. reasons I have given. I would follow the plan generally, saving the objections which I have put forward in this Memorandum. I am also anxious to take this opportunity of observing, that I am convinced that an error was made when the duties of Colonial Surgeon were virtually abolished, and confided to the charge of a Military Medical Officer. I think £1,000 a year, and even perhaps a seat in the Legislative, would be well bestowed on an efficient Surgeon, with, not an injunction, for this might be inconsistent with his professional obligation,—but an understanding, that he was not to engage in private practice. I am certain that powers to enforce sanitary measures conferred on and exercised by an intelligent and energetic medical officer, would be very instrumental in assisting in many ways the progress of the colony. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. DOWNING STREET, July 29th, 1856. SIR,-I have carefully considered your Despatch No 49, of 26th March last, in connection with previous correspondence on the same subject; and however reluctant to overrule your opinion, I have decided against the proposal which you have made, to introduce the Representative element into the Government of Hongkong. 2. I appreciate as highly as it is possible to do the value of repre- sentative institutions, but I am at the same time mindful of the conditions, which experience has proved to be essential for their good working. 3. I believe that the present is the first proposal that has been made for introducing those institutions amongst an Asiatic popula- tion, containing but a very small proportion of British or even European residents: I have, therefore, thought it the more neces- The above Memorandum, written after mature reflection, is sub-sary to weigh carefully the reasons for and against it. mitted, with all respect, for the consideration of His Excellency, The Governor. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th March, 1856. a Inclosure 2,-Despatch 49. Memorandum of TENEMENTS assessed for POLICE RATE. RATE. : NUMBER. TOTAL CLASS British 18 *** £10 and under £20 Foreign ... 17 Chinese ... 398 433 British £20 and under £30 Foreign Chinese *** British Foreign... £30 and under £40 Carried forwardı Chinese : ... :. 19 ... 408 431 ... 16 48 421 485 1349 4. The testimony of those best acquainted with them, represent the Chinese race as endowed with much intelligence, but as very defi- cient in the most essential elements of morality. The Chinese popu- lation of Hongkong is, with perhaps a few honourable exceptions, admitted to stand very low in this respect. 5. The information which I have received from you, does not lead me to suppose that education has made such progress among the youthful population, as to give promise that the next generation will be much superior to the present in moral culture. In regard there- fore, to the proposal to confer the elective franchise on a consti- tuency, of which the majority would be Chinese, I have to consider, whether men who have not, either from moral principle or traditional influences, acquired a respect for the main principles on which social order rests, are likely to use such a privilege in a manner useful to themselves, or to the community at large. 6. I cannot assent to such a conclusion, 7. If, on the other hand, the franchise were to be so restricted as practically to exclude the Chinese and Asiatic population, and to secure a preponderance to the British residents, I should apprehend from that arrangement future discontent on grounds that seem to be well founded. 8. Few if any of the British residents in Hongkong are persons who go to establish themselves and their descendants permanently in that place; they merely sojourn there during a limited time, engaged in commercial or professional pursuits, but intending to quit the colony as soon as circumstances will permit. 9. To whatever extent the control of local affairs might be con- ferred on this class by the 'partial introduction of representative Government, the effect would be, to give power over the permanent population to temporary settlers, differing from them iù race, lan. guage, and religion, and not influenced by their opinions. However respectable the character of the residents may be, I cannot believe that such an arrangement could work satisfactorily. 10. If it were suggested, as indeed some passages in your de- spatch appear to suggest, that the object of introducing the system of election should be to afford to the Governor increased means of learning the wishes and feelings of the population, but without transferring to the Legislative Council increased power either in enacting laws or controling expenditure, --I should regard such a scheme as liable to other and equally conclusive objections. 11. For the simple purpose of discovering the persons most competent to give advice as to public matters, the judgment of the officer administering the Government seems to me quite as good | a test, in such a community as Hongkong, as public election, whe- ther under a restricted or an extended franchise, and except as a means of transition from the present system to one in which a considerable share of power should be given to the representative members of the Legislature, I am persuaded that such a system could not be established without creating future dissatisfaction. 12. If there were no other material objection to the change which you desire to introduce, I should regard the peculiar posi- tion of Hongkong as presenting an additional difficulty not easily to be got over. 13. The Island is held by the British Crown, not at all because of any natural advantages which it possesses, but simply as subsi- diary to the intercourse between the British and the Chinese Empires. In this point of view it is of great importance. Great commercial interests and the future progress of civilization throughout the East are to a great extent involved in the main tenance of British rule and of orderly government in Hongkong, consistently with the introduction of the Representative system; but I see no reason to expect any considerable change of circum- stances which could remove objections, now in my opinion insur- mountable. 15. There is nothing, however, in the views which I had ex- pressed, that should prevent you from conducting the affairs of the colony with the greatest regard to the feelings as well as the in- terests of the population, where paramount considerations of a general nature do not interfere. 16. You have alluded to the fact that. at Singapore, Chinese re- If sidents have been introduced into the Magistracy. f you should hereafter be able to select from the Chinese inhabitants persons deserving of confidence, whom you may think fit to hold this or any other administrative office, I should be willing to assent to such appointments. The experiment, however, should be very cautiously made, and until considerable experience had been gain- ed, I should not think it wise to place a Chinese in any position in which he could exercise authority alone, and without check on the part of British officials. 17. I can see no objection to a moderate increase in the number of the Legislative Council, if you should think that desirable; and I approve of the steps which you have taken, in laying the Estimates before that body, and inviting their observations upon the items of public expenditure. 18. I shall, however, rely on your continuing to administer the Government in conformity with the principles on which it has been established, and not parting with that authority, which, when wisely exercised, I believe to be best calculated to secure the general welfare of a community placed in such exceptional condi- tions. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble 14. It is true that the government of such a dependency pre-servant, sents some peculiar difficulties, arising not only from its internal condition, but its immediate neighbourhood to Chinese territory. I should be glad if I could believe that the time was near at hand when the most essential objects of government could be secured H. LABOUCHERE. Governor Sir JOHN BOWRING, &c., &c., &c., Hongkong. THE Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, MONDAY, 7TH MARCH, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 88. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGkọng goveRNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Họngkong, 2d July, 1855.. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 39. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has caused to be published for general information, the following Notification as to the Examination, to take place in July, 1857, of Candidates for the Civil Service in India. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d March, 1857. CIVIL SERVICE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. 1. In July, 1857, an examination will take place of Candidates for Appointments to the Civil Service of the East India Company, Notice will be hereafter given of the days and place of Examination. 2. Any natural-boru subject of Her Majesty, who shall be desirous of entering the Civil Service of the East India Company, will be be examined at such Examination, provided he shall, before the 1st of May, 1857, have transmitted to the India Board, Cannon Westminster :— (a) A certificate of his birth, showing that his age, on the 1st of May, 1857, will be above Eighteen years and under Twenty- three years. (b) A certificate, signed by a Physician or Surgeon, of his having no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity, unfitting him for the Civil Service of the East India Company. (c) A certificate of good moral character, signed by the head of the School or College at which he has last received his education ;- or, if he has not received education at any School or College since the year 1854, then such proof of good moral character as may be satisfactory to the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India. (d) A statement of those of the branches of knowledge hereinafter enumerated, in which he desires to be examined, 3. The Examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge:- English Language and Literature :— Composition, · English Literature and History, including that of the Laws and Constitution, Language, Literature, and History of Greece, " " " " Rome, France, Germany, " " Italy, Mathematics, pure and mixed, Natural Science, that is, Chemistry, Electricity and Magnetism, Natural History, Geology, and Mineralogy, Moral Science, that is, Logic, and Mental, Moral, and Political Philosophy, Sanscrit Language and Literature, Arabic Language and Literature, 500 1,000 1,500 750 750 375 875 375 1,000 500 500 375 875 6,875 4. The merit of the persons examined will be estimated by marks, according to the ordinary system in use at several of the Univer- sities; and the number set opposite to each branch in the preceding paragraph denotes the greatest number of marks that can be obtained respect of it. in 5. No Candidate will be allowed any marks in respect of any subject of Examination, unless he shall obtain, in respect of that subject, onesixth of the number of marks set against that particular subject. 6. The Examination will be conducted by means of printed questions and written answers, and by vivâ voce examination, 7. After the Examination shall have been completed, the marks obtained by each candidate, in respect of each of the subjects in which he shall have been examined, will be added up, and the names of the twelve candidates who shall have obtained a greater aggregate number of marks than any of the remaining candidates will be set forth in order of merit; and those twelve candidates will be appointed to the Civil Service of the East India Company, in the Presidency of Bengal, provided they comply with the regulations in force at the time for the said Service. tl; ין ސ 2 The Hongkong Government Gazettę. [March 7, 1857. 8. The Commissioners for the affairs of India will be ready to receive, at any time previous to the 1st of May, 1857, the testimonials of persons desirous of being appointed to the office of Examiner: but no such appointment will be made until after the date above mentioned. 9. All papers relating to the above-mentioned examination are to be sent, and all inquiries are to be addressed, thus :— a แ " E. I. C. Civil Servico Examination.” S No. 40. "The Secretary, “India Board, Westminster." GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. BOWRING PRAYA. The Instructions of Her Majesty's Government have been received as to the mode in which Compensation (if any) shall be given for Damage,—and the Rents settled for Lands not comprehended in the original Leases. They are to the following effect:- "There is no doubt that Land recovered from the sea, whether artificially or naturally, belongs to the Crown-and that the Crown is at liberty to dispose of it in the same manner as of any other land in the Colony. But it is also clear that the acquisition of such land by any other person than the Owner of the Marine Lot behind it, would very much diminish the value of the Marine Lot, and in many cases render it useless for the purpose for which it was acquired. While, therefore, the rights of the Crown and the interests of the public require that the claim of the Crown to such lands should be firmly maintained, a sense of justice requires that the equitable claims of the holders of the original Marine Lots should be liberally considered.” 65 The most practicable way of reconciling these interests, would be to appoint assessors on the part of the Crown and the pro- prietor of the Marine Lot, or, if it be preferred, a Jury, to assess the damage done to the original Marine Lot by the creation of a new Marine Lot in front of it. To put up the new Marine Lot to Auction, and to allow the proprietor of the original lot to acquire it at the highest price which may be bid for it, less the sum assessed as the damage done to the original lot. If, however, he should refuse to become the purchaser, then to pay to him out of the price of the new lot the sum assessed as damage.” "Some such arrangement would meet the justice of the case. It would of course require modification to meet the peculiar cir- cumstances of individual cases, e.g., when the whole new land is not put up in a single lot. It would also be necessary to provide, that in no case should more be claimable as assessed damages than the amount realized by the sale of the new lot. But points of detail like these can best be settled by the local authorities on the spot. It is sufficient to indicate the general principle on which such cases may be dealt with." By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d March, 1857. No. 41. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION." The subjoined Commission issued by His Excellency The, Governor, for the purpose of enquiring into the Condition of the Gaol, is hereby published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th March, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Whereas it is expedient to take into consideration the Condition of the Gaol of this Colony, with a view to the improvement and required enlargement of the same: ; Now know ye therefore, that I, Sir John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, under my hand and Seal of the said Colony, appoint you The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine, Lieutenant-Governor, to be President, and Henry Tudor Davies, Esquire, Chief Magistrate of Police, Charles May, Esquire, Deputy Sheriff, and Augus Fletcher, Esquire, and John Scarth, Esquire, to be Members of a Commission for the purpose of making Enquiry into the matters aforesaid, and any Three of you, where of the Lieutenant-Governor shall be one, shall form Quorum of the said Commission. And such enquiry shall be general and comprehensive, but shall embrace specially the following subjects:- 1. The Classification of Prisoners. 2. The introduction of appropriate and productive Labour-how far Out-of-door work is desirable—and the advisability of enforcing a certain quantity of Labour. 3. Diet and Gaol allowances-especially Extra allowances. 4. 5. Punishment of Offences committed within Gaol or at Out-door work. State of Hospital, and treatment of Diseased Prisoners. 6. The efficiency of the Gaol Staff. 7. Visitation by the Magistrates. 8. Revision of the existing Gaol Regulations. And I do hereby enjoin you without any of loss time to institute a proper investigation in the premises, and to take, but not upon Oath, evidence therein. The result thereof, and your opinions thereon, whether unanimous or dissenting, you will report to me with all reasonable completeness and despatch. And I do authorize you to have access to all Records, Papers, and Documents, relating to the subject- matter of this Commission in the custody or control of the public departments in this Colony; and to call before you and examine all persons belonging to any of the said departments; and I hereby charge all persons to aid and assist you herein. Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this 5th Day of March, a.d. 1857. {L.8.] SUPREME COURT COURT OF HONGKONG. REGULA GENERALIS. EASTER TERM. JOHN BOWRING; Governor. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINE, 5TH MARCH, 1857. WRITS OF foreign ATTACHMENT. WHEREAS cases may occur wherein parties being in possession of or holding goods and property as Garnishees within the meaning of Ordinance No. 2 of 1855, may be persons of small and irresponsible means, and such property may be in danger of being carried away beyond the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of this Colony, or sold, or otherwise disposed of to the injury of Plaintiffs proceeding under the said Ordinance: Be it therefore ordered, That in all cases where there shall be just and reasonable grounds to believe that any Property, which may have been attached by Writ of Foreign Attachment, is in danger of being removed from and out of the tl; ין ސ 2 The Hongkong Government Gazettę. [March 7, 1857. 8. The Commissioners for the affairs of India will be ready to receive, at any time previous to the 1st of May, 1857, the testimonials of persons desirous of being appointed to the office of Examiner: but no such appointment will be made until after the date above mentioned. 9. All papers relating to the above-mentioned examination are to be sent, and all inquiries are to be addressed, thus :— a แ " E. I. C. Civil Servico Examination.” S No. 40. "The Secretary, “India Board, Westminster." GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. BOWRING PRAYA. The Instructions of Her Majesty's Government have been received as to the mode in which Compensation (if any) shall be given for Damage,—and the Rents settled for Lands not comprehended in the original Leases. They are to the following effect:- "There is no doubt that Land recovered from the sea, whether artificially or naturally, belongs to the Crown-and that the Crown is at liberty to dispose of it in the same manner as of any other land in the Colony. But it is also clear that the acquisition of such land by any other person than the Owner of the Marine Lot behind it, would very much diminish the value of the Marine Lot, and in many cases render it useless for the purpose for which it was acquired. While, therefore, the rights of the Crown and the interests of the public require that the claim of the Crown to such lands should be firmly maintained, a sense of justice requires that the equitable claims of the holders of the original Marine Lots should be liberally considered.” 65 The most practicable way of reconciling these interests, would be to appoint assessors on the part of the Crown and the pro- prietor of the Marine Lot, or, if it be preferred, a Jury, to assess the damage done to the original Marine Lot by the creation of a new Marine Lot in front of it. To put up the new Marine Lot to Auction, and to allow the proprietor of the original lot to acquire it at the highest price which may be bid for it, less the sum assessed as the damage done to the original lot. If, however, he should refuse to become the purchaser, then to pay to him out of the price of the new lot the sum assessed as damage.” "Some such arrangement would meet the justice of the case. It would of course require modification to meet the peculiar cir- cumstances of individual cases, e.g., when the whole new land is not put up in a single lot. It would also be necessary to provide, that in no case should more be claimable as assessed damages than the amount realized by the sale of the new lot. But points of detail like these can best be settled by the local authorities on the spot. It is sufficient to indicate the general principle on which such cases may be dealt with." By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d March, 1857. No. 41. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION." The subjoined Commission issued by His Excellency The, Governor, for the purpose of enquiring into the Condition of the Gaol, is hereby published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th March, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Whereas it is expedient to take into consideration the Condition of the Gaol of this Colony, with a view to the improvement and required enlargement of the same: ; Now know ye therefore, that I, Sir John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, under my hand and Seal of the said Colony, appoint you The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine, Lieutenant-Governor, to be President, and Henry Tudor Davies, Esquire, Chief Magistrate of Police, Charles May, Esquire, Deputy Sheriff, and Augus Fletcher, Esquire, and John Scarth, Esquire, to be Members of a Commission for the purpose of making Enquiry into the matters aforesaid, and any Three of you, where of the Lieutenant-Governor shall be one, shall form Quorum of the said Commission. And such enquiry shall be general and comprehensive, but shall embrace specially the following subjects:- 1. The Classification of Prisoners. 2. The introduction of appropriate and productive Labour-how far Out-of-door work is desirable—and the advisability of enforcing a certain quantity of Labour. 3. Diet and Gaol allowances-especially Extra allowances. 4. 5. Punishment of Offences committed within Gaol or at Out-door work. State of Hospital, and treatment of Diseased Prisoners. 6. The efficiency of the Gaol Staff. 7. Visitation by the Magistrates. 8. Revision of the existing Gaol Regulations. And I do hereby enjoin you without any of loss time to institute a proper investigation in the premises, and to take, but not upon Oath, evidence therein. The result thereof, and your opinions thereon, whether unanimous or dissenting, you will report to me with all reasonable completeness and despatch. And I do authorize you to have access to all Records, Papers, and Documents, relating to the subject- matter of this Commission in the custody or control of the public departments in this Colony; and to call before you and examine all persons belonging to any of the said departments; and I hereby charge all persons to aid and assist you herein. Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this 5th Day of March, a.d. 1857. {L.8.] SUPREME COURT COURT OF HONGKONG. REGULA GENERALIS. EASTER TERM. JOHN BOWRING; Governor. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINE, 5TH MARCH, 1857. WRITS OF foreign ATTACHMENT. WHEREAS cases may occur wherein parties being in possession of or holding goods and property as Garnishees within the meaning of Ordinance No. 2 of 1855, may be persons of small and irresponsible means, and such property may be in danger of being carried away beyond the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of this Colony, or sold, or otherwise disposed of to the injury of Plaintiffs proceeding under the said Ordinance: Be it therefore ordered, That in all cases where there shall be just and reasonable grounds to believe that any Property, which may have been attached by Writ of Foreign Attachment, is in danger of being removed from and out of the tl; ין ސ 2 The Hongkong Government Gazettę. [March 7, 1857. 8. The Commissioners for the affairs of India will be ready to receive, at any time previous to the 1st of May, 1857, the testimonials of persons desirous of being appointed to the office of Examiner: but no such appointment will be made until after the date above mentioned. 9. All papers relating to the above-mentioned examination are to be sent, and all inquiries are to be addressed, thus :— a แ " E. I. C. Civil Servico Examination.” S No. 40. "The Secretary, “India Board, Westminster." GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. BOWRING PRAYA. The Instructions of Her Majesty's Government have been received as to the mode in which Compensation (if any) shall be given for Damage,—and the Rents settled for Lands not comprehended in the original Leases. They are to the following effect:- "There is no doubt that Land recovered from the sea, whether artificially or naturally, belongs to the Crown-and that the Crown is at liberty to dispose of it in the same manner as of any other land in the Colony. But it is also clear that the acquisition of such land by any other person than the Owner of the Marine Lot behind it, would very much diminish the value of the Marine Lot, and in many cases render it useless for the purpose for which it was acquired. While, therefore, the rights of the Crown and the interests of the public require that the claim of the Crown to such lands should be firmly maintained, a sense of justice requires that the equitable claims of the holders of the original Marine Lots should be liberally considered.” 65 The most practicable way of reconciling these interests, would be to appoint assessors on the part of the Crown and the pro- prietor of the Marine Lot, or, if it be preferred, a Jury, to assess the damage done to the original Marine Lot by the creation of a new Marine Lot in front of it. To put up the new Marine Lot to Auction, and to allow the proprietor of the original lot to acquire it at the highest price which may be bid for it, less the sum assessed as the damage done to the original lot. If, however, he should refuse to become the purchaser, then to pay to him out of the price of the new lot the sum assessed as damage.” "Some such arrangement would meet the justice of the case. It would of course require modification to meet the peculiar cir- cumstances of individual cases, e.g., when the whole new land is not put up in a single lot. It would also be necessary to provide, that in no case should more be claimable as assessed damages than the amount realized by the sale of the new lot. But points of detail like these can best be settled by the local authorities on the spot. It is sufficient to indicate the general principle on which such cases may be dealt with." By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d March, 1857. No. 41. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION." The subjoined Commission issued by His Excellency The, Governor, for the purpose of enquiring into the Condition of the Gaol, is hereby published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th March, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Whereas it is expedient to take into consideration the Condition of the Gaol of this Colony, with a view to the improvement and required enlargement of the same: ; Now know ye therefore, that I, Sir John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, under my hand and Seal of the said Colony, appoint you The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine, Lieutenant-Governor, to be President, and Henry Tudor Davies, Esquire, Chief Magistrate of Police, Charles May, Esquire, Deputy Sheriff, and Augus Fletcher, Esquire, and John Scarth, Esquire, to be Members of a Commission for the purpose of making Enquiry into the matters aforesaid, and any Three of you, where of the Lieutenant-Governor shall be one, shall form Quorum of the said Commission. And such enquiry shall be general and comprehensive, but shall embrace specially the following subjects:- 1. The Classification of Prisoners. 2. The introduction of appropriate and productive Labour-how far Out-of-door work is desirable—and the advisability of enforcing a certain quantity of Labour. 3. Diet and Gaol allowances-especially Extra allowances. 4. 5. Punishment of Offences committed within Gaol or at Out-door work. State of Hospital, and treatment of Diseased Prisoners. 6. The efficiency of the Gaol Staff. 7. Visitation by the Magistrates. 8. Revision of the existing Gaol Regulations. And I do hereby enjoin you without any of loss time to institute a proper investigation in the premises, and to take, but not upon Oath, evidence therein. The result thereof, and your opinions thereon, whether unanimous or dissenting, you will report to me with all reasonable completeness and despatch. And I do authorize you to have access to all Records, Papers, and Documents, relating to the subject- matter of this Commission in the custody or control of the public departments in this Colony; and to call before you and examine all persons belonging to any of the said departments; and I hereby charge all persons to aid and assist you herein. Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this 5th Day of March, a.d. 1857. {L.8.] SUPREME COURT COURT OF HONGKONG. REGULA GENERALIS. EASTER TERM. JOHN BOWRING; Governor. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINE, 5TH MARCH, 1857. WRITS OF foreign ATTACHMENT. WHEREAS cases may occur wherein parties being in possession of or holding goods and property as Garnishees within the meaning of Ordinance No. 2 of 1855, may be persons of small and irresponsible means, and such property may be in danger of being carried away beyond the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of this Colony, or sold, or otherwise disposed of to the injury of Plaintiffs proceeding under the said Ordinance: Be it therefore ordered, That in all cases where there shall be just and reasonable grounds to believe that any Property, which may have been attached by Writ of Foreign Attachment, is in danger of being removed from and out of the MARCH 7, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, or of being sold or otherwise disposed of, and the Garnishce or Garnishees shall be an responsible Person or Persons, or the mere Servant or Servants of the Owner or Owners of the property; it shall be lawful for the Sheriff to seize and detain such Property until the claim of the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, if established, be satisfied, or Defendant or Defendants therein interested shall have duly given Security and entered Appearance, or delivered or filed Pica to the Action commenced against him or them in terms of Section Eleven of the aforesaid Ordinance. the Sf y Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of March, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. By the Court, W. H. ALEXANDER, Registrar. of d of le W he to -at my he _nd ng blé ce, the -rm of pon all ect- all HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE. No. 4 of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for amending the Ordinances therein mentioned. [5th March, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- 5 & 7 of 1856, to be I. All Rules and Orders made or to be made by the Supreme Court, for giving effect to Ordinances Rules and Orders No. 5 of 1856, and No. 7 of 1856, or either of them, shall be laid before and approved by the Legislative under Ordinances Nos. Council, before the same shall be issued; and all such Rules and Orders when so approved and issued, shall be approved in Council. published, and have the same force within this Colony as if the same had been enacted by way of Ordinance. Repeal of parts of Two, and Four, Ordinance Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same. II. So much of Section Two of Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, as contains a Salvo as to the Power of the Sections Registrar; and so much of Section Four of the last-mentioned Ordinance, as requires immediate Payment to 14 of 1896, and of be made of Costs of Interlocutory Proceedings, and forbids their being made to abide the event; and also the whole of Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same Ordinance,—are hereby repealed. III. In all Proceedings where Costs would have been recoverable by or from private parties, they Costs payable by or to the Crown. shali be recoverable by or from the Crown. IV. Section Eighteen of "The Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, is hereby declared to be Declaratory as to 17 spplicable to all Trials, Criminal and Civil, within this Colony; but none of the other Sections thereof, not and 18 Victoria, Cap. rapressly extended by Ordinance or re-enacted here, are in force within the same. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of March, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, and P. A. NELSON, Defendunt. HEREAS an Action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- ked P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand wd Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods • and delivered, and for money advanced, at the est of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being sheged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside this Island or its dependencies, a Writ of #ag Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one ****, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time Adore final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELMIN, or any person on his behalf, will give the ty and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea ned by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, an Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process Actiors al Law, against Persons absent from the Adory,” the said Attachment may be dissolved. sted this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. NOTICE. WM. GASKELL, Plaintiff's Attorney. I hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has this day dissolved by mutual consent. The ments of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. be hin nay -sed any Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. the Steam for " JOHN BOWRING. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, PART ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, TH BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. HE Peninsular & Oriental SteaM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "NORNA,” Captain ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th Murch, 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, pply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED. 125. NOTICE. ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuanco of the intimation of HER Majesty's Plent- POTENTIARY to the BRITISH COMMUNITY OF CANTON, under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, are informed by the undersigned that these Statements should be furnished by them in Duplicate. HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offg. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, ! Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. THE NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HUGH HAMILTON LINDSAY in our Firm, ceased on the 10th December, 1856. LINDSAY & Co., China, Hongkong, 23d February, 1857, 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 Bill of Lading or with Parcels, 'ne Comity de N not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1857. FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail." SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a Nɛw SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104, Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf ; in forming the NEW STRAND ROap; in Filling in the Gronud between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONs of ContracT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours J. M. ARMSTRONG. A TABLE, showing the Cung by Th with of 10A.M. and 4 P.ar. W. {, all CHARGES—Ten, as bought the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, MARCH 7, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, or of being sold or otherwise disposed of, and the Garnishce or Garnishees shall be an responsible Person or Persons, or the mere Servant or Servants of the Owner or Owners of the property; it shall be lawful for the Sheriff to seize and detain such Property until the claim of the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, if established, be satisfied, or Defendant or Defendants therein interested shall have duly given Security and entered Appearance, or delivered or filed Pica to the Action commenced against him or them in terms of Section Eleven of the aforesaid Ordinance. the Sf y Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of March, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. By the Court, W. H. ALEXANDER, Registrar. of d of le W he to -at my he _nd ng blé ce, the -rm of pon all ect- all HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE. No. 4 of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for amending the Ordinances therein mentioned. [5th March, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- 5 & 7 of 1856, to be I. All Rules and Orders made or to be made by the Supreme Court, for giving effect to Ordinances Rules and Orders No. 5 of 1856, and No. 7 of 1856, or either of them, shall be laid before and approved by the Legislative under Ordinances Nos. Council, before the same shall be issued; and all such Rules and Orders when so approved and issued, shall be approved in Council. published, and have the same force within this Colony as if the same had been enacted by way of Ordinance. Repeal of parts of Two, and Four, Ordinance Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same. II. So much of Section Two of Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, as contains a Salvo as to the Power of the Sections Registrar; and so much of Section Four of the last-mentioned Ordinance, as requires immediate Payment to 14 of 1896, and of be made of Costs of Interlocutory Proceedings, and forbids their being made to abide the event; and also the whole of Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same Ordinance,—are hereby repealed. III. In all Proceedings where Costs would have been recoverable by or from private parties, they Costs payable by or to the Crown. shali be recoverable by or from the Crown. IV. Section Eighteen of "The Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, is hereby declared to be Declaratory as to 17 spplicable to all Trials, Criminal and Civil, within this Colony; but none of the other Sections thereof, not and 18 Victoria, Cap. rapressly extended by Ordinance or re-enacted here, are in force within the same. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of March, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, and P. A. NELSON, Defendunt. HEREAS an Action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- ked P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand wd Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods • and delivered, and for money advanced, at the est of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being sheged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside this Island or its dependencies, a Writ of #ag Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one ****, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time Adore final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELMIN, or any person on his behalf, will give the ty and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea ned by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, an Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process Actiors al Law, against Persons absent from the Adory,” the said Attachment may be dissolved. sted this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. NOTICE. WM. GASKELL, Plaintiff's Attorney. I hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has this day dissolved by mutual consent. The ments of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. be hin nay -sed any Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. the Steam for " JOHN BOWRING. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, PART ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, TH BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. HE Peninsular & Oriental SteaM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "NORNA,” Captain ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th Murch, 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, pply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED. 125. NOTICE. ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuanco of the intimation of HER Majesty's Plent- POTENTIARY to the BRITISH COMMUNITY OF CANTON, under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, are informed by the undersigned that these Statements should be furnished by them in Duplicate. HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offg. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, ! Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. THE NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HUGH HAMILTON LINDSAY in our Firm, ceased on the 10th December, 1856. LINDSAY & Co., China, Hongkong, 23d February, 1857, 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 Bill of Lading or with Parcels, 'ne Comity de N not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1857. FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail." SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a Nɛw SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104, Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf ; in forming the NEW STRAND ROap; in Filling in the Gronud between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONs of ContracT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours J. M. ARMSTRONG. A TABLE, showing the Cung by Th with of 10A.M. and 4 P.ar. W. {, all CHARGES—Ten, as bought the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, MARCH 7, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, or of being sold or otherwise disposed of, and the Garnishce or Garnishees shall be an responsible Person or Persons, or the mere Servant or Servants of the Owner or Owners of the property; it shall be lawful for the Sheriff to seize and detain such Property until the claim of the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, if established, be satisfied, or Defendant or Defendants therein interested shall have duly given Security and entered Appearance, or delivered or filed Pica to the Action commenced against him or them in terms of Section Eleven of the aforesaid Ordinance. the Sf y Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of March, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. By the Court, W. H. ALEXANDER, Registrar. of d of le W he to -at my he _nd ng blé ce, the -rm of pon all ect- all HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE. No. 4 of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for amending the Ordinances therein mentioned. [5th March, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- 5 & 7 of 1856, to be I. All Rules and Orders made or to be made by the Supreme Court, for giving effect to Ordinances Rules and Orders No. 5 of 1856, and No. 7 of 1856, or either of them, shall be laid before and approved by the Legislative under Ordinances Nos. Council, before the same shall be issued; and all such Rules and Orders when so approved and issued, shall be approved in Council. published, and have the same force within this Colony as if the same had been enacted by way of Ordinance. Repeal of parts of Two, and Four, Ordinance Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same. II. So much of Section Two of Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, as contains a Salvo as to the Power of the Sections Registrar; and so much of Section Four of the last-mentioned Ordinance, as requires immediate Payment to 14 of 1896, and of be made of Costs of Interlocutory Proceedings, and forbids their being made to abide the event; and also the whole of Sections Five, Six, and Twelve of the same Ordinance,—are hereby repealed. III. In all Proceedings where Costs would have been recoverable by or from private parties, they Costs payable by or to the Crown. shali be recoverable by or from the Crown. IV. Section Eighteen of "The Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, is hereby declared to be Declaratory as to 17 spplicable to all Trials, Criminal and Civil, within this Colony; but none of the other Sections thereof, not and 18 Victoria, Cap. rapressly extended by Ordinance or re-enacted here, are in force within the same. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of March, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, and P. A. NELSON, Defendunt. HEREAS an Action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- ked P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand wd Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods • and delivered, and for money advanced, at the est of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being sheged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside this Island or its dependencies, a Writ of #ag Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one ****, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time Adore final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELMIN, or any person on his behalf, will give the ty and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea ned by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, an Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process Actiors al Law, against Persons absent from the Adory,” the said Attachment may be dissolved. sted this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. NOTICE. WM. GASKELL, Plaintiff's Attorney. I hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has this day dissolved by mutual consent. The ments of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. be hin nay -sed any Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. the Steam for " JOHN BOWRING. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, PART ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, TH BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. HE Peninsular & Oriental SteaM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship "NORNA,” Captain ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th Murch, 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, pply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED. 125. NOTICE. ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuanco of the intimation of HER Majesty's Plent- POTENTIARY to the BRITISH COMMUNITY OF CANTON, under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, are informed by the undersigned that these Statements should be furnished by them in Duplicate. HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offg. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, ! Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. THE NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HUGH HAMILTON LINDSAY in our Firm, ceased on the 10th December, 1856. LINDSAY & Co., China, Hongkong, 23d February, 1857, 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 Bill of Lading or with Parcels, 'ne Comity de N not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1857. FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail." SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a Nɛw SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104, Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf ; in forming the NEW STRAND ROap; in Filling in the Gronud between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONs of ContracT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours J. M. ARMSTRONG. A TABLE, showing the Cung by Th with of 10A.M. and 4 P.ar. W. {, all CHARGES—Ten, as bought the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, = 4 NOTICE. The Hongkong Government Gazette. XE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY 11 22d Instant. a on DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. THE NOTICE. HIE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December lust. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTChison, John Scarth, and RoberT FORRESTER THORBURN, TURNER & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. FOR SALE. HA "ALF-A-DOZEN Scotch EwE-MILK CHEESES, received Overland. F. WOODS. Victoria Exchange, 5th February, 1857. In the Estate of TS00-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, docsused. i [MARCH 7, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. ALL, Persons having claims against, or being MR indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars'of the samo to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. TH NOTICE. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In Equity, STEPHENSON ». MURROW. IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies now or henceforth to become payable to th late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or hi Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receive in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour Court; the receipts of the said Josken Fros EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solieitor, THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand-able ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION Business will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SInga- PORK under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, JR, G. L. HASKLEL. Hongkong, lat September, 1856. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-si Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, (); Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-On half of these charges for each Repetition. Hongkong Government 10 1. is cr no NEW SERIES. GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH MARCH, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 89. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMAtions, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 6. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary, Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of the BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF FOOCHOW-FOO, during the Year 1856, be published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. W. WOODGATE. No. 1.-RETURN of BRITISH SHIPPING at the PORT OF FOOCHOW-FOO, during the Year 1856. ARRIVED. DEPARTED. Ship's NAME. DATE OF ENTRY. TONKAGE. No. of CREW. WHERE FROM. NATURE OF CARGO. DATE OF CLEARANCE TONNAGE. WHERE BOUND, NATURE OF CARGO. REMARKS. Jan. 2 141 Tris, 15 143" Xing-fuh,... 144 Nina, 4, Tiến, 147 Vivil, 106 76 Ningpo 29 · 39 Jan. 2 96 10 Shanghae Ballast 2 "2 96 Hongkong Sundries Paper Tea Entered last year. 7 29 "" 9 Ningpo Sundries 30 99 29 Ningpo Ta-shing,... Adventure, 145 Ser-tow-po,.. 148 Chusan, tay fit Chance,..... 136 Freak,... 1317 Paou-cheen, 154, Tiuto, 2. Whampoa, 14 Canton Packet, 122 New Packet, 174 Africa,... 152) Salacia, 2. Koh-i-noor,... Sussex, Antipedes, Je: Paou-cheen, Iris, Ying-fuh, Jane Jack Mitchell, 16 Canton Packet, leg Mrica.... 149 Freak, 170 Wild Wave, 1:1 Cleopatra, 173. Victoria, 1:3 Azm, 174 Vivid, 173 Ke-lung-poo-oan, 16 Alligator, M** Leung-che, 176 Spec 179 Chiasan, .... 14 Chrysolitė, 1 Canton Packet, 1#2 Two Brothers, IES Lord of the Isles, Ha Lyra, 63 15 Tobacco 18 63 Amoy. Paper Sundries ... 99 >> 11 70 12 Sundries 29 70 Ningpo 99 "2 12 62 .17 " 12 149 26 99 12 45 18 Convoy Sugar Ballast 26 99 Feb. 7 62 149 Amoy Ballast Convoy. "" General 29 " 45 Ningpo Sundries Convoy. 39 12 48 15 Jan. 22 48 Wood Convoy. " ... "J 18 480 19 Shanghae Lead 31 480 London Tea " ... 18 376 23 Ningpo Sundries 25 376 " Amoy Sundries " 23 *** " 26 ... 64 14 Hongkong 94 20 Ningpo Feb. 4 64 Canton General " "" .་ 31 515 16 " 99 ... Feb. 2 475 18 Shanghae 13 840 28 Fruits Rice Tea & Wood Ballast 4 " 94 Ningpo Paper 4 " 515 Hongkong Original cargo Mar. 2 475 London Tea 840 " " " " " .. བའ 19 959 50 18 959 " "J " " 99 27 419 · 12 10 419 39 99 99 "9 19 Mar. 6 48 ... 12 Ningpo 99 Apr. 5 48 Ningpo 14 106 21 Sundries 27 106 " • RRRRRR " 39 " 14 76 16 27 76 99 " "9 " " 13222 14 981 27 Hongkong 23 " 25 64 14 99 Paper 24 515 15 Sundries Mar. 27 Apr. 5 25 35 12 Ningpo 14 99 99 981 London 64 Hongkong 515 Shanghae 35 Ningpo Paper Sundries Tea 99 Ballast Sundries " 26 51 11 ... ... Apr. 7 45 17 " 10 160 16 Shanghae ... 12 34 " 7 Ningpo Rice & Peas Mar. 30 Rice Sundries Rice 51 Ballast 39 May 16 Apr. 12 May 30 14 38 18 30 45 Amoy 160 34 Ningpo 38 Tobacco Sundries 39 Ballast Convoy. Convoy. 99 " " " " 15 714 19 Shanghae 23 70 10 Ningpo ... " May 1 118 27❘ Hongkong 5 197 25 Amoy Ballast Rice Ballast Sundries 1 99 714 Shanghae Timber June 7 May 14 70 Ningpo Paper 118 Shanghae Oil Cake. 8 197 Amoy Ballast ... " 10 120 33 24 " "9 120 Hongkong Sundries " 14 105 20❘ Ningpo Ballast » 14 62 14 "" " Pepper July 10 Aug. 4 105 Ningpo Ballast 17 471 ... 25 Hongkong Sundries June 6 62 Shangha 471 London Pepper "} 26 64 14 Ballast 7 99 " 64 Amoy Tea Rice 99 26 112 18 7 112 Ballast " " 33 " 26 691 24 Shanghae 7 691 London 99 99 " 27 135 ... 12 Ningpo 2 " 135 Shanghae Tea Ballast 10 Ye-bung, 16 Alma, 28 105 27 ... " " 39 May 31 June 2 126 ... 26 Hongkong June 11 103 126 39 " 39 If John Taylor, IF Alligator, Ar Sea Witch, 193 Good Chance,.... 2 197 25 ... ... " 5 788 30 " " General Ballast 9 197 "" " July 16 788 London Tea ... 336 18 Shanghae 2 99 ** 99 12 149 » 29 | Amoy 26 # " 336 149 Ningpo 99 Ballast y! Freak,... 13 45 17 Alum ... " 1va Viion, Carried over, 25 544 26❘ Canton General Oct. 22 July 12 45 544 Liverpool " Paper Convoy. Tes 12,086 947 12,268 Hongkong Government 10 1. is cr no NEW SERIES. GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH MARCH, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 89. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMAtions, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 6. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary, Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of the BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF FOOCHOW-FOO, during the Year 1856, be published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. W. WOODGATE. No. 1.-RETURN of BRITISH SHIPPING at the PORT OF FOOCHOW-FOO, during the Year 1856. ARRIVED. DEPARTED. Ship's NAME. DATE OF ENTRY. TONKAGE. No. of CREW. WHERE FROM. NATURE OF CARGO. DATE OF CLEARANCE TONNAGE. WHERE BOUND, NATURE OF CARGO. REMARKS. Jan. 2 141 Tris, 15 143" Xing-fuh,... 144 Nina, 4, Tiến, 147 Vivil, 106 76 Ningpo 29 · 39 Jan. 2 96 10 Shanghae Ballast 2 "2 96 Hongkong Sundries Paper Tea Entered last year. 7 29 "" 9 Ningpo Sundries 30 99 29 Ningpo Ta-shing,... Adventure, 145 Ser-tow-po,.. 148 Chusan, tay fit Chance,..... 136 Freak,... 1317 Paou-cheen, 154, Tiuto, 2. Whampoa, 14 Canton Packet, 122 New Packet, 174 Africa,... 152) Salacia, 2. Koh-i-noor,... Sussex, Antipedes, Je: Paou-cheen, Iris, Ying-fuh, Jane Jack Mitchell, 16 Canton Packet, leg Mrica.... 149 Freak, 170 Wild Wave, 1:1 Cleopatra, 173. Victoria, 1:3 Azm, 174 Vivid, 173 Ke-lung-poo-oan, 16 Alligator, M** Leung-che, 176 Spec 179 Chiasan, .... 14 Chrysolitė, 1 Canton Packet, 1#2 Two Brothers, IES Lord of the Isles, Ha Lyra, 63 15 Tobacco 18 63 Amoy. Paper Sundries ... 99 >> 11 70 12 Sundries 29 70 Ningpo 99 "2 12 62 .17 " 12 149 26 99 12 45 18 Convoy Sugar Ballast 26 99 Feb. 7 62 149 Amoy Ballast Convoy. "" General 29 " 45 Ningpo Sundries Convoy. 39 12 48 15 Jan. 22 48 Wood Convoy. " ... "J 18 480 19 Shanghae Lead 31 480 London Tea " ... 18 376 23 Ningpo Sundries 25 376 " Amoy Sundries " 23 *** " 26 ... 64 14 Hongkong 94 20 Ningpo Feb. 4 64 Canton General " "" .་ 31 515 16 " 99 ... Feb. 2 475 18 Shanghae 13 840 28 Fruits Rice Tea & Wood Ballast 4 " 94 Ningpo Paper 4 " 515 Hongkong Original cargo Mar. 2 475 London Tea 840 " " " " " .. བའ 19 959 50 18 959 " "J " " 99 27 419 · 12 10 419 39 99 99 "9 19 Mar. 6 48 ... 12 Ningpo 99 Apr. 5 48 Ningpo 14 106 21 Sundries 27 106 " • RRRRRR " 39 " 14 76 16 27 76 99 " "9 " " 13222 14 981 27 Hongkong 23 " 25 64 14 99 Paper 24 515 15 Sundries Mar. 27 Apr. 5 25 35 12 Ningpo 14 99 99 981 London 64 Hongkong 515 Shanghae 35 Ningpo Paper Sundries Tea 99 Ballast Sundries " 26 51 11 ... ... Apr. 7 45 17 " 10 160 16 Shanghae ... 12 34 " 7 Ningpo Rice & Peas Mar. 30 Rice Sundries Rice 51 Ballast 39 May 16 Apr. 12 May 30 14 38 18 30 45 Amoy 160 34 Ningpo 38 Tobacco Sundries 39 Ballast Convoy. Convoy. 99 " " " " 15 714 19 Shanghae 23 70 10 Ningpo ... " May 1 118 27❘ Hongkong 5 197 25 Amoy Ballast Rice Ballast Sundries 1 99 714 Shanghae Timber June 7 May 14 70 Ningpo Paper 118 Shanghae Oil Cake. 8 197 Amoy Ballast ... " 10 120 33 24 " "9 120 Hongkong Sundries " 14 105 20❘ Ningpo Ballast » 14 62 14 "" " Pepper July 10 Aug. 4 105 Ningpo Ballast 17 471 ... 25 Hongkong Sundries June 6 62 Shangha 471 London Pepper "} 26 64 14 Ballast 7 99 " 64 Amoy Tea Rice 99 26 112 18 7 112 Ballast " " 33 " 26 691 24 Shanghae 7 691 London 99 99 " 27 135 ... 12 Ningpo 2 " 135 Shanghae Tea Ballast 10 Ye-bung, 16 Alma, 28 105 27 ... " " 39 May 31 June 2 126 ... 26 Hongkong June 11 103 126 39 " 39 If John Taylor, IF Alligator, Ar Sea Witch, 193 Good Chance,.... 2 197 25 ... ... " 5 788 30 " " General Ballast 9 197 "" " July 16 788 London Tea ... 336 18 Shanghae 2 99 ** 99 12 149 » 29 | Amoy 26 # " 336 149 Ningpo 99 Ballast y! Freak,... 13 45 17 Alum ... " 1va Viion, Carried over, 25 544 26❘ Canton General Oct. 22 July 12 45 544 Liverpool " Paper Convoy. Tes 12,086 947 12,268 No. 1.- RETURN of BRITISH SHIPPING, &c,,—Continued. ARRIVE D. DEPARTED. th No. Ship's NAME. DATE OF ENTRY. TINKAGE. No. of CKRW. WHERE FROM. NATURE Or CAR 10. DATE OF CLEARANCE TONNAGE. WHERE BOUND. NATURE OF CARGO. REMARKS, n 197 Tuck-lec, Brought up, 193 Kangaroo, 194 Ke-lung-poo-oan, 195 Wild Wave, 196 Vivid, 198 Fiery Cross, 199| Virginia, ... 200 Walmer Gastle, 201 Wild Wave, 12,086 947 ... June 26 660 24 Canton 27 118 28 General Sundries July 15 12,268 660 26 "9 " London 118 Shanghae Tea Ballast 99 30 159 30 Shanghao Ballast 5 159 " " Tea, Coir, &c. ... ** July 7 70 11 Ningpo Sundries 23 70 Ningpo Paper 13 56 ... " 20❘ Hongkong Ballast 14 56 Ballast "9 99 14 686 30 " " Aug. 4 686 London Tea 19 830 30 19 Sept. 9 830 " 99 23 742 " 29 Shanghae Sundries Aug. 29 742 99 29 159 20 4 " " 159 Hongkong 99 202 Ashmore, 203 Courser, Aug. 1 512 20 Ballast 21 512 39 " 29 227 ... 24 | Amoy 7 227 " 99 " "9 204 Alligator,... 205] Good Chance, 206 Tamora, . 207] Avoca,.. .. 11 197 25 Hongkong General 15 197 " " 99 11 149 ... 99 29 Amoy Ballast 26 149 Formosa Wood 99 12 418 16 | Shanghae Sundries " 18 254 ... ... 14 Hongkong 99 "" " 208 Annic Longton, 21 697 25 Ballast Sept. 16 Nov. 8 418 London Tea 22 254 Hongkong Rice 697 London Tea "" 39 209 Chusan, 21 62 14 " Amoy 99 Sept. 24 62 Ningpo Sundries 210 Wynaud,... 21 521 " 25 Hongkong 6 521 Cork Tea " " 211 Lord Raglan, 21 756 29 Shanghae 27 756 London " 39 " " 212 Earl of Eglinton, 22 1274 40 Canton Oct. 29 1274 " 99 " 213 Robert Small, 30 655 "" 23 | Sydney Sept. 24 655 214 Nova Bella, Sept. 5 391 19 Hongkong Lead 25 215 Masdeu, 15 218 25 Ballast " 216 Kitty, 24 199 ... 99 25 Amoy Sundries Oct. 24 217 Neleus, 218 Wild Wave, 219 Violet, 220 Alligator, 221† Pantaloon, 222 Maggie, ... 223 Pilgrim, 224 Queensberry, 225 Great Britain, 226' Saxon King, 227 Polmaise, 228 Chin Chin, 25 982 40 Canton Ballast Nov. 15 391 ...... 199 Ningpo 982 London Shanghae London Wood Tea A Sundries Tes " 25 159 " 30 Hongkong Oct. 8 "9 159 Shanghae "J 26 561 ... ... 28 Shanghae 26 ·197 25 Canton Sundries Lead 22 561 "9 1 " ... 99 London 197 | Hongkong › | Sundries " 30 185 • 99 37 Hongkong Sundries 16 185 99 "9 Oct. 14 335 13 Lead Nov. 3 335 Cowes Tea " 20 347 15 Ballast 7 347 " " 99 "9 "J 25 635 25 Canton 22 635 London ... " " " n 25 493 20 Shanghae 20 99 " 493 Hongkong 99 25 454 18 Teas 17 99 454 Geelong " ... 99 " Nov. 8 • 887 34 Hongkong 13. 310 30 " 99 229, Wild Wave, 230 New Era, 231 Jane Maria, 14 159 30 Shanghae Ballast Hemp Ballast Dec. Nov. 15 Dec. 3 887 London 99 310 Amoy 159 Shanghae " 24 725 99 26 Hongkong 13 725 Sydney Sundries Wood Tea 28 204 14 Sundries 8 " " 204 Hongkong 99 232 Agnes Garland, 233 Pantaloon, 234 Aliquis, 235 Lady A. Duff,' 236 Chin Chin, Dec. 5 265 15 12 " 265 Liverpool 29 9 185 40 17 99 " ... "" 11 1247 Ballast 37 Shanghae 185 Shanghae ..... ... Ballast • " 22 370 14 Lead ... " 26 310 ... 30 Hongkong Sundries 237 Lark, 26 50 ... 39 10 Ningpo 238 Wild Wave, 31 159 30 Shanghae Ballast Sundries " Total 94 Ships of 31,315 2,053 Ran aground in River Min, damaged part of Cargo, and transhipped the re- mainder. Put in in distress, leaky and in want of Sails, still in Port. ►Remaining in Port. British Consulate, Foochow-foo, 31st December, 1856. 91 Ships of 29,143 W. H. MEDHURST, Jr.,— Consul. No. 2.—STATEMENT of TONNAGE DUES, IMPORT and EXPORT DUTIES, paid by British Vessels at the Port of FOOCHOW-FOO, from 1st January, to 31st December, 1856. TOTAL VESSEL'S NAME. TONS. TOTAL No. VESSEL'S NAME. Tons. TONNAGE DUKM. IMP. AND Exp. No. TONNAGE DUES. Imp. And EX P. DUTIES. DUTIES. Taels m.c.c. Taels m.c.c.} Taels m.c.c. 141 Iris, 106 ... ... 143 Ying-fuh, 76 7.6.0.0 144 Nina, 96 1,275.0.0.0 145 Gem, 29 2.9.0.0 ... 146 Sce-tow-po,... 63 61.3.3.3 147 Vivid, 70 7.0.0.0 ... ... 148 Chusan, 62 6.2.0.0 .. 149 Good Chance,. 149 111.8.0.2 150 Freak,... 45 151 Paɔu-chéen, 48 4.5.0.0 4.8.0.0 ... 152 Tinto,... 480 *** 3.706.5.0.0 153 Whampoa, 376 154 Canton Packet, 64 6.4.0.0 155 New Packet, 94 7.6.0.0 191 1,275.0.0.0 192 • 2.9.0.0 193 61.3.3.3 194 7.0.0.0 195 6.2.0.0 196 111.8.0.2 197 4.5.0.0 198 4.8.0.0 199 3,706.5.0.0 200 201 6.4.0.0 202 Vision, Kangaroo, Kelung-poo-an, Wild Wave, Wild Wave, Ashmore,... Courser, Brought forward.[11,679 Freak.... 45. Taels m.c.c. 1,502.3.0.0 4.5.0.0 544 660 11,198.7.0.0 10,036.1.5.0 118 159 • 79.5.0.0 954.0.0.0 Taels m c.c. 87,216.6.6.3) Tacis m.ee. 88,718.9.6.3 4.5.0.0 14,198.7.0.0 10,036.1.5.0 ... 1,033.5.0.0 Vivid, Tuck-lee, Fiery Cross, Virginia, Walmer Castle, 70 ... 56 ... 5.6.0.0 5.6.0.0 686 830 ... 415.0.0.0 14,212.4.5.0 13,503.5.0.0 13,503.5.0.0 14,627.4.5.0 742 ... 17,419.2.5.0 19.419.2.5.0 159 ... 2,282.0.0.0 2,282.0.0.0 512 ... ... 7,309.5.0.0 7,309.5.0.0 356 Africa,... 515 157 Salacia, 475 *** 158 Koh-i-nor, 840 *** 159 Sussex. 959 160 Antipodes, 419 ... ... ... .479.5.0.0) 12,684.3.5.0 3,986.0.0.0 3,504.0.0.0 205 1,874.0.0.0 206 13,163.8.5.0 207 8,986.0.0.0 208 .. 3,504.0.0.0 1,874.0.0.0 203 204 Alligator,... Good Chance, Tamora, ... 227 3,662.0.0.0 3,662.0.0.0 197 149 418 7,714.0.0.0 7,714.0.0.0 Avoca,... 254 128.0.0.0 128.0.0.0 • ko Annie Longton, 697 345.0.0.0 5,360.0.0.0 5,705.0.0.0 161 Paou-cheen, 48 209 Chusan, ... ... 62 ... ... ... 162 Iris. 106 210 Wynand,... 521 ... 8,637.0.0.0 8,637.0.0.0 ... 163 Ying-fuh. 76 211 Lord Raglan,* 756 1,534.7.8.0 1,534.7.8.0 .... 165 166 Africa,... 167 164 Jane Jack Mitchell, Canton Packet, Ta-sling,... 981 ... 64 515 ... 35 257.5.0.0 3.5.0.0 20,331.5.0.0 15.9.2.8 20,331.5.0.0 212 Earl of Eglinton, 1,274 23,461.6.0.0 ... 213 273.4.2.8 214 3.5.0.0215 Robert Small, 655 Nova Bella, Masdew, $91 327.5.0.0 195.0.0.0 6,226.8.0.0 218 23,461.6.0.0 327.5.0.0 6,421.8.0.0 ... +44 168 Adventure, 51 ... 169 Freak, 170 171 Wild Wave, Cleopatra, 45 160 4.5.0.0 ... ... 34 172 Victoria, 38 3.4.0.0 3.8.0.0 ... ... 216 4.5.0.0 217 218 3.4.0.0 219 3.8.0.0 220 Kitty, Neleus, ... Wild Wave, 199 ... ... ... 982 鹿 159 Violet.... Alligator,... 561 197 ... 16,794.0.0.0 1,299.4.8.0 9,410.8.0.0 9,410.8.0.0 2,339.6.4.0 2,339.6.4.0 16,794.0.0.0 1,299.4.8.0 ** 173 Agra, 714 174 175 Vivid,... Kelung-pow-an, 70 ... 118 7.0.0.0 11.8.0.0 221 7.0.0.0 222 11.8.0.0 223 Pantaloon, Maggie, Pilgrim, 185 .. 335 ... 6,457.0.0.0 6,457.0.0.0 347 176 Alligator, 197 224 ... ... Queensberry, 635 ... 177 Leong-che, 120 12.0.0.0 12.0.0.0 225 Great Britain, 493 4,690.0.0.0 4,690.0.0.0 5,612.2.0.0 5,612.2.0.0 6,628.8.5.0 6,628.8.5.0 ... 178 Spec, 105 226 ... Saxon King, 454 5,873.1.0.0 5,873.1.0.0 ... 179 Chusan, 62 227 Polmaise, 887 ... 12,026.2.5.0, 12,026.2.5.0 180 Chrysolite, 47) 235.5.0.0). 7,681,1.0,0 181 Canton Packet, 64 182 Two Brothers, 112 6.4.0.0 11.2.0.0 183 Lord of the Isles, 691 7,916.6.0.0 228 6,4.0.0 229 11.2.0.0 230-New Era, 14,842.0.0.0 14,842.0.0.0 231 Jane Maria, Chin Chin, 310 71.0.0.0 71.0.0.0 Wild Wave, 159 ... 725 12,405.4.5.0 12,405.4.5.0 204 184 Lyra, 135 232 Agnes Garland, 265 102.0.0.0 132.5.0.0 1,626.5.0.0 4,282.1.0.0 1,728.5.0.0 4,414.6.0.0 *** 185 136 Te Hung, Alma & Inkermann, 105 283 ... Pantaloon,... 185 ... 187 Alligator, ... ... 126 197 12.9.0.0 12.9.0.0 188 John Taylor, ... 780 899.0.0.0 18,166,0,0,0 13,565.6.0.0 189 Sen Witch, ... 190 Good Chance, ....... 886 ** 3,97615.5.0 149 ... Carried forward, |11,679 14.9.0.0. 1,502.3.0.0 87,216.6.6.3 88,718.9.6.2 8,970.5.5.0 14.9.0.0 Total,...........29,361 3,236.9.0.0 310,244.7.6,3| 313,481.6.6.3 al 72 per cent,....................... $4.496.00 $430,895.00 $435,391.00 .£1,124.0.0 £107,723.13.0 £108,847,15.0 at 5/0 Exchange... ++ Taelá 10,683.7.0.0 of the Lord Ragian's duties, were charged on the Eart of Eglinton, which took away the greater part of the Lord Raglan's Teas, she having grounded in the River Min. 7225 14 WARITE. A Rurous of Quantities and Value of Merchandize IMPORTED into the Port of POOCHÓW-FOO, in 04 British Vessels, of the Burden of 31,306 Tons, from the Countries and Places undermentioned, during the Year ending 31st Deøember, 1856. DENOMINATion of AnticLES. 12 Cotton, raw, ... 13 Long Cloths, Grey, Do. White, 30 Metals, Lead, 32 35 Pepper, Rice, 46 Manufactures of Cottons, Do. (plates) Tin, ..... *** Woods, Sandal, Do. Sapan, ... ... Manufactures of Woollens, Long Elle, ... Hemp, ... Sugar, Miscellaneous, ... Sugar Candy, Wheat, Peas, ... : QUANTITIES. ... ... Value $820 Fieces 100,000 10,000 T:. :. : : ... ... ... FROM WHAT PLAOKS AND COUNTRISH IMPORTED. ESTIMATED Valur IN STERLINÒ, AT 5/0 EXCHANON. £ s. d. 205 00 62,500 0 0 7,500 0 ... Pigs 8,687 Boxes 40 Piculs 208 2,171 15 ·80 0 Hongkong, and Canton. 727 10 16.360 8.180 0 99 735 0 245 19 337 10 804 99 ... Pieces 1,000 Bales 4,026 250 0 → 8,750 0 0 Value $2,646 661 10 0 $3,500 875 0 0 " $2,356 689 0 99 99 $1,245 $2,910 Hongkong, Amoy, and Ningpo. 311 5 727 10 Value $13,260 3,315 0 0 Total, £ 97,916 0 ย Beans, ... Melon Seed, Medicine, Flour, Hats, Horns, Pearl Powder, Ginger, Vermicelli, Chinaware, Flints, and Wine, ... British Consulate, Foochow-foo, 31st December, 1856. W. H. MEDHURST, Consul. No. 4.-A RETURN of the Quantities and Value of Merchandize EXPORTED, in 91 British Vessels of the Burden of 29,143 Tons, to the Countries and Places undermentioned, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856. NO. IN: TARIFY. Olives, Oil DENOMINATION OF ARTICLES. 41 Paper, Red and. White, Paper, Gilt, -56 | Tobacco. ... MISCELLANEOUS,-Viz: Beans, Bean Cakes, Bamboos, China Ink, Chop Sticks, China Soap, Coarse Crockery. Coir, Dye Nuts, Dates, Flour, Lungans, Lichees, Medicines, Oranges, Plums, Pork Punk, Dried Fish, Pipes, Timber, .... 35❘ Tea, ... QUANTITIES. TO WHAT PLACEN AND COUNTRIES EXPORTED. ESTIMATED VALUR IN STERLING, at 8/0 EXCHANGE. Value $1,052 " $1,000 d. 263 0 250 ก 0 " $16,541 4,135 5 0 " $1,230 ,136 307 10 0 Amoy, Ningpo, Shanghae, and Hongkong. 1,034 0 Value $24,366 6,091 10 21,385,400 Australia, H n'kong, London, Liverpool, and Cork. 801,952 10 0 Total, £ British Consulate, Foochow-foo, 31st December, 1856. 814,033 15 W. H. MEDHURST, Consul No. 5.-TEA EXPORT from FOOCHOW-FO0, during the Year ending the 31st December, 1856. FLAG. TO WHAT COUNTRIES EXPORTED. 1.06. 9.6.3 5.0.0 .0.0 Lyglish, merican, 1.5.0 ... 5.0.0 *** 5.0.0 Constwie in Sundry 5.0.0 4.5.0 Total,.. 2.3.0 0.0.0 5.0.0 -0.0.0 NO. OF SKIPO, 30 17 62 QUANTITY, 21,385,400tb 11,164,500 3,851,800 765,800 479,600 325,500 19 3,000,000 To Great Britain, " " United States, Australia, 23,880,8001 7,863,200 3,929,700 99 99 99 99 ་ "9 Continent, 19 Coastwise, 2,298,900 3,000,000,, 40,972,600lb 40,972,600 _0.0.0 -0.0.0 0.0.0 _0.0.0 ARRIVED FROM. NO. OF VESSELS. TONNAGE, -7.8.0 6.0.0 Castwise, -5.0.0 _8.0.0 ... Lorchas 36 Ships 57 1. * Britain, 2,781 27,879 655 .0.0.0 .4.8.0 31,315 -.8.0.0 ■.6.4.0 -.0.0.0 .0.0.0 -.2.0.0 F.8.5.0 3.1.0.0 .2.5.0 ARRIVED. UNDER WHat Colours. Total,... British Consulate, Foochow-foo, 31st December, 1856. NO. OF VESSELS. TONNAGE. Lorchas: 36 Ships 2,781 25 7,212 1,179 28 17,971 Total. 91 29,143- W. H. MEDHURST, JR., Consul. No. 7.—A RETURN of the NUMBERS and TONNAGE of MERChant Vessels, which Arrived at, and Departed from, the Port of FOOCHOW-FOO, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong. Value in $6,100,000 a Ex. 5 per cent, £1,525,000. W. H. MEDHURST, Jr., Consul. „British Consulate, Foochow-foo, 31st December, 1856. N«, 6.—A Return of the NUMBERS and TONNAGE of BRITISH VESSELS, which Arrived at, and Departed from, the Port of FOOCHOW.FOO, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856, distinguishing those employed Coastwise and in the Colonial and Homeward Services. DEPARTED TO Coastwise, Australia, Great Britain, ... .0.0.0 5.4.5.0 1.6.0.0 ** borgh, : 1.6,0.0 • ... 1.6.6.3 391.00 7.15.0 DEPARTED. No. of SHIPS. TONNAGE, UNDER WHAT COLOURS. * 94 34 11 3.815 31,306 British, 20.703 American, Hamburgh, 4 1,397 Dutch, ... 1,106 French, 2 567 Danish, 148 58,894 No. of SHIPE. TONNAGE, 91 29,143 34 20,703 11 ... 3,815. 4 1,397 3 1,106 567 145 56,731 Flinton, d in the British Consulate, Foochow-foó, 31st December, 1856. Consul W. H. MEDHURST, Jr., 11 No. 7. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. WALTER HENRY MEDHURST, Esquire, Her Majesty's Consul at Foochow, having obtained leave of absence, His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has been pleased to appoint FREDERICK HOWE HALE, Esquire, Vice-Consul in the said Consulate, to exercise, until further orders, Consular Jurisdiction and Authority in the said Port of Foochow. 11 ( a O S By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th March, 1857. No. 42, GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. WOODGATE. His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief has been pleased, subject to Her Majesty's approval to appoint JOSEPH JARDINE, Esquire, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, in substitution, of DAVID JARDINE, Esquire, deceased. The Honourable JOSEPH JARDINE, Esquire, has been sworn in accordingly at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th March, 1857. Νο. 43. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of LORENZO JUAN GUTIERREZ, Esquire, as Consul for Her Majesty The Queen of Spain, in the Colony of Hongkong. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th March, 1857. No. 44. (GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Acting Colonial Secretary. W. H. ALEXANDER, Esquire, Registrar of the Supreme Court, has obtained leave of absence from the Colony, for Eighteen Months, from the 15th Instant. N. R. MASSON, Esquire, will officiate as Acting Registrar during Mr ALEXANDER's absence, and the duties of Acting Deputy Registrar will be performed by F. W. MITCHELL, Esquire; both being subject to the approval of Her Majesty's Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th March, 1857. No. 45. PROCLAMATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. » JOHN BOWRING. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China. Whereas, by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, entitled An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships, under the Third Clause thereof it is enacted, that "it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong to declare by "Proclamation, for the purposes of this Act, what shall be deemed to be the duration of the Voyage of any Chinese "Passenger Ship":— do Now therefore I, Sir John Bowring, Governor as aforesaid, by this my Proclamation issued for that purpose, declare that the following shall be the Rule of Computation by which the Length of the Voyage of any Ship carrying Chinese Passengers from Shanghae, Ningpo, Foochow, and Amoy, to the several Places hereinafter mentioned, shall be computed for the purposes of the Act above referred to; that is to say :— COMPUTATION OF LENGTH OF VOYAGE IN ANY CHINESE PASSENGER SHIP FROM THE NORTHERN PORTS OF CHINA TO THE UNDERMENTIONED PLACES. To California, or West Coast of America, North of the Equator, .. " West Coast of America, South of the Equator, " Sandwich Islands, " New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Feejee Islands, Tahite, Friendly Islands, " Sydney, Melbourne, or Bouth Australia, " Western Australia, " Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand, " Manila, " Singapore,. " Batavia, » Ceylon, „Madras, or Calcutta, " Bombay,. " Mauritius, or Bourbon, Cape of Good Hope, " West Indies, or East Coast of America, " Great Britain, or Europe, ,, Biam,.. From Shanghai and Ningpo. From Forchow, From Amoy. October to March. April to September. October to March. April to September October to March. April to September. | (both inclusive.) (both inclusive. } (both inclusive.) 105 152 167 KÄSJAANTUNESJURĒJĒS 90 70 95 73' 97 110 110 115 115 117 70 52 73 54 74 125 103 113 102 65 100 62 90- 61 50 80 70 100 80 110 40 25 65 35 80 90 95 100 65 100 105 188 150 204 169 65 23 *erna8+8886SER 47 70 46 67 90 66 77 100 76 12 30 11 22 55 21 32 70 31 47 80 46 52 85 51 63 90 62 63 90 62 67 95 66 178 148 173 194 163 190 55 22 TÕUKARZJAYMAKAKĚKČN 117 107 11 No. 7. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. WALTER HENRY MEDHURST, Esquire, Her Majesty's Consul at Foochow, having obtained leave of absence, His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has been pleased to appoint FREDERICK HOWE HALE, Esquire, Vice-Consul in the said Consulate, to exercise, until further orders, Consular Jurisdiction and Authority in the said Port of Foochow. 11 ( a O S By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th March, 1857. No. 42, GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. WOODGATE. His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief has been pleased, subject to Her Majesty's approval to appoint JOSEPH JARDINE, Esquire, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, in substitution, of DAVID JARDINE, Esquire, deceased. The Honourable JOSEPH JARDINE, Esquire, has been sworn in accordingly at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th March, 1857. Νο. 43. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of LORENZO JUAN GUTIERREZ, Esquire, as Consul for Her Majesty The Queen of Spain, in the Colony of Hongkong. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th March, 1857. No. 44. (GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Acting Colonial Secretary. W. H. ALEXANDER, Esquire, Registrar of the Supreme Court, has obtained leave of absence from the Colony, for Eighteen Months, from the 15th Instant. N. R. MASSON, Esquire, will officiate as Acting Registrar during Mr ALEXANDER's absence, and the duties of Acting Deputy Registrar will be performed by F. W. MITCHELL, Esquire; both being subject to the approval of Her Majesty's Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th March, 1857. No. 45. PROCLAMATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. » JOHN BOWRING. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China. Whereas, by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, entitled An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships, under the Third Clause thereof it is enacted, that "it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong to declare by "Proclamation, for the purposes of this Act, what shall be deemed to be the duration of the Voyage of any Chinese "Passenger Ship":— do Now therefore I, Sir John Bowring, Governor as aforesaid, by this my Proclamation issued for that purpose, declare that the following shall be the Rule of Computation by which the Length of the Voyage of any Ship carrying Chinese Passengers from Shanghae, Ningpo, Foochow, and Amoy, to the several Places hereinafter mentioned, shall be computed for the purposes of the Act above referred to; that is to say :— COMPUTATION OF LENGTH OF VOYAGE IN ANY CHINESE PASSENGER SHIP FROM THE NORTHERN PORTS OF CHINA TO THE UNDERMENTIONED PLACES. To California, or West Coast of America, North of the Equator, .. " West Coast of America, South of the Equator, " Sandwich Islands, " New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Feejee Islands, Tahite, Friendly Islands, " Sydney, Melbourne, or Bouth Australia, " Western Australia, " Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand, " Manila, " Singapore,. " Batavia, » Ceylon, „Madras, or Calcutta, " Bombay,. " Mauritius, or Bourbon, Cape of Good Hope, " West Indies, or East Coast of America, " Great Britain, or Europe, ,, Biam,.. From Shanghai and Ningpo. From Forchow, From Amoy. October to March. April to September. October to March. April to September October to March. April to September. | (both inclusive.) (both inclusive. } (both inclusive.) 105 152 167 KÄSJAANTUNESJURĒJĒS 90 70 95 73' 97 110 110 115 115 117 70 52 73 54 74 125 103 113 102 65 100 62 90- 61 50 80 70 100 80 110 40 25 65 35 80 90 95 100 65 100 105 188 150 204 169 65 23 *erna8+8886SER 47 70 46 67 90 66 77 100 76 12 30 11 22 55 21 32 70 31 47 80 46 52 85 51 63 90 62 63 90 62 67 95 66 178 148 173 194 163 190 55 22 TÕUKARZJAYMAKAKĚKČN 117 107 And I do further declare, that the allowance of- "Salted Vegetables or Pickles-lb. per diem " in the Dictary Scale, under Schedule A of the aforesaid Act, shall hereafter be altered to- Salted Vegetables or Pickles lb., alternate days. Pickles or Pickled Vegetables, not-salted, lb. alternate days. Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, this 12th Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Seven, and in the Twentieth Year of Her Majesty's Reign. By His Excellency's Command, [L.S.] W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. No. 46. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on Monday, the 31 Instant. The Sale of the Lots will be held on the ground to be sold, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. The Building Materials on Lot No. 1 in the Order of Sale, will be sold separately, and immediately before the Sale of that Lot. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered for Sale is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1857. Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold. URDER OP SALE. LOCALITY. VICTORIA. BOUNDARY MEASUREMENTS. CONTENT IN N. S. E. W. SQUARE FEET. FIXED ANNUAL RENT. £ d. Building Materials on No. 1. MARINE. S. & E. Bowring Praya, near Parade Ground, . 80 155 165 225 21,006 Do., Do. 150 200 50 165 17,646 150 0 0 125 0 0 INLAND. Queen's Road East, 40 South 40 100 100 4,000 10 0 0 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, JR., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. "OTICE, is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the ne named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and ** all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, bo are indebted, are requested to send in and jer the same to the said DOUGLAS LAPRAIK. G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator, Dated 13th March, 1857. BOOKBINDING ESTABLISHMENT, Wellington Street. *HE undersigned, having disposed of his Business THE to his late Chinese Assistant, YOONG-CHO-LING, p to recommend him to the Patronage of his Cus- THOMAS SPENCE. flongkong, 7th March, 1857. NOTICE. Tendersigned all and VIE undersigned requests that all PARCELS and RMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. H. ALEXANDER. Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. TH NOTICE. Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on Na Dicember lust. ey, 6th March, 1857. TAIT & Co. NOTICE. HEInterest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND 3/8 December last. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, THE 64 BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIEntal Steam NAVIGA- TION COMPANY'S. Steam-ship NORNA,” Captain ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th March, 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, pply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE *REQUIRED. Α THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E, K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857, 店 昇裕 霖七年明 謹日 查狀到目 到目到張 士新 爹携 已年二 張亞霖欠 到各客數 A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value 啟張月了便時單數 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 themselves responsible for any Detention or which Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1857. NOTICE. [HE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this TH Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. 'T'he outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISKION Business will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORN under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON * Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, | & Co. ADAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT 43497&R THŪRBURN, TURNER & C6. kong, 12th January, 457. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, Jr., G. L. HASKELL Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. Νο SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the Bowring Praya ; in Filling in the Gronad between such New Road and the present Sca-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c.,may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. And I do further declare, that the allowance of- "Salted Vegetables or Pickles-lb. per diem " in the Dictary Scale, under Schedule A of the aforesaid Act, shall hereafter be altered to- Salted Vegetables or Pickles lb., alternate days. Pickles or Pickled Vegetables, not-salted, lb. alternate days. Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, this 12th Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Seven, and in the Twentieth Year of Her Majesty's Reign. By His Excellency's Command, [L.S.] W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. No. 46. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on Monday, the 31 Instant. The Sale of the Lots will be held on the ground to be sold, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. The Building Materials on Lot No. 1 in the Order of Sale, will be sold separately, and immediately before the Sale of that Lot. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered for Sale is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1857. Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold. URDER OP SALE. LOCALITY. VICTORIA. BOUNDARY MEASUREMENTS. CONTENT IN N. S. E. W. SQUARE FEET. FIXED ANNUAL RENT. £ d. Building Materials on No. 1. MARINE. S. & E. Bowring Praya, near Parade Ground, . 80 155 165 225 21,006 Do., Do. 150 200 50 165 17,646 150 0 0 125 0 0 INLAND. Queen's Road East, 40 South 40 100 100 4,000 10 0 0 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, JR., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. "OTICE, is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the ne named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and ** all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, bo are indebted, are requested to send in and jer the same to the said DOUGLAS LAPRAIK. G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator, Dated 13th March, 1857. BOOKBINDING ESTABLISHMENT, Wellington Street. *HE undersigned, having disposed of his Business THE to his late Chinese Assistant, YOONG-CHO-LING, p to recommend him to the Patronage of his Cus- THOMAS SPENCE. flongkong, 7th March, 1857. NOTICE. Tendersigned all and VIE undersigned requests that all PARCELS and RMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. H. ALEXANDER. Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. TH NOTICE. Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on Na Dicember lust. ey, 6th March, 1857. TAIT & Co. NOTICE. HEInterest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND 3/8 December last. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, THE 64 BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIEntal Steam NAVIGA- TION COMPANY'S. Steam-ship NORNA,” Captain ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th March, 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, pply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE *REQUIRED. Α THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E, K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857, 店 昇裕 霖七年明 謹日 查狀到目 到目到張 士新 爹携 已年二 張亞霖欠 到各客數 A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value 啟張月了便時單數 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 themselves responsible for any Detention or which Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1857. NOTICE. [HE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this TH Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. 'T'he outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISKION Business will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORN under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON * Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, | & Co. ADAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT 43497&R THŪRBURN, TURNER & C6. kong, 12th January, 457. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, Jr., G. L. HASKELL Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. Νο SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the Bowring Praya ; in Filling in the Gronad between such New Road and the present Sca-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c.,may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. And I do further declare, that the allowance of- "Salted Vegetables or Pickles-lb. per diem " in the Dictary Scale, under Schedule A of the aforesaid Act, shall hereafter be altered to- Salted Vegetables or Pickles lb., alternate days. Pickles or Pickled Vegetables, not-salted, lb. alternate days. Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, this 12th Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Seven, and in the Twentieth Year of Her Majesty's Reign. By His Excellency's Command, [L.S.] W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. No. 46. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on Monday, the 31 Instant. The Sale of the Lots will be held on the ground to be sold, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. The Building Materials on Lot No. 1 in the Order of Sale, will be sold separately, and immediately before the Sale of that Lot. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered for Sale is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1857. Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold. URDER OP SALE. LOCALITY. VICTORIA. BOUNDARY MEASUREMENTS. CONTENT IN N. S. E. W. SQUARE FEET. FIXED ANNUAL RENT. £ d. Building Materials on No. 1. MARINE. S. & E. Bowring Praya, near Parade Ground, . 80 155 165 225 21,006 Do., Do. 150 200 50 165 17,646 150 0 0 125 0 0 INLAND. Queen's Road East, 40 South 40 100 100 4,000 10 0 0 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, JR., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. "OTICE, is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the ne named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and ** all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, bo are indebted, are requested to send in and jer the same to the said DOUGLAS LAPRAIK. G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator, Dated 13th March, 1857. BOOKBINDING ESTABLISHMENT, Wellington Street. *HE undersigned, having disposed of his Business THE to his late Chinese Assistant, YOONG-CHO-LING, p to recommend him to the Patronage of his Cus- THOMAS SPENCE. flongkong, 7th March, 1857. NOTICE. Tendersigned all and VIE undersigned requests that all PARCELS and RMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. H. ALEXANDER. Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. TH NOTICE. Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on Na Dicember lust. ey, 6th March, 1857. TAIT & Co. NOTICE. HEInterest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND 3/8 December last. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, THE 64 BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIEntal Steam NAVIGA- TION COMPANY'S. Steam-ship NORNA,” Captain ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on SUNDAY, the 15th March, 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, pply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE *REQUIRED. Α THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E, K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857, 店 昇裕 霖七年明 謹日 查狀到目 到目到張 士新 爹携 已年二 張亞霖欠 到各客數 A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value 啟張月了便時單數 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 themselves responsible for any Detention or which Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th February, 1857. NOTICE. [HE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this TH Port, between the undersigned, under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. 'T'he outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISKION Business will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA- PORN under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON * Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, | & Co. ADAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT 43497&R THŪRBURN, TURNER & C6. kong, 12th January, 457. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, Jr., G. L. HASKELL Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. Νο SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the Bowring Praya ; in Filling in the Gronad between such New Road and the present Sca-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c.,may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. | ས S S a IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Between V 7 HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, and (P. A. NELSON, Defendant, NOTICE. E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership PA Whereby J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. on the 10th December, 1856. firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has THEREAS an Action has been commenced in been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The this Court, at the suit of the above-named ↓ Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- | W. LAWRENCE. named P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand and Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods soll anal delivered, and for money advanced, at the request of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being alleged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside within this Island or its dependencies, a Writ of ПHE Interest and Responsibility of Mr IIUGH THAMILTON LINDSAY in our Firm, ceased Foodie Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one Aktek, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELSON, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, “In Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process “in Actions at Law, against Persons absent from the · Colony," the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. A WM. GASKELL, · Plaintiff's Attorney. FOR SALE. At the Office of the “ China Mail.” TABLE, showing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul. and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. LINDSAY & Co., China. Hongkong, 23d February, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. MR W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. In the Estate of TSQO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased, ALL indebted to, the above Estate, are requested o forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. + TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857., TICE. ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuance of the intimation of HER MAJESTY'S PLEN[- POTENTIARY to the BRITISH COMMUNITY OF CANTON, under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for I LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, are informed by the undersigned that these Statements should be furnished by them in Duplicate. HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offy. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Ilongkong, 6th February, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In Equity, IT STEPHENSON v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,-that all Monics, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MORROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH Frost EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants' Solicitor. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents--Ons- half of those charges for each Repetition. 2 THE Government Hongkong GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21st MARCH, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 90. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 48. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Ominage probl blem GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. A representation having been made by the Acting Surveyor General, that many of the houses in the City of Victoria are unprovided with Downspouts, for the the purpose of carrying off the refuse water from the several floors, and more particularly in the case of tenements inhabited by Portuguese and Chinese :-Notice is hereby given, that unless proper provision is made by the Owners or Occupiers of Houses within One Month from the date hereof, for the drainage of each floor, by the erection of proper and sufficient Downspouts, to the satisfaction of the Acting Surveyor General, that Officer has by the direction of His Excellency The Governor been instructed to carry out the provisions of Ordinances Nos. 8 and 12 of 1856. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. No. 49. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, His Excellency The Naval Commander-in-Chief has caused the following Notification to be issued to the Officers of Her Majesty's Ships, for regulating the Rates of Pilotage to be paid by them during the existing occupation of the Canton River. By Order of His Excellency The Governor, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. (Copy.) No. 29. GENERAL Order, Niger, at CANTON RIVER, 10th February, 1857. My attention having been called to the large amounts paid for Pilotage of Her Majesty's Ships in the Canton River, which, though accordance with the established Regulations as regards' Pilotage from place to place, yet in consideration of permanent employmentl amounts to far more than could be made under any ordinary dircumstances; I have to direct that, from and after the 1st February, al, Ships requiring Pilots in the Canton River, shall bear them as such at the following permanent rates of pay whilst so employed, unless by my written Order to the contrary. Vessels drawing more than 10 feet water,—24 Dollars per day. Vessels drawing under 10 feet water,-2 Dollars per day. In giving these directions, I have to call the most particular attention of the Masters of Her Majesty's Ships to the importance of their making themselves so far acquainted with the Navigation of the River, as to avoid the necessity of engaging the services of Chinese Pilvis, which, at the best, should only be considered a matter of absolute necessity; and to encourage them in acquiring such knowledge, I THE Government Hongkong GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21st MARCH, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 90. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 48. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Ominage probl blem GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. A representation having been made by the Acting Surveyor General, that many of the houses in the City of Victoria are unprovided with Downspouts, for the the purpose of carrying off the refuse water from the several floors, and more particularly in the case of tenements inhabited by Portuguese and Chinese :-Notice is hereby given, that unless proper provision is made by the Owners or Occupiers of Houses within One Month from the date hereof, for the drainage of each floor, by the erection of proper and sufficient Downspouts, to the satisfaction of the Acting Surveyor General, that Officer has by the direction of His Excellency The Governor been instructed to carry out the provisions of Ordinances Nos. 8 and 12 of 1856. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. No. 49. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, His Excellency The Naval Commander-in-Chief has caused the following Notification to be issued to the Officers of Her Majesty's Ships, for regulating the Rates of Pilotage to be paid by them during the existing occupation of the Canton River. By Order of His Excellency The Governor, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. (Copy.) No. 29. GENERAL Order, Niger, at CANTON RIVER, 10th February, 1857. My attention having been called to the large amounts paid for Pilotage of Her Majesty's Ships in the Canton River, which, though accordance with the established Regulations as regards' Pilotage from place to place, yet in consideration of permanent employmentl amounts to far more than could be made under any ordinary dircumstances; I have to direct that, from and after the 1st February, al, Ships requiring Pilots in the Canton River, shall bear them as such at the following permanent rates of pay whilst so employed, unless by my written Order to the contrary. Vessels drawing more than 10 feet water,—24 Dollars per day. Vessels drawing under 10 feet water,-2 Dollars per day. In giving these directions, I have to call the most particular attention of the Masters of Her Majesty's Ships to the importance of their making themselves so far acquainted with the Navigation of the River, as to avoid the necessity of engaging the services of Chinese Pilvis, which, at the best, should only be considered a matter of absolute necessity; and to encourage them in acquiring such knowledge, I shall recommend to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that Half the Rates specified shall be paid to such Masters, or Secon₫ Masters in charge, who can dispense with the services of Native Pilots, during the continuance of the present operations. All Masters or Second Masters in charge who consider themselves qualified to act as Pilots for the Canton River, are to report their Names to me, through their commanding Officers. (Signed,) M. SEYMOUR, "Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The CAPTAINS, Commanding Officers, and MasTERS of Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels, East India Station. No. 50. (True Copy.) W. T. Bridges, Acting Colonial Secretary. 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, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th March, 1857. Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 28th February, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation, NOTES ISSUED...................................$241,945, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 2d March, 1857. SAM. GRAY, Manager. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter. J. HYNDMAN, Acting Colonial Treasurer. Victoria, Hongkong, 14th March, 1857. No. 46. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on Monday, the 23d Instant. The Sale of the Lots will be held on the ground to be sold, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. The Building Materials on Lot No. 1 in the Order of Sale, will be sold separately, and immediately before the Sale of that Lot. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered for Sale is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1857. ORDER OF SALE. No. 8. 1 2 Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold. BOUNDARY Measurements, CONTENT IN LOCALITY. N. Sa E. W. SQUARE FEET. FIXED ANNUAL RENT. VICTORIA. Building Materials on No. 1, MARINE. Bowring Praya, near Parade Ground, Do., Do. INLAND. Queen's Road East, • d. S. & E. 80 155 165 225 21,006 150 0 0 150 200 50 165 17,646 125 0 0 South 40 40 100 100 4,000 10 0 0 THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF NINGPO, during the Year 1856, be published for general information, By Order, W. WOODGATE. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1837. shall recommend to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that Half the Rates specified shall be paid to such Masters, or Secon₫ Masters in charge, who can dispense with the services of Native Pilots, during the continuance of the present operations. All Masters or Second Masters in charge who consider themselves qualified to act as Pilots for the Canton River, are to report their Names to me, through their commanding Officers. (Signed,) M. SEYMOUR, "Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The CAPTAINS, Commanding Officers, and MasTERS of Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels, East India Station. No. 50. (True Copy.) W. T. Bridges, Acting Colonial Secretary. 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, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th March, 1857. Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 28th February, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation, NOTES ISSUED...................................$241,945, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 2d March, 1857. SAM. GRAY, Manager. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter. J. HYNDMAN, Acting Colonial Treasurer. Victoria, Hongkong, 14th March, 1857. No. 46. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on Monday, the 23d Instant. The Sale of the Lots will be held on the ground to be sold, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. The Building Materials on Lot No. 1 in the Order of Sale, will be sold separately, and immediately before the Sale of that Lot. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered for Sale is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1857. ORDER OF SALE. No. 8. 1 2 Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold. BOUNDARY Measurements, CONTENT IN LOCALITY. N. Sa E. W. SQUARE FEET. FIXED ANNUAL RENT. VICTORIA. Building Materials on No. 1, MARINE. Bowring Praya, near Parade Ground, Do., Do. INLAND. Queen's Road East, • d. S. & E. 80 155 165 225 21,006 150 0 0 150 200 50 165 17,646 125 0 0 South 40 40 100 100 4,000 10 0 0 THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF NINGPO, during the Year 1856, be published for general information, By Order, W. WOODGATE. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1837. shall recommend to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that Half the Rates specified shall be paid to such Masters, or Secon₫ Masters in charge, who can dispense with the services of Native Pilots, during the continuance of the present operations. All Masters or Second Masters in charge who consider themselves qualified to act as Pilots for the Canton River, are to report their Names to me, through their commanding Officers. (Signed,) M. SEYMOUR, "Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The CAPTAINS, Commanding Officers, and MasTERS of Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels, East India Station. No. 50. (True Copy.) W. T. Bridges, Acting Colonial Secretary. 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, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th March, 1857. Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 28th February, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation, NOTES ISSUED...................................$241,945, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 2d March, 1857. SAM. GRAY, Manager. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Specie shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter. J. HYNDMAN, Acting Colonial Treasurer. Victoria, Hongkong, 14th March, 1857. No. 46. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands on Leases will be held on Monday, the 23d Instant. The Sale of the Lots will be held on the ground to be sold, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. The Building Materials on Lot No. 1 in the Order of Sale, will be sold separately, and immediately before the Sale of that Lot. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered for Sale is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1857. ORDER OF SALE. No. 8. 1 2 Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold. BOUNDARY Measurements, CONTENT IN LOCALITY. N. Sa E. W. SQUARE FEET. FIXED ANNUAL RENT. VICTORIA. Building Materials on No. 1, MARINE. Bowring Praya, near Parade Ground, Do., Do. INLAND. Queen's Road East, • d. S. & E. 80 155 165 225 21,006 150 0 0 150 200 50 165 17,646 125 0 0 South 40 40 100 100 4,000 10 0 0 THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF NINGPO, during the Year 1856, be published for general information, By Order, W. WOODGATE. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th March, 1837. No. 1.—Return of BRITISH SHIPPING at the PORT OF NINGPO, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856. IN REGISTER. NAME. TONNAGE. DATE OF ENTRY. * ÎMPORT CARGO. PATE OF CLEARANCE. Export Carso. 168 Vivid, 166 Whampoa, 170 | Armelion, 163 Harmlet, ... 70 2 January 376 9 " Rice General 1855 192 11 " " 420 24 " 1856 1 Paousan, 40 1 January ... Mangrove Bark, &c. 7 January Planks 2 New Packet, 98 4 ... : .. Paper 15 " Fruit 3 Africa, 515 None 23 Grain " ... ... *** 4 Hope, 5 Maguolia, 6 Victory, 28 10 15 " None .... ... *** ... " " 22 14 *** Paper 21 " 25 : 15 21 Wood, &c. " Paousan, 13 Minx, 16 Ilope, See-chung,....... 12 | Yen-loọng, 14 Ying-fuh, 13 | Alligator, 17 Adventure,... 18 Victoria, 7 Annkey, ... *** ... 8 ... 9 Duck, 10 Louisa, 11 121 23 *** 40 24 " Pens, Oil Cake, &c. Shirtings 23 February General 21 Planks " 145 26 ... *** " Pepper, Dried Fruit Beans 99 272 26 Coals 16 99 Alum ... ZO 28 Alum Lead 13 Peas 53 28 13. " ... ... 99 19 176 29 ... ... ... "9 Sugar 15 None General 76 ... *** 1 February Paper 1 March " 1 197 1 16 February Rice ... 28 None 18 Nove " ... ... 51 18 " " ... "9 38 .20 · 99**. " n 19 | Iris, 20 Victory, 21 Emma, 106 Fruit, Paper 1 March General 25 16 February None ... 110 None 6 March Rice ... 22 Enterprise, ... 80 Alum 23 Tashing, 24 Greta, 26 27 28 Japan, 32 Vivid, 34 Lyra, 35 Chusan, 36 Japan, 38 Vivid, 39 40 Paousan, 25 Magnolia, Caroline Agnes, Louisa Baillie, 29 Freak, 30 Gem, .. 31 Independence, 33 Adventure,... : ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 None -18 March Peas " 208 21 February Grain " " : 22 18 10 99 None ... " " 570 26 11 99 Rice " 99 494 13 " Rattans 26 » General 50 16 " None 16 None " 45 19 29 21 .. ... ... * Paper " 17 March Rice 28 February None 147 21 Grain 20 March 56 21 General 25 February ... • 61 25 Drills 3 March ... ... ... ... ... ... 135 :: 28 None 3 " Cotton Re-exporta Planks Rice 62 37 Queen Margaret, Adventure,... ... ... ... ... # : 4 March Paper 15 " None 50 Pepper 95 " 533 6 56 8 51 10 સરસ None 13 Grain 11 Peas " n 40 11 " 99 Spec, 51 Gem, 41 Magnolia, 42 Cleopatra, 43 Victoria, 44 Victory, 45 Gem, ... New Packet,.. Gem, 49 Waterwitch, 50 Blenheim, 52 Victory, 53 Japan, 54 | Paousan, 55 Duck, 22 ... ... ... 13 12 Sundries None 14 Beans 17 Alum CH 22 " None 34 17 12 Rice " " 38 13 18. 25 14 " Shirtings 15 Wood 29 15 98 ... 17 Pepper General 15 22 " Peacake 29 21 n 105 24 " ... 236 26 Shirtings Pepper None 22 99 'None 2 April Tea 29 March Grain 689 31 " 8 April Rice " 29 *** 31 Shirtings 2 Tea 25 31 Alum n " 50 *** 31 " None None 40 1 April Shirtings Wood 145 7 None -15 Peas, 56 Vivid, ... 57 Ellen, 58 Gem, 59 Pluto, ... 60 Magnolia, ... ... 61 Spec, ... 62 Paousan, 63 Nina, 6.4 ... 64 Chusan, ... 65 Tashing, .... ... ... 66 Victory, ... 67 Paoucheen,... 70 8 19 Alum 14 Rice 225 18 11 " 29 ... 14 " Shirtings 25 104:19 " None 21 22 23 21 " 106 ... 21 Fruit 28 40 28 ? 22 None " ....ક 99 Wood None " " Wood 115 26 30 99 62 28 Sapan Wood 5 May 29 April Grain Pepper 35 ... 28 મ ท Tobacco 1 May Paper 25 29 General 5 " Alum 48 ... 1 May Paper 12 None 76 Lyra, 68 Alma,... 69 Ying-fub, 7: Vindex, 71 Iris, 72 Gem, 73. Lark, 74 Tashing, 73 Yen-loong,.... 77 Emma, 78 Poausan, 131 General 30 $9 General " 76 3. " Paper 179 Coals Grain 106 Paper 12 July None 29 5 " Shirtings 10 May Sugar 60 7 None 9 Wood 99 " 35 12 Sapan Wood 13 39 Pepper 70 20 June ... •• 13 Alum 135 ... ... 14 Lead 17 May None Rice 110 7 June 16 40 16 20 May Alum 79❘ Pluto, 80 Gem, 81 Victory, ... 82 Lark, 104 bee ... None 17 None , 29 26 20 Sugar 25 28 Alum " 50 26 Drills 29 " Sugar 86 Gem, 83 Banshee, 84 Magnolia, 85 Paoushun, 87 Paousan, 465 ... : : 26 None 12 June Alum 22 27 29 May None 39 " 50 ... 29 31 May " 99 " 29 ... 2 June Shirtings 6 June Sugar 40 ... 7 Fruit 12 "9 Alum 39 88 Paoushun, 50 ... 13 Rice 17 " Nono # 89 Lark, 50 ... ... ... 14 Long Cloth 21 Alum 90 Gem, 29 ... 17 General 19 "9 None 91 Excellent, 335 "9 20 None 28 29 General 92 Victory, 25 ... ...) 21 Sundries 1 July Wood, Oil 93 Vivid, 70 23 Paper 27 June Beans 94 Paousan, 40 ... ... 26 " Sundries 1 July Wood 96 Vivid, Teo 95 Louisa, 97 Proucheen, 98 Harpooner, 99 | Lark, 10]] Cleopatra, 102 Hope, 271 ... ... 26 19 148 .... *** 1 July 48 4 " 405 Victoria, ... ... ... ... 5 "9 50 : : 7 , General Sugar None General Long Cloths 16. Grain 14 General 7 None 17 November General 12 July Wood 38 7 None " 34 600. 7 7 August Rice 28 13 July Noue Carried forward. 15,519 The Hongkong Government Government Gazette. No. 1.—Return of BRITISH SHIPPING, &c.,—Continued. IMPORT CARGO, DATE OF CLEARANCE. [MARCH 21, 1857. EXPORT CARGO. No. 18 REGISTER. NAME. TONNAGE. DATE OF ENTRY. Brought forward, 18,519 103 105 Pantaloon, 106 Ferozepore, 104 | Inkerman, Edward Marquard, *** ... ... .. 558 100 15 12 July *** 33 184 18 Coal General None 12 August 9 59 23 July ... 29 293 19 Straits Produce 23 August ... " 107 Pluto, 104 19 19 July Peas Beans, &c. Alum, Peas General None ... ... ... ... " 108 Confucius, 406 21 Straits Produce 23 August " 109 Victory, 25 21 Sundries 28 July General Wood ... ... 110 Paousan. 40 21 Shirtings ... ... 111 Forerunner, 130 21 ... ... ... 112 Lark, 50 23 " Long Cloths Mangrove Bark 25 August 26 July " Peas 28 Tea 99 ... 113 35 23 Iron 1 August Rice Tashing,... : ... 114 Yen-loong, 70 25 ... *** ... 115 Japau, 50 26 None Rattans September None 30 July n ... ... ... 99 29 28 116❘ Gem, " ... ... *** ... 117 Independence, 147 29 .. ... ... " 118 Spec, 106 30 Sugar None 9 September 27 August " 2 Oilcake None *** ... ... ... 99 119 Paoucheen, 48 30 31 " " ... " 120 Pluto, 104 *** ... August 121 Foam, £6 " 122 Vivid, 70 39 Sundries Shirtings Paper " " " 99 126 123 Hope, 125 Pluto, ... Paoushun, 28 None 2 September " ... 39 124 Lark, ... ... 50 Drills 8 Tea 39 104 8 August None ... 99 50 None 13 September Peas ... 127 Victory, ... 128 Eagle, 25 19 139 11 General 16 August Sundries " Bark 26 " ... ... " 129 Clipper, 155 1 General 25 " ... " 130 Emily Annina, 164 12 Cottons 20 ... ... 131 Jane Maria, 204 13 " Sundries 28 " ... " 132 Kelongpooan, 118 13 None 26 Beans General Wheat Grain None 29 ... ... " 133 Yehung, 105 15 8 September ... ... 4 134 Pluot, 104 16 34 19 99 135 Cleopatra, 50 19 " 136 Japan, ... ... August Rice 137 Squirrel, 46 21 None Sundries None 18 August 1 September 26 August 22 22 دو ... 138 139 Tucklee, Ocean Bride, 140❘ Sisters, 141 Hydrosee, 56 21 " " " 93 15 September " 179 23 " " ... " 152 23 537 25 n ... See-tow-po, Sarah Lucy, 142 Adelaide, 143 144 145 Inkerman, 146 Foam, 147 Kelongpooan, •• 148 Victory, ... 149 Liffey, 150 Abdul Medjid, 151 Vivid, 152 Paousan, 153 Siam, ... 154 Osprey, ... 155 Inkerman,. 156 Fortuna, ... 157 Black River Packet, 158 Bassein, ... 159 Wild Flower, 160 Erin, ... 161 Lark, ... ... 162 Banshee, ... 285 25 63 26 " *** ... 450 29 " Pepper General Straits Produce " Sugar Sundries 27 October 27 October Alum n 11 November 10 September 13 "1 ... 53 30 n 3 Beans, Grain Sundries Rice Peacake Alum " 29 56 1 September 2 Tea None " None 118 Wood " ... 25 2 50 n Sundries " " Wood 12 99 .. ... ... ... Y 399 None 13 Sundries Pepper Peas "" 70 9 40 10 Shirtings 11 None " Sundries 324 10 » Straits Produce 256 15 n 53 16 39 ... Sundries 177 20 ... 264 22 " ... General 258 22 " 478 22 " 42 23 50 23 465 24 * 25 25 " None Long Cloths None 20 September 24 October 27 99 11 November 22 October 4 " Sugar Sundries Alum, &c. Suudries Cotton, &c. Sundries General Noue 30 September Sugar 27. " Peas 16 15 November 29 " دو 163❘ Victory, Alma & Inkerman, ... ... 129 26 ... 168 Paousan, 164 165 Liffey, 166 Pluto,.. 167 Inkerman, ... 1 ... ... Sundries None 1 October Sundries 10. " 50 26 4 104 8 ... October 29 53 Sundries 24 " " 40 " Ebony Wood 15 " 169 50 15 Paouslun, : ... 170❘ Erin, 42 17 " " ... ... ... 25 25 None 171 Victory, *** ... 172 63 25 Re-exports Seetowpo, ... 173 Wild Dayrell, · 158 25 Fruit 99 ... ... 174 Earl of Hardwick, 247 28 None 99 November 8 November *3 15. 27 October Peas Sugar Noue Copper Cash Pepper None Sugar Sundries Peas, &c. 175 Gulnare, ... ... 1002 31 99 " " 11 " 31 " " " 176 Japan, 50 ... ... 177 Westminster, 731 3 Iron, Wood, Spars •• ... November 195 178 Nile, ... None Sugar, &c. 11 99 17 99 21. None Grain " 179 Armelion, 152 180 Whampoa, 370 8 . " ... 8 None 181 Vivid, 70 " ... 182 Cleopatra, 34 10 " 99 ... 10 Rice 22 183 Foam, 56 " ... 12 None 11 184 Paousan, 40 " ... ... 13 Drills, &c. 53 " 185 Inkerman, ... :.. 62 14 Drills .17 12-57 6 December.... 11 November 10 .99 Alum Beancake, Alum None ガ " " " Sugar Alum n "2 186 Chusan, ... 187 50 20 Fruit Paoushun, 188 Foam, ... 189 Iris, : :.. ... 22 None 25 56 22 Iron 24 કય None 99 106 19 22 None 25 190 Victory, 25 Sundries 20 December 35 " 191 Tashing, 26 Rice 29 November Sugar None 192 Waterwitch, 236 " 26 193 48 " Paoucheen, ... ... ... 26 Pepper Rice 1 December Alum, Peas 11 " None 194 Gem, 29 " ... ... 28 195 | Japan, 196 Yen-loong, 50 " *** 29 None 28 November. None 70 " ... • 1 Rice 19 December Fruit 199❘ Vivid, 200 201 102 | Yehung, 197 Foam, ... 198 Inkerman, Paousan, Liffey, ... ... *** ... 203 | Vivid, *** 56 ... 53 3 December .11 None Iron מי * 6 Alum ... Cottons " 70 " 5 None ... Rice " 40 " Drills 19 " Re-exports 50 " 12 None 105 13 None 39 99 20 Alum " 13 70 " ... 53 19 Iron 18 None " 19 204 | Inkerman, 205 Eagle, 176 | Foam, 139 26 Sundries 24 Sugar "" ... 56 27 " Rattans Iron Total Tons,.. 26,004 No. 2.—A RETURN of the NUMBERS and TONNAGE of Merchant Vessels, which Arrived at, and Departed from, the Port of NINGPO, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong. ARRIVED. DEPARTED. UNDER WHAT COLOURS. NO. OF SHIPS. TONNAGE. UNDER WHAT COLOURS. NO. OF SHIPS. TONNAGE. British American, ... Bremen, Chilian, Danish, 202 ... ... 24,948 British, ... ... ... 198 25,506 12 3,946 American, ... ... 12. 3,946 3 ... ... *** 1,150 Bremen, ... ... *** ... *** 3 1,150 320 Chilian, ... 1 320 ... ... 1,571 Danish, ... 1,571 Dutch,.. Hamburgh, Oldenberg, Peruvian, ... ... ... Prussian, ... ... Portuguese, ... ... Siamese, ... Spanish, 2,881 Dutch, ... ... *** 2,881 22 • ... ... ... : ... 4,778 Hamburgh, ( 19 ... .. ... 4,053 550 Oldenberg, 550 ... ... 1,200 Peruvian, ... ... ... ... : 1,200 340 Prussian, ... ... 340 1,162 Portuguese, ... 2,686 Siamese, 268 353 Spanish, 45,885 ... ... 1,162 2,686 353 261 45,718 CHAs. A. SINCLAIR, British Consulate, Ningpo, 31st December, 1856. Her Majesty's Vice-Consul in Charge. No. 3.-A RETURN of the Quantities and Value of MERCHANDIZE IMPORTED into the Port of NINGPO from the Countries and Places undermentioned, in 71 British Ships, and 131 British Luggers and Lorchas, of 24,948 Tons, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856. KO. IN TARLEY DENOMINATION OF ARTICLES. QUANTITIES. FROM WHAT COUNTRIES AND PLACES IMPORTED. ESTIMATED Value in DOLLARS. Bees Wax, Betel Nut, $2,000 ... ... ... ... Bicho di Mar, Birds Nests, 655 Packages 213 1,703 *** .. ... Straits 2,302 6 Cases 1,810 Camphor, Cloves, 12 Cotton, 13 17 120 4 " 33 +264 ... ... ... " 72 Straits and Foochow 287 n Cotton Manufactures,— Long Cloths, White, Grey Cottons, Twilled Cottons, ... : *** 544 Bales 39,664 869 " and 11,080 Pieces 40,705 98 ... 99 Re-exported from Shanghae 2,532 Chintz, Prints, Drills, 19 Flints, ... .21 Gambier, ... 30 Metals, 3. 193.50 ... " ... 348 2,287 " .... • 350 and 2,465 Pieces 23,614 ... 99 ... ¡Copper, Manufactured, Iron, Unmanufactured, Manufactured, : Lead, Tin, 32 Pepper, 34 Rattans, 35 Rice, &c.,.... 37 Saltpetre, 39 Skins and Furs, 45 Beer, ... ... ... 46 Woods,- ... ... ... 3,190 Piculs 207 Bags 4 Cases 1,464 Piculs 1,360 Packages 1,241 3,580 Straits 2,740 865.50 48 2,070 Straits and Hongkong 2,220 8,740 "9 64,460 " ... .. ... 1,439 Bags 1,593 Picula Straits and Shanghae 9,298 7,825 ... ... ... 5,375 Bags Straits and Foochow 12,870 .. 400 Packages Shanghae .400 38 Straits 860 Ebony, Sandal Wood, Sapan Wood, ... Unenumerated Woods, Miscellaneous,———— Sugar, Paper, ... Dried Fruit, Sugar Candy, Mangrove Bark, ... ... Matting, Indigo, Furniture, Alum, Tobacco, Medicines. Dyes, Coals, Bark, Vermilion, Seaweed, Molasses, Shrimps, Oil Cake, Bones, Dried Beef, Fans, Melonseeds, But- tons, Leather, Crockery, &c, &c, &c., *** 2,843 Baskets 5,745 Parcels :. : : "9 ... : : : ... 20 Cases 485 Pieces 140 Piculs 5,519 » Shanghae 160 1,460 420 Straits 12,781 4,508 ... 9,991 Bags Straits Formosa Amoy and Foochow 24,315 : 12,177 Packages Foochow 21,567 •• ... 5,495 Boxes Straits, Wanchow and Foochow 24,115 Straits and Amoy 10,293 *** Straits and Shanghae 7,829 Straits, Hongkong, Foochow, Amoy and Shanghae 39,333 Total,............ $376,164.00 TOTAL VALUE-Three Hundred and Seventy-six Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-four Dollars or at 7/3 the Dollar, One Hundred and Thirty-six Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty-nine Pounds Nine Shillings Sterling (£136,859. 9. 0. Sterling.) British Consulate, Ningpo, 31st December, 1856, CHAS. A. SINCLAIR, Vice-Consul in Charge. TOUT No. 4.—A RETURN of the Quantities and Value of MERCHANDIZE EXPORTED from the Port of NINGPO, to the Countries and Places undermentioned, in 74 British Ships, and 124 British Luggers and Lorchas, of 25,506 Tons Burden, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856. NO. IN TARIFF DENOMINATION OF ARTICLES. Alum, ... Bamboo Ware, Building Materials,— ... QUANTITIES. ... 23,007 Bags 10 Bundles .. 9,507 Pieceg 4,986 " and 1066 Bundles 989 Packages ... 128 Pieces *** ... 7,050 · and 97 ... Wood, .... 14 Chinaware, 16 Copperware, 21 Furniture, ... 30 Kittysols, 35 Mats, ... 41 Paper,... ...... 43 50 Soy, $2❘ Sugar, Preserves, 53 Sugar Candy, ..... ... 55 Tea, green, 56 Tobacco, .... ... 60 Treasure,- Copper Cash, Dollars, 61 Vermilion,... ... Miscellaneous,~ Peas,... Beans, *** Wheat, Rice, Pea-cake, ... ... ... ... : TO WHAT PLACES AND COUNTRIES EXPORTED. Shanghae, Hongkong, and Straits Shanghae- Shanghae.. ESTIMATED VALUR IN DOLLARS ast M for Co $26,981.50 10 الم th 1,105 ΤΕ 7,866 Straits Bh 1,840 Shanghae 140 ba Straits 1,120 sh ... 1,690 Packages 70 Bales 990 Packages 15 Jars 2,467 Bags Straits and Shanghae 1,126.22 780 1) Straits 6,520 m 5 13,147 251 Shanghae 1,014 to " 995 Chests and 517.18 Piculs 20,786 ון ... 10 Picula Straits 191 1,350 Bags Hongkong ShanghaeTM Straits 14,000 1,600,000 al in sl 220 bc : 54 Packages 50,539 Bags Swatow, Hongkong, Amoy, { 84,584.70 20,910 37,299.60 85,607.12 2,940 RO Bean-cake, Oil-cake, Fruit, 20 Fish, Wine, Cloth, Cotton, *** Medicines, ... ... ... ... .... ... ... 17,005 21,725 99 99 29,707 "9 ... 13,240 Pieces 12,232 2,950 "9 Pepper, Caps, Seeds, Paint, Flour, Oil, Mushrooms," Lanterns, Hemp, Coal, Eggs, Hams, Ink- fish, Old Nets, Keen-fung, Cabbages, Fat, Saltpetre, Cun-cham, Vermicelli, Iron, Charcoal, Seaweed, Lacksa, Quache, &c., &c., &c., Sundries, ... 7,845.80 5,425 tc ... 4,145 450 Caser " 8,306 Jars Shanghae, Hongkong, Straits -' 2,656,06 18,285 Amoy, Hongkong, and Straits 4,444 ************** *** 424 Packages Straits 1,695 ... 1,502 1,838 231 Straits, and Amoy. 11,593 ท Straits 19,551 " Foochow 1,741 ... " Shanghae, Wanchów. Fonchow, Amoy, Hongkong, Straits 8,323 CHAS. A. SINCLAIR, Vice-Consul in Charge. CAIA ZIA U a V doc = 0 n n h ... 2,048 Cases Total, 45,620 $2,025,272.00 TOTAL VALUE.-Two Million Twenty-five Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-two Dollars; or at 7/3 the Dollar, Seven Hundred and Thirty-four Thousand One Hnudred and Sixty-one Pounds Two Shillings Sterling (£734,161:2:0 Sterling.) British Consulate, Ningpo, 31st December, 1856. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The two following Ordinances, read a second time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, are published for general information. By Order, Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th March, 1857. Title. Preamble. Repeal of Ordinan- HONGKONG. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Registration and Regulation of the Chinese People, and for the Population Census, and for other Purposes of Police. [March, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in 'manner following, that is to say :- I. Ordinances No. 13 of 1844, No. 7 of 1846, and No. 3 of 1853, and so much of Ordinance No. 12 ces and part of an Or- of 1844 as relates to the charging or investing the Chief Magistrate of Police with any direction or super. intendence of, or control over, the Police Force thereby established, other than such control as any other Magistrate or Justice of the Peace may in his Magisterial capacity exercise, are hereby repealed. dinance. Census and Regis- tration Officer estab- lished. Appointments of Of- ficers. Powers and Duties eral. II. The Census and Registration Office presently existing in Victoria shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be continued and established; together with the Registrar General and other the Officers and Assistants by whom the duties and business thereof have been hitherto performed. III. The several persons now being the Registrar General, Officers and Assistants of the said Office, shall continue to discharge the said duties and business at their present Salaries during His Excellency's pleasure; and upon any vacancy, His Excellency may from time to time nominate and appoint such Person or Persons to be such Registrar General, Officers, and Assistants respectively, and at such Salary and Salaries as to His Excellency shall seem meet, and also remove him or them at His Excellency's discretion from time to time, and nominate and appoint another or others in his or their room; yet so as that Her Majesty's pleasure shall be taken as to every nomination, appointment, and removal of a Registrar General, and as to every new limitation of Salary under the provisions of this section. IV. The Registrar General is, by virtue of his Office, and for the execution of this Ordinance, and of the Registrar Gen-not otherwise, a Justice of the Peace, a joint Superintendent of Police, and the Protector of Chinese Inhabitants within this Colony, and as such is bounden to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission of crime, and, if committed, to discover and apprehend the parties guilty thereof, and generally to watch over and protect the said Chinese Inhabitants; and for the purposes aforesaid he is empowered and required to use and exercise all the authorities of a Justice and Superintendent of Police, and also to enter at any time or times, as he shall find meet, any Building soever within this Colony, or Vessel or Boat soever within the Waters of the same or adiacent ibarat. th Ruilding Vossal have Rent cha!! น === n ( n > O --- 11 a TOUT No. 4.—A RETURN of the Quantities and Value of MERCHANDIZE EXPORTED from the Port of NINGPO, to the Countries and Places undermentioned, in 74 British Ships, and 124 British Luggers and Lorchas, of 25,506 Tons Burden, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856. NO. IN TARIFF DENOMINATION OF ARTICLES. Alum, ... Bamboo Ware, Building Materials,— ... QUANTITIES. ... 23,007 Bags 10 Bundles .. 9,507 Pieceg 4,986 " and 1066 Bundles 989 Packages ... 128 Pieces *** ... 7,050 · and 97 ... Wood, .... 14 Chinaware, 16 Copperware, 21 Furniture, ... 30 Kittysols, 35 Mats, ... 41 Paper,... ...... 43 50 Soy, $2❘ Sugar, Preserves, 53 Sugar Candy, ..... ... 55 Tea, green, 56 Tobacco, .... ... 60 Treasure,- Copper Cash, Dollars, 61 Vermilion,... ... Miscellaneous,~ Peas,... Beans, *** Wheat, Rice, Pea-cake, ... ... ... ... : TO WHAT PLACES AND COUNTRIES EXPORTED. Shanghae, Hongkong, and Straits Shanghae- Shanghae.. ESTIMATED VALUR IN DOLLARS ast M for Co $26,981.50 10 الم th 1,105 ΤΕ 7,866 Straits Bh 1,840 Shanghae 140 ba Straits 1,120 sh ... 1,690 Packages 70 Bales 990 Packages 15 Jars 2,467 Bags Straits and Shanghae 1,126.22 780 1) Straits 6,520 m 5 13,147 251 Shanghae 1,014 to " 995 Chests and 517.18 Piculs 20,786 ון ... 10 Picula Straits 191 1,350 Bags Hongkong ShanghaeTM Straits 14,000 1,600,000 al in sl 220 bc : 54 Packages 50,539 Bags Swatow, Hongkong, Amoy, { 84,584.70 20,910 37,299.60 85,607.12 2,940 RO Bean-cake, Oil-cake, Fruit, 20 Fish, Wine, Cloth, Cotton, *** Medicines, ... ... ... ... .... ... ... 17,005 21,725 99 99 29,707 "9 ... 13,240 Pieces 12,232 2,950 "9 Pepper, Caps, Seeds, Paint, Flour, Oil, Mushrooms," Lanterns, Hemp, Coal, Eggs, Hams, Ink- fish, Old Nets, Keen-fung, Cabbages, Fat, Saltpetre, Cun-cham, Vermicelli, Iron, Charcoal, Seaweed, Lacksa, Quache, &c., &c., &c., Sundries, ... 7,845.80 5,425 tc ... 4,145 450 Caser " 8,306 Jars Shanghae, Hongkong, Straits -' 2,656,06 18,285 Amoy, Hongkong, and Straits 4,444 ************** *** 424 Packages Straits 1,695 ... 1,502 1,838 231 Straits, and Amoy. 11,593 ท Straits 19,551 " Foochow 1,741 ... " Shanghae, Wanchów. Fonchow, Amoy, Hongkong, Straits 8,323 CHAS. A. SINCLAIR, Vice-Consul in Charge. CAIA ZIA U a V doc = 0 n n h ... 2,048 Cases Total, 45,620 $2,025,272.00 TOTAL VALUE.-Two Million Twenty-five Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-two Dollars; or at 7/3 the Dollar, Seven Hundred and Thirty-four Thousand One Hnudred and Sixty-one Pounds Two Shillings Sterling (£734,161:2:0 Sterling.) British Consulate, Ningpo, 31st December, 1856. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The two following Ordinances, read a second time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, are published for general information. By Order, Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th March, 1857. Title. Preamble. Repeal of Ordinan- HONGKONG. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Registration and Regulation of the Chinese People, and for the Population Census, and for other Purposes of Police. [March, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in 'manner following, that is to say :- I. Ordinances No. 13 of 1844, No. 7 of 1846, and No. 3 of 1853, and so much of Ordinance No. 12 ces and part of an Or- of 1844 as relates to the charging or investing the Chief Magistrate of Police with any direction or super. intendence of, or control over, the Police Force thereby established, other than such control as any other Magistrate or Justice of the Peace may in his Magisterial capacity exercise, are hereby repealed. dinance. Census and Regis- tration Officer estab- lished. Appointments of Of- ficers. Powers and Duties eral. II. The Census and Registration Office presently existing in Victoria shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be continued and established; together with the Registrar General and other the Officers and Assistants by whom the duties and business thereof have been hitherto performed. III. The several persons now being the Registrar General, Officers and Assistants of the said Office, shall continue to discharge the said duties and business at their present Salaries during His Excellency's pleasure; and upon any vacancy, His Excellency may from time to time nominate and appoint such Person or Persons to be such Registrar General, Officers, and Assistants respectively, and at such Salary and Salaries as to His Excellency shall seem meet, and also remove him or them at His Excellency's discretion from time to time, and nominate and appoint another or others in his or their room; yet so as that Her Majesty's pleasure shall be taken as to every nomination, appointment, and removal of a Registrar General, and as to every new limitation of Salary under the provisions of this section. IV. The Registrar General is, by virtue of his Office, and for the execution of this Ordinance, and of the Registrar Gen-not otherwise, a Justice of the Peace, a joint Superintendent of Police, and the Protector of Chinese Inhabitants within this Colony, and as such is bounden to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission of crime, and, if committed, to discover and apprehend the parties guilty thereof, and generally to watch over and protect the said Chinese Inhabitants; and for the purposes aforesaid he is empowered and required to use and exercise all the authorities of a Justice and Superintendent of Police, and also to enter at any time or times, as he shall find meet, any Building soever within this Colony, or Vessel or Boat soever within the Waters of the same or adiacent ibarat. th Ruilding Vossal have Rent cha!! น === n ( n > O --- 11 a TOUT No. 4.—A RETURN of the Quantities and Value of MERCHANDIZE EXPORTED from the Port of NINGPO, to the Countries and Places undermentioned, in 74 British Ships, and 124 British Luggers and Lorchas, of 25,506 Tons Burden, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856. NO. IN TARIFF DENOMINATION OF ARTICLES. Alum, ... Bamboo Ware, Building Materials,— ... QUANTITIES. ... 23,007 Bags 10 Bundles .. 9,507 Pieceg 4,986 " and 1066 Bundles 989 Packages ... 128 Pieces *** ... 7,050 · and 97 ... Wood, .... 14 Chinaware, 16 Copperware, 21 Furniture, ... 30 Kittysols, 35 Mats, ... 41 Paper,... ...... 43 50 Soy, $2❘ Sugar, Preserves, 53 Sugar Candy, ..... ... 55 Tea, green, 56 Tobacco, .... ... 60 Treasure,- Copper Cash, Dollars, 61 Vermilion,... ... Miscellaneous,~ Peas,... Beans, *** Wheat, Rice, Pea-cake, ... ... ... ... : TO WHAT PLACES AND COUNTRIES EXPORTED. Shanghae, Hongkong, and Straits Shanghae- Shanghae.. ESTIMATED VALUR IN DOLLARS ast M for Co $26,981.50 10 الم th 1,105 ΤΕ 7,866 Straits Bh 1,840 Shanghae 140 ba Straits 1,120 sh ... 1,690 Packages 70 Bales 990 Packages 15 Jars 2,467 Bags Straits and Shanghae 1,126.22 780 1) Straits 6,520 m 5 13,147 251 Shanghae 1,014 to " 995 Chests and 517.18 Piculs 20,786 ון ... 10 Picula Straits 191 1,350 Bags Hongkong ShanghaeTM Straits 14,000 1,600,000 al in sl 220 bc : 54 Packages 50,539 Bags Swatow, Hongkong, Amoy, { 84,584.70 20,910 37,299.60 85,607.12 2,940 RO Bean-cake, Oil-cake, Fruit, 20 Fish, Wine, Cloth, Cotton, *** Medicines, ... ... ... ... .... ... ... 17,005 21,725 99 99 29,707 "9 ... 13,240 Pieces 12,232 2,950 "9 Pepper, Caps, Seeds, Paint, Flour, Oil, Mushrooms," Lanterns, Hemp, Coal, Eggs, Hams, Ink- fish, Old Nets, Keen-fung, Cabbages, Fat, Saltpetre, Cun-cham, Vermicelli, Iron, Charcoal, Seaweed, Lacksa, Quache, &c., &c., &c., Sundries, ... 7,845.80 5,425 tc ... 4,145 450 Caser " 8,306 Jars Shanghae, Hongkong, Straits -' 2,656,06 18,285 Amoy, Hongkong, and Straits 4,444 ************** *** 424 Packages Straits 1,695 ... 1,502 1,838 231 Straits, and Amoy. 11,593 ท Straits 19,551 " Foochow 1,741 ... " Shanghae, Wanchów. Fonchow, Amoy, Hongkong, Straits 8,323 CHAS. A. SINCLAIR, Vice-Consul in Charge. CAIA ZIA U a V doc = 0 n n h ... 2,048 Cases Total, 45,620 $2,025,272.00 TOTAL VALUE.-Two Million Twenty-five Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-two Dollars; or at 7/3 the Dollar, Seven Hundred and Thirty-four Thousand One Hnudred and Sixty-one Pounds Two Shillings Sterling (£734,161:2:0 Sterling.) British Consulate, Ningpo, 31st December, 1856. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The two following Ordinances, read a second time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, are published for general information. By Order, Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th March, 1857. Title. Preamble. Repeal of Ordinan- HONGKONG. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Registration and Regulation of the Chinese People, and for the Population Census, and for other Purposes of Police. [March, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in 'manner following, that is to say :- I. Ordinances No. 13 of 1844, No. 7 of 1846, and No. 3 of 1853, and so much of Ordinance No. 12 ces and part of an Or- of 1844 as relates to the charging or investing the Chief Magistrate of Police with any direction or super. intendence of, or control over, the Police Force thereby established, other than such control as any other Magistrate or Justice of the Peace may in his Magisterial capacity exercise, are hereby repealed. dinance. Census and Regis- tration Officer estab- lished. Appointments of Of- ficers. Powers and Duties eral. II. The Census and Registration Office presently existing in Victoria shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be continued and established; together with the Registrar General and other the Officers and Assistants by whom the duties and business thereof have been hitherto performed. III. The several persons now being the Registrar General, Officers and Assistants of the said Office, shall continue to discharge the said duties and business at their present Salaries during His Excellency's pleasure; and upon any vacancy, His Excellency may from time to time nominate and appoint such Person or Persons to be such Registrar General, Officers, and Assistants respectively, and at such Salary and Salaries as to His Excellency shall seem meet, and also remove him or them at His Excellency's discretion from time to time, and nominate and appoint another or others in his or their room; yet so as that Her Majesty's pleasure shall be taken as to every nomination, appointment, and removal of a Registrar General, and as to every new limitation of Salary under the provisions of this section. IV. The Registrar General is, by virtue of his Office, and for the execution of this Ordinance, and of the Registrar Gen-not otherwise, a Justice of the Peace, a joint Superintendent of Police, and the Protector of Chinese Inhabitants within this Colony, and as such is bounden to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission of crime, and, if committed, to discover and apprehend the parties guilty thereof, and generally to watch over and protect the said Chinese Inhabitants; and for the purposes aforesaid he is empowered and required to use and exercise all the authorities of a Justice and Superintendent of Police, and also to enter at any time or times, as he shall find meet, any Building soever within this Colony, or Vessel or Boat soever within the Waters of the same or adiacent ibarat. th Ruilding Vossal have Rent cha!! น === n ( n > O --- 11 a V. The other Officers and Assistants in the said Census and Registration Office shall be obedient and pesisting unto the said Registrar General in the execution of this Ordinance. Duties of the other Officers aud Assistants, The Chief Magis trar General. VI. The Powers and Authorities which by the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 were vested in the Chief Magistrate of Police, are from henceforth vested in and shall be exercised by the Superintendent of Police trate's authority to de- volve upon the Super- for the time being constituted under the said Ordinance, in all matters wherein any of the provisions for the intendent and Regis Census Registration and Protection of Chinese People are not concerned, and by the Registrar General in 5 matters wherein any of the said provisions are concerned; and the same obedience shall be rendered by the Police Force of this Colony to the orders of the said Superintendent of Police and Registrar General respectively, and to all Rules and Regulations to be by them respectively made under Section Three of the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 and this Section, with the approbation of the Governor; due regard being Lad to the respective matters to which such lowers and Authorities, Rules and Regulations, respectively shall relate. VII. The Registrar General, with the approbation of the Governor, shall divide this Colony into Division into Dis- Districts, and cause every House therein, whether occupied by a Chinaman or by an European, to be tricts, and Numbering. numbered, and Tickets to be prepared and issued for the purposes of Section Eight. and Tickets to be dẹ- VIII. Every Chinaman occupying a House shall cause the Number thereof to be painted and affixed Numbers to be to his house in such wise as the Registrar General shall direct, and shall cause to be inscribed in such wise painted, Lists of In- as he shall direct, upon a board exhibited in some conspicuous part of his said House, a true and full List of mates to be exhibited, all the Inmates of the upper and lower floors thereof, for the time being; and shall deliver to every such livered to them. inmate a Ticket, stamped by the Registrar General, and containing such particulars, und in such form, as he ball also direct; and every such Ticket shall from time to time, and when the holder thereof shall cease to be such Inmate, be obtained back from him by the said Occupier and cancelled. IX. Possession by a Chinaman of any of the Tickets mentioned in Sections Seven and Eight shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery thereof to him as an Inmate by the Chinaman therein mentioned as Occupier. Every Chinese Occupier shall be held responsible as Surety for the good abearing of every Inmate to whom he shall have delivered any such Ticket. Possession of Tickets to be prima facie proof of delivery. The Occupier to be responsible for the in- mates. Statistical informa- tion to be furnished by occupiers. in case of Chinese Ser- vants resident with XI. Every such Occupier is hereby commanded to furnish at all times to the Registrar General what- soever information the said Registrar General shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, require of him; and he is further commanded, upon the occurrence of any Marriage, Birth, Death, Arrival, or Departure of lomates within his House, forthwith to report the same to the proper Chinese Officer of his District. XII. Within Ten Days next after the commencement of any future hiring by an European of a China- Registration Tickets man as a Servant resident within the Hirer's house or place of business, or (in case of any such hiring which' hath already commenced) within Ten Days from the passing of this Ordinance, such Chinaman shall apply Europeans. to the said Registrar General for a Registration Ticket, and shall at the same time produce unto the said Registrar General a Certificate of his Hiring under the hand of the said Hirer, and (if so required by the latter) satisfy the said Registrar General that he hath obtained sufficient Security after Chinese custom for the it demnity of the said hirer against his acts and defaults; and thereupon it shall be the duty of the said Registrar General to make out under his Hand the said Registration Ticket, inserting therein such parti- culars as to him shall seem meet, and to deliver the same unto the said Chinaman. XIII. All Chinese Houses shall be divided into Tithings or Káp of Ten Houses each, wherein every Occupier of a House shall answer to Her Majesty for the good abearing of the occupiers of the other nine; and over every Tithing or Káp one of the occupiers of the Houses comprised in the same shall be Kápcheong or Tithingman, to be elected by common vote of the said Tithing or Káp to that office, subject to the approval of this Government, and he shall be the proper Representative of the said Tithing or Káp, and be distinguished by some Badge to be appointed by His Excellency, and he shall hold his said office during one year. Chinese Tithings or Káp. XIV. It shall be the duty of every such Occupier to report to his Kápcheong without delay, to the Duties of Káp. utmost of his skill and knowledge, all Cases, Rumours, or Suspicions of Crime, committed or to be com- mitted, and generally, for all the purposes of this Ordinance, to be aiding and assisting to the said Kápcheong in the execution of the same. XV. It shall be the duty of the Kápcheong to communicate forthwith to the Registrar General all Duties of the Káp- cheong. such reports as in Section Fourteen are mentioned, when and as the same are received by him; and likewise report to him to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, and without delay, all such Cases, Rumours, or Suspicions, whether so reported by the Káp or not; and in all other respects to discharge the duties and exercise the powers of a Constable of the Police Force of Hongkong, save so far as the same are uttered by this Ordinance. XVI. The Kápcheong, as the proper representative of his Káp, shall be aiding and assisting unto the The medium of ex- ecuting process, &c., C and Military authorities of this Colony, in the execution of Warrants, Writs, and Process, and the in a Káp. aking of Searches, Inquiries, and Arrests, within any house of his Káp; and the said authorities are equired to communicate with the said Kápcheong, for the purposes of this Section. Power to elect and appoint Tepos. th 保 XVII. His Excellency in Council hath power to approve for, and appoint to, the office of Tepo in ach Town, Village, Hamlet, and District, of this Colony, a proper person to be presented unto him by the cupiers of Chinese houses therein, or (in default of such presentment) to be selected by His Excellency is Council for that purpose. XVIII. Every Tepo shall have, throughout his Town, Village, or Hamlet, the same powers and Powers and Duties authorities, and perform the same duties, as are hereinbefore conferred and imposed on a Kápcheong, with respect to his Káp. of the Tepo. TheTepos and Káp- XIX. All Tepos and Kápcheongs are immediately subordinate unto the Registrar General, and shall cheongs shall be regu- conform to his orders, and obey and enforce whatsoever Rules and Regulations he shall, with the approba-lated by the Registrar 159 of 1 His Excellency, frame and issue for the better execution of their respective duties under this General. Ordinance. XX. The Salary of each Tepo shall be fixed by His Excellency in Council, and shall be raised by Salary of the Tepo. y of levy, at the same time with the Police Tax of his Town, Village, or Hamlet, upon the Annual Value of the Chinese Houses within the same, according to the Assessment thereof to the said Tax, and at a rate per cent sufficient to raise the said amount; and it shall be the duty of the Registrar General to ascertain the said rate, and to receive the amount of the said levy when made, and to pay thereout to the Tepo his said Salary, and to account with the Governor, and also with the said Town, Village, or Hamlet, for the remainder, if any, of the amount levied; and the provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, for the enforce- ment of the payment of Police Rates, shall be extended to the enforcement of the said levy. . XXI. A Tepo is permitted to act as Arbitrator in disputes of a Civil nature only, arising between Power of Arbitrator. amen, willing to submit the same to his arbitrament; and his award being reduced to writing, and proved by the Registrar General, shall be received in evidence, and may be carried into effect by any Court wherein the same shall come in question. XXII. The Hawking of Goods or Wares in the Streets or Roads of this Colony without a License from the Registrar General is prohibited. XXIII. No License for Hawking shall be granted by the Registrar General to any person except after er enquiry into the Character of the Applicant, and upon due and ample Security for his good abearing, subject to forfeiture on his conviction of any offence before himself or any other Justice of the Peace. And every applicant, on receiving his said License, shall pay therefor to the Registrar General, to the use of * Crown, the Fee in that behalf mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed. Unlicensed Hawking prohibited. Conditions and Fees of Hawking Licenses. 11 Licensing of China Boats, &c. Power to grant Pro- tection Tickets. Scale of Boat Fares and Coolie Hire. Residing or Build- ing, &c., on Land. XXIV. It shall be lawful for the Registrar General to grant to such persons, upon such Security and in such Form as he shall think fit, and upon payment to him made to the use of the Crown of such Fee there. for according to size as in the said Schedule hereunto annexed is in that behalf specified, Certificates of License of Chinese Boats or Vessels plying for hire within the waters of this Colony, or carrying passengers between this Colony and the Ports on the Chinese Main (other than Chinese Boats or Vessels visiting this Colony merely for Trading purposes ;) and every such Boat or Vessel shall carry on each of her bows and on her stern, legibly painted upon Wood or Tin, the true Number of her Certificate aforesaid, which Number shall be supplied by the Registrar General for that purpose; and no such Certificate or Number shall be trans- ferred or lent unto any other Boat or Vessel, or the persons on board of the same, nor shall any Certificate or Number other than such as the said Registrar General shall have granted under this Section be assumed And every person having or exhibited by any such Boat or Vessel; or the Persons on board of the same. charge of any such Boat or Vessel is hereby commanded, whensoever thereunto required, to exhibit the Certificate granted in respect thereof under this Section. And all Persons having charge of Chinese Boats or Vessels, and not having obtained or not having on board such Certificate as aforesaid (other than as aforesaid) i are hereby forbidden to employ their said Boats or Vessels in plying here within the said waters, or in carry. ing passengers between this Colony and the said Ports, or to cause, suffer, or connive at their said employ. ment. XXV. Upon Security given to the Registrar General and to his satisfaction for the character and conduct of the persons concerned, and upon payment made to him by them of such Fee therefore as in the said Schedule hereunto annexed is in that behalf specified, the Registrar General, when thereunto requested by the said persons, may make out in such form as he shall think fit, and deliver unto the said persons, a Ticket under his hand, entitling any such Chinese Boat or Vessel as aforesaid to the protection of Her Majesty's Naval Forces against Pirates. And it is hereby required, that no such Person shall lend any such Protection Ticket to any other Person, and that no Person shall use or borrow any Protection Ticket whereof he is not the grantee. XXVI. Scales of Fares for all Licensed Boats and Vessels within the said,waters, and also Scales for the Hire of all Coolies and Labourers by the Day, Hour, or Job, with all proper Regulations for excep tional cases, shall be prepared and fixed, and, if expedient, from time to time altered and varied, by the Registrar General, subject to the approval of His Excellency the Governor in Council; and every such Scale and Variation thereof shall, when and as approved, be notified in the Government Gazelle, and shall be And a correct and evidence of the right of the parties concerned to the Fares or Hires therein mentioned. complete copy of every Scale of Fares for the time being in force shall be furnished by the Registrar General to every such Boat or Vessel, which copy the persons owning or having charge of the said Boat or Vessel And it is hereby forbidden to any shall cause to be fixed and exhibited in some conspicuous part thereof. person owning or having charge of any such Boat or Vessel to demand a greater fare, and to any such Coolie or Labourer to demand a greater hire, than by the said respective Scales for the time being in force is sanctioned. XXVII. No Private Person shall occupy or erect any Building or other thing soever upon Land not Crown being under Lease from the Crown without the Licence of the Registrar General, nor with such License if the same could not have been lawfully occupied or erected before the passing of this Ordinance. Security to appear XXVIII. Any Stipendiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace may cause any Chinese Person to find within Twelve Months. reasonable Security for his appearance in any Court for any purpose and at any time within Twelve Months; and such Chinese not finding such Security shall be deemed a Person dangerous to the Peace of the Colony, within the meaning of Ordinance No. 2 of 1857. Licenses for Public Meetings. The Power to direct Census. ed. Blank Returns to be XXIX. Written Licenses under the hand of the Governor or Registrar General, for the holding of Meetings to consider in a lawful way of the redress of supposed Grievances, or for Religious or Theatrical Entertainments, or for any other purposes of Public Interest, may be granted to any Chinese occupiers apply. ing for the same; and without such Licenses, no Chinese people shall hold or be present at any Meetings soever of a public nature, and not being solely for the purposes of Religious Worship. XXX. The Governor in Executive Council is empowered to direct the Census of Population to be taken within this Colony from time to time as to His said Excellency in Council shall seem meet, and every such direction may be addressed to the Registrar General. XXXI. Upon receiving any such direction, the Registrar General shall prepare and cause to be prepared and deliver delivered at every Dwelling and Place of Business throughout this Colony, a Blank Return, to be filled up before a certain day to be therein named with the Names and Number of the Occupiers and Inmates of such Dwelling or Place of Business, and the persons in their employment or residing with them or every within their tenements according to their several Names, Sexes, Occupations, and Countries. The Blanks to be XXXII. Every such Blank Return shall, according to its tenor and the truth of the case, be filled up filled up and returned, by the Occupier of the Dwelling or Place of Business where the same shall have been left; and he shall upon demand, within Five Days after the day on which the same was so left, return, or deliver it, so filled up as aforesaid, to the Registrar General. Penalties. 1. Against Sect. 8. 2. Against Sects. 11 and 12. 3. Against Sects. 14 15, and 18. 5. Against Sect. 22. 6. Against Sect. 24. 7. Against Sect. 25. 8. Against Sect. 26. 9. Against Sect. 27. · 10. Against Sect. 28. 11. Against Sect. 29. + 12. Against Sect. 32. 13. For every of fence not specifically provided for. XXXIII. Persons violating or disobeying the several Provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon sum- mary conviction of such offence before the Registrar General, or a Stipendiary Magistrate, or any Two Justices of the Peace, incur, forfeit, and pay the several Penalties hereinafter respectively made applicable to the same, that is to say :- 1. For every offence against Section Eight, a Sum not exceeding Forty Dollars, nor less than Five. 2. For every offence against Section Eleven, or Section Twelve, a Sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars, nor less than Two. 3. For every offence against Section Fourteen, Section Fifteen, or Section Eighteen, a Sum not exceeding Fifteen Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 4. For every offence against Section Twenty-two, a Sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 5. For every offence against Section Twenty-four, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Ten. 6. For every offence against Section Twenty-five, a Sum not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, nor less than Five. 7. For every offence against Section Twenty-six, a Sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars, nor less than Fifty Cents. 8. For every offence against Section Twenty-seven, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five, (besides the Expenses of the Removal of the Building or thing erected). 9. For every offence against Section Twenty-eight, (unless the same shall be dealt with under the Ordinance therein mentioned,) a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Ten. 10. For every offence against Section Twenty-nine, a Sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, not less than Five. 11. For every offence against Section Thirty-two, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 12. And for every such Disobedience or Violation, for which no specific penalty is hereinbefore provided such Sum, not exceeding in any case Twenty-five Dollars, as the Court shall think fit. XXXIV. In case of nonpayment of any of the said Penalties, the same may be recovered by any of the Enforcement of Pe- ways and means whereby, on any summary proceedings before Justices, penalties are or shall be recoverable yet so as that no offender against Section Thirty shall be liable to be imprisoned in such case. nalties. tom grongmang wwvernm wazeny. XXXV. Over and above the Pecuniary Penalties appointed by Section Thirty-two, Chinese offenders Chinese Officers helding the office of Kápcheong or Tepo shall be liable to ignominious Removal or Dismissal by His offending liable to ig Excellency in Council after the methods and usages of the Chinese. nominious Dismissal. XXXVI. Where, upon the conviction of any offender, it shall appear that before the commission of the In case of Security, fence he had given Security to the Registrar General under this Ordinance, and that by such offence the the amount of penalty me is become forfeited, the amount of such Security shall be deemed to be the penalty actually incurred to be that of the Secu by him, so that it shall not be lawful for the Court to impose any penalty for his said offence save and rity. except the amount of his said Security. XXXVII. Conspiracies of Chinese to violate, or in fraud of, any of the Provisions of this Ordinance, Trial of conspiracies may be heard and determined by the Registrar General according to the Laws for the time being in force by Chinese against for repression of Conspiracies; and his judgment therein shall be final, unless a Certiorari for removing the this Ordinance. Proceedings either before or after judgment shall be obtained by the Crown or by the Defendant as the case may be, within Ten Days from the first commencement of the said proceedings, and unless the proceedings said Certiorari shall be prosecuted with effect in the Supreme Court within Six Weeks from the upon ebtaining thereof. XXXVIII. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following Terms and Words shall be severally Construction of words. taken, not only in their received sense, but also to extend to and include the meanings hereinafter specified, that is to say: ** C 'House or Building.' 'Europeans, Householder," "Occupier," "Person occupying," and "Master of the House," shall include every Per-Occupier.' son acting as Master thereof, Occupant of the Groundfloor thereof at a rent, and (in the event of vacant House, or of no other Occupier being to be found) Owner thereof, or his Agent. And House or Building shall include any Shop, Outhouse, Shed, or Roof: And “European” shall include all Persons other than Asiatics, and also all such Asiatics (not being Chi- nese as owe or shall owe permanent allegiance unto Her Majesty: And "Chinese" shall include Natives of Hongkong and other places out of the Empire of China, being of Chinese blood or following Chinese usages: Save only and except where by the express letter of this Ordinance a more limited meaning hath been attributed to any or either of the said Terms and Words. Fee for Hawkers, 1st Class Boats plying for hire, SCHEDULE TO WHICH THis OrdinancE REFERS :--- 0.50 Quarterly. " 10.00 Annually. 5.00 " 3.00 " 0.50 10.00 Do. Do. Do. 2d 3d Do. Do. Do. 4th And Chinese :' Exception. Do. Do. Do. Trading and Fishing Boats, HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIE REGINE. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the. Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative L'ouncil of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Salvage and Prize in certain cases. [March, 1857.] Be it ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- I. So much of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," as relates to Salvage, is hereby extended to this Colony, and to the Courts and Justices thereof. 11. Where the value of any single Boat, or (in the case of the capture and bringing in of more Beats than one) the collective value of any Boats, heretofore or to be hereafter captured from Pirates in the China Seas and brought into port by the captors, shall not (including the property aboard) exceed Dollars, it shall be lawful for the Court of Petty Sessions to hear and adjudicate upon all questions touching the same, whereof the Vice-Admiralty Court hath or shall have cognisance, and to condemn, acquit, or restore, the same accordingly, and to award or refuse Costs and other expenses, as shall be deemed reason- e and fit, and no Costs or expenses shall be allowed by the Vice-Admiralty Court to any Person suing there, in respect of any such capture, except in cases arising under the Act of Parliament of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Queen, chapter Twenty-six. Extension of Mer- chant Shipping Act as to Salvage. Prizes from Pirates China Seas. in III. A Stipendiary Magistrate shall have and exercise the same Powers and Duties, as by the said Stipendiary Magis extended portions of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," are conferred or imposed on two Justices of the trates. Frace. IV. All Acts and things heretofore done, which, if done after the passinghereof, would be valid, are. Retrospective effect kereby made valid and lawful for all purposes. NOTICE. HE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME Vià day of March instant, at 12 o'clock Noon. By order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. NOTICE. THE E pert SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on ADAY, the 3d day of April Next, at 12 o'clock By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL. Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to ked particulars of the same to the undersigned HENRY RUTTER, Administrator. CE, 17th March, 1857. IT NOTIFICATION. POLICE DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 20th March, 1857. is desirable that Division 9, Section 2, of Or- dinance 14 of 1845, FORBIDDING the EXERCISING IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN- SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA. OF TRAINING of HORSES on the Public Roads, N under Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, shall be enforced to the extent necessary to ensure safety or prevent annoyance to the Public. Owners of Horses are therefore requested to instruct their Servants to exercise their Horses only at one or other of the following places. 1.-Caine's Road. 2-Road leading from Glenealy to Government House. 3.--Road passing in Rear of Ordnance Stores and Head Quarters House. 4.-Queen's Road, West of Messrs Murrow & Co.'s Premises. 5.-Queen's Road, East of Wanchi. In the matter of the t Asiatic Marine Insurance Office. "OTICE is hereby given, that by an Order of this Court, bearing date the Seventh day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty- seven, the SHAREHOLDERS of the said “ ASIA, TIC MARINE INSURANCE OFFICE" are required to pay the further Sum of Company's Rupees TWO THOUSAND, assessed in respect of each Share held by them respectively, on or before the following dates, that is to say the Shareholders resident in CALCUTTA, or the Suburbs thereof, on or before the Tenth day of March next; the Shareholders resident in HONGKONG and BOMBAY, on or before the Tenth day of May neat; and the Shareholders resident in GREAT BRITAIN and all other PLACES not mentioned in the said Order, on or before the Tenth day of September nert; and that the OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE will be at liberty to apply that the Defaulting Shareholders be This Regulation will be strictly enforced on and adjudged to have committed an Act of Insolvency after the 24th instant, C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. according to the Provisions of Indian Insolvent Act, DENMAN, HATCH, & DAVIS, Attorneys for the Official Assignee. tom grongmang wwvernm wazeny. XXXV. Over and above the Pecuniary Penalties appointed by Section Thirty-two, Chinese offenders Chinese Officers helding the office of Kápcheong or Tepo shall be liable to ignominious Removal or Dismissal by His offending liable to ig Excellency in Council after the methods and usages of the Chinese. nominious Dismissal. XXXVI. Where, upon the conviction of any offender, it shall appear that before the commission of the In case of Security, fence he had given Security to the Registrar General under this Ordinance, and that by such offence the the amount of penalty me is become forfeited, the amount of such Security shall be deemed to be the penalty actually incurred to be that of the Secu by him, so that it shall not be lawful for the Court to impose any penalty for his said offence save and rity. except the amount of his said Security. XXXVII. Conspiracies of Chinese to violate, or in fraud of, any of the Provisions of this Ordinance, Trial of conspiracies may be heard and determined by the Registrar General according to the Laws for the time being in force by Chinese against for repression of Conspiracies; and his judgment therein shall be final, unless a Certiorari for removing the this Ordinance. Proceedings either before or after judgment shall be obtained by the Crown or by the Defendant as the case may be, within Ten Days from the first commencement of the said proceedings, and unless the proceedings said Certiorari shall be prosecuted with effect in the Supreme Court within Six Weeks from the upon ebtaining thereof. XXXVIII. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following Terms and Words shall be severally Construction of words. taken, not only in their received sense, but also to extend to and include the meanings hereinafter specified, that is to say: ** C 'House or Building.' 'Europeans, Householder," "Occupier," "Person occupying," and "Master of the House," shall include every Per-Occupier.' son acting as Master thereof, Occupant of the Groundfloor thereof at a rent, and (in the event of vacant House, or of no other Occupier being to be found) Owner thereof, or his Agent. And House or Building shall include any Shop, Outhouse, Shed, or Roof: And “European” shall include all Persons other than Asiatics, and also all such Asiatics (not being Chi- nese as owe or shall owe permanent allegiance unto Her Majesty: And "Chinese" shall include Natives of Hongkong and other places out of the Empire of China, being of Chinese blood or following Chinese usages: Save only and except where by the express letter of this Ordinance a more limited meaning hath been attributed to any or either of the said Terms and Words. Fee for Hawkers, 1st Class Boats plying for hire, SCHEDULE TO WHICH THis OrdinancE REFERS :--- 0.50 Quarterly. " 10.00 Annually. 5.00 " 3.00 " 0.50 10.00 Do. Do. Do. 2d 3d Do. Do. Do. 4th And Chinese :' Exception. Do. Do. Do. Trading and Fishing Boats, HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIE REGINE. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the. Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative L'ouncil of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Salvage and Prize in certain cases. [March, 1857.] Be it ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- I. So much of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," as relates to Salvage, is hereby extended to this Colony, and to the Courts and Justices thereof. 11. Where the value of any single Boat, or (in the case of the capture and bringing in of more Beats than one) the collective value of any Boats, heretofore or to be hereafter captured from Pirates in the China Seas and brought into port by the captors, shall not (including the property aboard) exceed Dollars, it shall be lawful for the Court of Petty Sessions to hear and adjudicate upon all questions touching the same, whereof the Vice-Admiralty Court hath or shall have cognisance, and to condemn, acquit, or restore, the same accordingly, and to award or refuse Costs and other expenses, as shall be deemed reason- e and fit, and no Costs or expenses shall be allowed by the Vice-Admiralty Court to any Person suing there, in respect of any such capture, except in cases arising under the Act of Parliament of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Queen, chapter Twenty-six. Extension of Mer- chant Shipping Act as to Salvage. Prizes from Pirates China Seas. in III. A Stipendiary Magistrate shall have and exercise the same Powers and Duties, as by the said Stipendiary Magis extended portions of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," are conferred or imposed on two Justices of the trates. Frace. IV. All Acts and things heretofore done, which, if done after the passinghereof, would be valid, are. Retrospective effect kereby made valid and lawful for all purposes. NOTICE. HE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME Vià day of March instant, at 12 o'clock Noon. By order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. NOTICE. THE E pert SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on ADAY, the 3d day of April Next, at 12 o'clock By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL. Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to ked particulars of the same to the undersigned HENRY RUTTER, Administrator. CE, 17th March, 1857. IT NOTIFICATION. POLICE DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 20th March, 1857. is desirable that Division 9, Section 2, of Or- dinance 14 of 1845, FORBIDDING the EXERCISING IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN- SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA. OF TRAINING of HORSES on the Public Roads, N under Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, shall be enforced to the extent necessary to ensure safety or prevent annoyance to the Public. Owners of Horses are therefore requested to instruct their Servants to exercise their Horses only at one or other of the following places. 1.-Caine's Road. 2-Road leading from Glenealy to Government House. 3.--Road passing in Rear of Ordnance Stores and Head Quarters House. 4.-Queen's Road, West of Messrs Murrow & Co.'s Premises. 5.-Queen's Road, East of Wanchi. In the matter of the t Asiatic Marine Insurance Office. "OTICE is hereby given, that by an Order of this Court, bearing date the Seventh day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty- seven, the SHAREHOLDERS of the said “ ASIA, TIC MARINE INSURANCE OFFICE" are required to pay the further Sum of Company's Rupees TWO THOUSAND, assessed in respect of each Share held by them respectively, on or before the following dates, that is to say the Shareholders resident in CALCUTTA, or the Suburbs thereof, on or before the Tenth day of March next; the Shareholders resident in HONGKONG and BOMBAY, on or before the Tenth day of May neat; and the Shareholders resident in GREAT BRITAIN and all other PLACES not mentioned in the said Order, on or before the Tenth day of September nert; and that the OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE will be at liberty to apply that the Defaulting Shareholders be This Regulation will be strictly enforced on and adjudged to have committed an Act of Insolvency after the 24th instant, C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. according to the Provisions of Indian Insolvent Act, DENMAN, HATCH, & DAVIS, Attorneys for the Official Assignee. C 10 The Songhong Government Gazette. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Between W HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, and P. A. NELSON, Defendant, NOTICE. ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuance of the intimation of HER MAJESTY'S PLENI- [MARCH 21, 1857. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. being POTENTIARY to the BRITISH COMMUNITY OF CANTON, A' HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offg. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. NOTICE VIE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND TEEMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. HEREAS an Action has been commenced in under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for this Court, at the suit of the above-named | LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, arc HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- | informed by the undersigned that these Statements manied P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand | should be furnished by them in Duplicate. and Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods sold and delivered, and for money advanced, at the request of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being alleged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside within this Island or its dependencies, a Writ of Foreiga Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one AKICK, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice | is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELSON, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, "An Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process **in Actions at Law, against Persons absent from the “Colony,” the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. WM. GASKELL, Plaintiff's Attorney. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given,-that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of | Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, John SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNER & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NOTICE. HE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing at this Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co., expires this day by lapse of time and mutual consent. The outstand- ing Accounts will be settled by either Partner; and a strictly AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS will be conducted by them as Partners at the PORT OF SINGA PORK under the Style of WILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co. C. D. WILLIAMS, H. ANTHON, JR., G. L. HASKELL. Hongkong, 1st September, 1856. NOTICE. LL Persons having claims against, or indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. TH NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last, Amoy, 6th March, 1857. NOTICE. TAIT & Co. ПHE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. WE NOTICE. E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership heretofore existing between us under the firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. J. M. ARMSTRONG, F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. "R NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being MR ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRING PRAYAA' in Filling in the Gronud between such Now Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c,, &c., may inspect the DRAWIngs, SpecificaTIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the Estute of NATHANIEL CROSBY, JR., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deccased. OTICE hereby given, that Letters of Admi- Nnistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said Dovolas Lapraik, G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. 'Pated 13th March, 1857. | Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. Stace, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. C+ CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 店昇裕 已年二 查狀到目 以爹携客霖 TO BHK 啟張月丁 便時單數欠 NOTICE. HE undersigned requests that all Parcels and LETTERS to his address, may be delivered to NORMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. THE W. H. ALEXANDER. Hongkong, 13th March, 1857.“, our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In Equity, IT Stephenson v. Murrow. ́T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,-that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- ale Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies, · Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainants Solicitor. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One half of these charges for each Repetition. T THE Hongkong GAZETTE Government NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH MARCH, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 91. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 9. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. } His Excellency, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has much satisfaction in publishing, for general infor- mation, the accomp inying Official Communication from Commander C. FORSYTH, H.M. Steam Sloop Lornet, t the address of H. E. Rear-Admiral Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR, reporting the capture of a Piratical Fleet in Sandy Bay, St John's Island, on the 19th and 20th instant. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th March, 1857. W. WOODGATE. iz në (Copy.) W. D. JEANS, Secretary. Capture of PIRATICAL Fleet. No. 8 of 1857. H. M. S. Hornet, at HONGKONG, 21st March, 1857. SIR,-Ia obedience to your orders of the 18th instant, I sailed in search of the Piratical Fleet therein mentioned, GIG,- Commander in the first place sighting Macao Roads in order to communicate with the H. E. I. Co.'s Steam Frigate Auckland, C. C. Forsyth, Mr Caldwell, Chinese In- which ship you had placed under my orders; but not finding her in that vicinity, I proceeded alone. On the 19th, I anchored in Sandy Bay, St John's Island, and left the ship with the Boats named in the margin, terpreter. to search the neighbouring bays, when, on rounding a point, three miles from the ship, we suddenly found ourselves in the presence of the Pirate' Fleet, consisting of large Lorchas and Junks, seventeen in number, which immediately PINNACE,— Mr R. opened fire upon us, their shot falling thickly round the boats, A. Brown, Acting As they were in such numbers in comparison to our small force, and their position being a very strong one, Mate. I thought a diversion might be made in our favour by landing. I immediately pushed for the shore with the Gig, second Cutter, and a portion of the Marines, and scaled the heights on the right of the bay, commanding their anchor- 1st CUTTER, Lieut. age, and opened a brisk fire with rifles, whilst the Gun and Rocket Boats, under the orders of Lieutenant A. M. Brock, A. Brock, Capt. G. engaged them in flauk, After a sharp fire of about twenty minutes, the Pirates began to jump overboard, and run Rotton, R.A., Vo- the hills, when the boats dashed in and boarded them. Two of the enemy were found dead, and from the appearance lunteer. of blood on their decks many must have been wounded. : for These vessels I found were a division of the main fleet commanded by the notorious Appoo; they mounted 2d CUTTER,- The 73 guns of various calibre, with gingals and percussion muskets; their crews amounted to three hundred and fifty men. We found one Portuguese and a native of Goa on board. These men appeared most active during the attack, and Hon'ble A. D. J. were observed to fire the last gun which was discharged at us from the Pirate Fleet. The Portuguese states as his Denison, Acting Mate. reason for being on board the junk, his being detained by the Pirates after the capture of his vessel three months since. I was informed that six other Europeans were with the Pirates. Finding that the whole of the junks were ashore, and after making several ineffectual efforts, working the whole night and part of the following day to get them off; and there being nothing of value on board, I burnt them and destroyed the guns, giving the Chinaman (who had been robbed, and who accompanied Mr Caldwell) his vessel. On our way to Hongkong, we communicated with Lingting, where the villagers informed us that a fleet of Man- darin Juuks had been seen cruising yesterday between Lingting and the Lama Islands, directly in the track of vessels bound to this port. I immediately stood over in that direction, but could hear nothing of them. In our engagement with the Pirate Fleet, they, as usual, fired high, which accounts for the trifling casualty in the Boats, (namely, one man seriously burnt by a stinkpot.) It gives me much pleasure to report to your Excellency the excellent conduct of both Officers and Men in and ⚫after the engagement, the latter having had great temptations thrown in their way from the quantity of spirits found on board the junks, which they voluntarily destroyed. 4 I have, &c., (Signed,) CHARLES C. FORSYTH, Commander. To Rear-Admiral SIR MICHAEl Seymour, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, &c., &c., &c. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. 1 * The Hongkong Government Gazette. [MARCH 28, 1857. Extension of Mer- HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINÆ. No. 5 of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Salvage and Prize in certain cases. [25th March, 1857.] Be it ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-- I. So much of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," as relates to Salvage, is hereby extended to this chant Shipping Act as Colony, and to the Courts and Justices thereof, and to all questions of Salvage coming before them, and wheresoever arising. to Salvage. Prizes from Pirates in China Seas. Stipendiary Magis-. trates. Retrospective effect II. Where the value of any single Boat, or (in the case of the capture and bringing in of more Boats than one) the collective value of any Boats, heretofore or to be hereafter captured from Pirates in the China Seas and brought into port by the captors, shall not (including the property aboard) exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, it shall be lawful for the Court of Petty Sessions or a Stipendiary Magistrate to hear and adjudicate upon all questions touching the same, whereof the Vice-Admiralty Court hath or shall have cognisance, and to condemn, acquit, or restore, the same accordingly, and to award or refuse Costs and other expenses, as shall be deemed reasonable and fit; and no Costs or expenses shall be allowed by the Vice-Admiralty Court to any Person suing there, in respect of any such capture, except in cases arising under the Act of Parliament of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Queen, chapter Twenty-six; and also except in cases where the said Admiralty Court shall be of opinion that a difficult question of law was involved. II. A Stipendiary Magistrate shall have and exercise the same Powers and Duties as, by the said extended portions of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," are conferred or imposed on two Justices of the Peace. IV. All Acts and things heretofore done, which, if done after the passing hereof, would be valid, arc hereby made valid and lawful for all purposes. JOHN BOWRING. Steam for Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 25th Day of March, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON ; Αεο, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- THE COMPANY'S Steam-ship “ERIN," GATION Captain RAYLEY, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Curgo, will leave this for the above Places, on MONDAY, the 30th March, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 28th; SPECIE until Noon on the 29th; and PARCELS until 2 P.. on the 29th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, pply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which muy happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1857. H NOTICE. "IS Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amoy. By Order, Legation of France in China, Macro, 16th March, 1857. KLECZKOWSKI. In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Aindebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. + H. MAGNIAC, M. A. MACLEOD,} Administrators. Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. | IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. WILLIAM Pustau and CHARLES BRO- DERSEN, Plaintiffs, Between W and Albert BerenHart, Defendant. HEREAS an action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named WILLIAM PUSTAU and CHARLES BRO- VERSON, against the above-named ALBERT BERENHART, to recover the sum of £2407.19.2., the amount of 3 several Bills of Exchange drawn by the Defendant, and made payable to the Plaintiffs with Exchange and re-exchange thereon, and it being alleged that the said ALBERT Berenhart does not reside within this Island or its dependencies, a W’rit of Foreign Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Thirteenth day of April, 1857, wherein THOMAS LARKIN WALKER, the Acting Surveyor General of the Colony of Hongkong, R. B. SHERARD, WILLIAM PUSTAV, and CHARLES BrodersEN, as the General Attorneys and Agents of the said De- fendant, and YORICK JONES MURROW and JAMES STEPHENSON, all respectively of Victoria, Hongkong, are Garnishees: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said ALBERT BERENHART, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordin- ance of this Island, intituled, “An Ordinance to pro- “vide for und regulate Process in Actions at Law, "against Persons absent from the Colony," the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Twenty-fourth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. N AMBROSE PARSONS, Plaintiffs' Attorney. SURVEYOR General's Office, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION of THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a New SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BowRING PRaya; in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c.,-may inspect the DRAWINGS, Specifications, and CONDITIONs of ContraCT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, ́In Equity. - Chief Justice. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON decrased. Robert CalverCrawford, Complainunt, and Between PRST WILLIAM RAYMond Gingell, Defendant. þURSUANT to a Decree or Order of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Equitable Jurisdic tion, made in a cause wherein ROBERT CALVER CRAWFORD is now Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL is Defendant, the Creditors of ROBERT JACKSON, formerly of Amoy, in the Empire of China, and Inte of Foo-chow-foo, in the Empire China, deceased, who died on, in, or about the month of July, 1854, are by themselves or their Soliciton, on or before the Twentieth day of June next ensuing, as far as those resident within this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, and on or before the Twenty first day of September next ensuing, as far as those resident without this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims before His Honour the CHIEF Justice of HonG- KONG, atthis Chambers in the Court House. Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the Twentieth day of March, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICal JurisdicTION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. TOTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi nistration of the Estate and Effects of the abore named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said DorGLAS LAPRAIK, G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. ΤΗ NOTICE. THE undersigned requests that all PARCELS and LETTERS to his address, may be delivered to NORMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. II. ALEXANDER. Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. 1 * The Hongkong Government Gazette. [MARCH 28, 1857. Extension of Mer- HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINÆ. No. 5 of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Salvage and Prize in certain cases. [25th March, 1857.] Be it ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-- I. So much of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," as relates to Salvage, is hereby extended to this chant Shipping Act as Colony, and to the Courts and Justices thereof, and to all questions of Salvage coming before them, and wheresoever arising. to Salvage. Prizes from Pirates in China Seas. Stipendiary Magis-. trates. Retrospective effect II. Where the value of any single Boat, or (in the case of the capture and bringing in of more Boats than one) the collective value of any Boats, heretofore or to be hereafter captured from Pirates in the China Seas and brought into port by the captors, shall not (including the property aboard) exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, it shall be lawful for the Court of Petty Sessions or a Stipendiary Magistrate to hear and adjudicate upon all questions touching the same, whereof the Vice-Admiralty Court hath or shall have cognisance, and to condemn, acquit, or restore, the same accordingly, and to award or refuse Costs and other expenses, as shall be deemed reasonable and fit; and no Costs or expenses shall be allowed by the Vice-Admiralty Court to any Person suing there, in respect of any such capture, except in cases arising under the Act of Parliament of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Queen, chapter Twenty-six; and also except in cases where the said Admiralty Court shall be of opinion that a difficult question of law was involved. II. A Stipendiary Magistrate shall have and exercise the same Powers and Duties as, by the said extended portions of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," are conferred or imposed on two Justices of the Peace. IV. All Acts and things heretofore done, which, if done after the passing hereof, would be valid, arc hereby made valid and lawful for all purposes. JOHN BOWRING. Steam for Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 25th Day of March, 1857. L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils. SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON ; Αεο, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- THE COMPANY'S Steam-ship “ERIN," GATION Captain RAYLEY, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Curgo, will leave this for the above Places, on MONDAY, the 30th March, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on the 28th; SPECIE until Noon on the 29th; and PARCELS until 2 P.. on the 29th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, pply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which muy happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1857. H NOTICE. "IS Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amoy. By Order, Legation of France in China, Macro, 16th March, 1857. KLECZKOWSKI. In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Aindebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. + H. MAGNIAC, M. A. MACLEOD,} Administrators. Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. | IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. WILLIAM Pustau and CHARLES BRO- DERSEN, Plaintiffs, Between W and Albert BerenHart, Defendant. HEREAS an action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named WILLIAM PUSTAU and CHARLES BRO- VERSON, against the above-named ALBERT BERENHART, to recover the sum of £2407.19.2., the amount of 3 several Bills of Exchange drawn by the Defendant, and made payable to the Plaintiffs with Exchange and re-exchange thereon, and it being alleged that the said ALBERT Berenhart does not reside within this Island or its dependencies, a W’rit of Foreign Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Thirteenth day of April, 1857, wherein THOMAS LARKIN WALKER, the Acting Surveyor General of the Colony of Hongkong, R. B. SHERARD, WILLIAM PUSTAV, and CHARLES BrodersEN, as the General Attorneys and Agents of the said De- fendant, and YORICK JONES MURROW and JAMES STEPHENSON, all respectively of Victoria, Hongkong, are Garnishees: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said ALBERT BERENHART, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordin- ance of this Island, intituled, “An Ordinance to pro- “vide for und regulate Process in Actions at Law, "against Persons absent from the Colony," the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Twenty-fourth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. N AMBROSE PARSONS, Plaintiffs' Attorney. SURVEYOR General's Office, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION of THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a New SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BowRING PRaya; in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c.,-may inspect the DRAWINGS, Specifications, and CONDITIONs of ContraCT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, ́In Equity. - Chief Justice. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON decrased. Robert CalverCrawford, Complainunt, and Between PRST WILLIAM RAYMond Gingell, Defendant. þURSUANT to a Decree or Order of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Equitable Jurisdic tion, made in a cause wherein ROBERT CALVER CRAWFORD is now Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL is Defendant, the Creditors of ROBERT JACKSON, formerly of Amoy, in the Empire of China, and Inte of Foo-chow-foo, in the Empire China, deceased, who died on, in, or about the month of July, 1854, are by themselves or their Soliciton, on or before the Twentieth day of June next ensuing, as far as those resident within this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, and on or before the Twenty first day of September next ensuing, as far as those resident without this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims before His Honour the CHIEF Justice of HonG- KONG, atthis Chambers in the Court House. Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the Twentieth day of March, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICal JurisdicTION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. TOTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi nistration of the Estate and Effects of the abore named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said DorGLAS LAPRAIK, G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. ΤΗ NOTICE. THE undersigned requests that all PARCELS and LETTERS to his address, may be delivered to NORMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. II. ALEXANDER. Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. MARCH 28, 1857.] 0 NOTICE. The Hongkong Government Gazette. ¡HE next Criminal Sessions of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on MONDAY, the 20th day of March instant, at 12 o'clock Noon. By order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. NOTICE. [IE next SESSIONS-of the SUPREME COURT, THE in its Summary Jurisdiction, will be held on FRIDAY, the 3d day of April Next, at 12 o'clock Noon. I' By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. NOTIFICATION. 20th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, Between and P. A. NELSON, Defendant. W HEREAS an Action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above named P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand and Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods sold and delivered, and for money advanced, at the request of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being alleged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside within this Island or its dependencies, a Writ of Forcin Attachment has been issued, returnable on AKICK, of Hongkong aforesaid, the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one Garnishee: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELSON, or any person on his behalf, will give the POLICE DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, “An Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process "in Actions at Law, against Persons absent from the "Colony," the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. Tis desirable that Division 9, Section 2, of Or- divance 14 of 1845, Forbidding the EXERCISING. TRAINING of HORSES on the Public Roads, under Penalty not excceding Five Pounds, shalt be enforced to the extent necessary to ensure safety or prevent annoyance to the Public. Owners of Horses are therefore requested to instruct l'eir Servants to exercise their Horses only at one or ether of the following places. 1.-Caine's Road. 2.-Road leading from Glenealy' to Government House. 3.-Road passing in Rear of Ordnance tores and Head Quarters House. 4.-Queen's Road, West of Messrs Murrow & Co.'s Premises. 5.-Queen's Road, East of Wanchi. This Regulation will be strictly enforced on and or the 24th instant. C. MAY, A NOTICE. WM. GASKELL, *Plaintiff's Attorney. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, requested | I NOTICE. 7 ARTIES forwarding to this Office, in pursuance PAR of the intimation of HER MAJESTY'S PLENI POTENTIARY to the BRITIEN COMMUNITY of Canton, under date the 8th ultimo, particulars of CLAIMS for LOSSES recently sustained by them at that Port, are informed by the undersigned that these Statements should be furnished by them in Duplicate. HARRY S. PARKES, Consul Offg. Office of the British Consulate for Canton, Hongkong, 6th February, 1857. NOTICE. WE xisting between us under the E hereby give notice, that the Co-partnership firm of ARMSTRONG & LAWRENCE, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. The Accounts of the late Firm will be liquidated by F. W. LAWRENCE. J. M. ARMSTRONG. F. W. LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in ους Firm. MR W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. LL Persons having claims against, or being forward part, Victoria, Hongkong Grace, solicitor, A indebted to, the above Estate, are requested &C, Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 店昇裕 Superintendent of Police. 亞十已查狀到目到張 IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN- SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA. In the matter of the ASIATIC MARINE INSURANCE OFFICE. TOTICE is hereby given, that by an Order of this Court, bearing date the Seventh day of Lummary, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty- *even, the SHAREHOLDERS of the sail “ ASIA- TE MARINE INSURANCE OFFICE" are pied to pay the further Sum of Company's Rupees Two Thousand, assessed in respect of each Share 14 by them respectively, on or before the following dates, that is to say:—the Shareholders resident in CuCUTTA, or the Suburbs thereof, on or before the 7 day of March next; the Shareholders resident in loseRONG and BOMBAY, on or before the Tenth day May next; and the Shareholders resident in GREAT BTAIN and all other PLACES not mentioned in the said Order, on or before the Tenth day of September wf; and that the OFFICIAL ASSIGNER will be at Werty to apply that the Defaulting Shareholders be sendged to have committed an Act of Insolvency wcording to the Provisions of Indian Insolvent Act. DENMAN, HATCH, & DAVIS, Arneys for the Official Assignee. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. TAIT & Co. Amoy, 6th March, 1857. 已年二 【士爹時 啟張月丁便時 單數欠 THE NOTICE. IHE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. H THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December lust. Our Firm now consists of William WalkinsHAW, FORRESTER THORBURN. WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT TURNEK & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. A LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. Administrator. to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURHOW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. BL GASKELL & BROWN, Complainant's Solicitors. FOR SALE, At the Office of the “ China Mail.” LANK Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTER PARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for cach Repetition. THE Hongkong DIEUD Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4TH APRIL, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 92. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. • By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 10. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., hereby publishes, for general information, copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 2d February last, providing for the conveyance and removal of British Subjects convicted of Crimes and Offences committed within the Dominions of the Emperor of China. · the By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. W. WOODGATE. AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR, THE 2Ɗ DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1857. PRESENT, THE QUEEN's most excELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS, by an Order of Her Majesty in Council "for the government of Her Majesty's subjects, being within the Dominions of Emperor of China, or being within any Ship or Vessel at a distance of not more than a Hundred Miles from the coast of China,” bearing date the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, Her Majesty was pleased, amongst other things, to order, that if any party charged with an offence committed against the treaties, or rules and regulations therein referred to, should escape remove from the consular district within which such offence was committed, and should be found within another consular district, it should be lawful for the Consul within whose district the party should be found to proceed against him in the same manner as if the e had been committed within such district: And whereas, in and by the said Order in Council, provision was made for the manner which British subjects, convicted of crimes and offences committed within the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or being required and being unable, or wilfully omitting, to give sufficient security to keep the peace, or to find security for their good behaviour, might be ent out of the Dominions of the Emperor of China to the colony of Hongkong, and also for the manner in which the expenses of so sending such persons to the said colony of Hongkong should be defrayed: And whereas, it is expedient to make further provision in respect of the matters aforesaid : - 1. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the several Acts of Parliament in the said Order in Council of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, recited and referred to, and in execution of the powers thereby in Her Majesty in Council vested, Her Majesty is pleased, with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and doth hereby order, that the Chief Superintendent or Consul within whose jurisdiction any party charged with having committed any offence against such treaties, or such rules or regulations as aloresaid, and who shall have escaped or removed from the consular district within which such offence was committed, shall be found, may lawfully, if such Chief Superintendent or Consul shall think fit, cause such party to be taken into custody, and sent back to the cular district from which be shall so have escaped or removed, to be there dealt with according to the provisions of the said Order in Council of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. II. And it is further ordered, that all removals whatsoever of prisoners or other parties from or to the said colony of Hongkong, or from or to any port or place in China, under the authority of the said Order in Council of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight Lundred and fifty-three, shall be effected, and the expenses of all such removals shall be defrayed in like manner as by Articles 20, 21, 22, and 23, of the said Order in Council of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, is provided with respect to the embarking, conveying, delivering, commitment, and expenses of persons deported under the authority of the said Articles respectively, so far as the provisions thereof respectively shall be applicable to the circumstances of each particular case. III. And it is further ordered, that this Order shall be read and construed with and as being a part of the said Order in Council of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. IV. And it is further ordered that this Order shall take effect from and after the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. And the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, and the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, two of Her Majesty's Principal aries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as tơ thêm may respec- appertain True Copy, W. WOODGATE. 2 No. 51. The Hongkong Government Gazettę. [APRIL 4, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Notices, descriptive of the Light-house at Cape Moreton, New South Wales, are published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th March, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The following Notices are published for general information :- THE TREASURY, New South Wales, 27th January, 1857. STUART A. DONALDSON. description of the light house at cape moreton. The Light-house at Cape Moreton is situated in— Latitude, Longitude, 27° 0' 3" 153° 26′ 30′′. By Flinder. And Latitude, Longitude, • 27° 2′ 54′′ 153° 28′ 46" By Yule. It is a white stone Tower, 67 feet in height, including the lantern, and shows a white revolving light of the first-class, on all points o the horizon seaward, baving intervals of 70 seconds between the brightest points. The light consists of 21 Catoptric lamps, on three faces of 7 lamps each, placed in three rows, middle 3, and the lower 2. the upper one containing 2 lamps, the The Light-house stands on the summit of the eastern projection of the north-east part of Moreton Island, and a little more than a mile distant from the north extreme of the Island, bearing N.W. by compass. The centre of the light is 391 feet above the sea at high-water, and its estimated range is 264 nautical miles. The following magnetic bearings are taken from the Light-house :— Flinder's Rock,—N. † E. 34 miles, Buoy A.-W. by N. Light Vessel,-W. N. Variation of compass,—94° E.. J. C. WICKHAM, Government Resident. Sailing directions for the North Channel into Moreton Bay. Cape Moreton is the north-eastern point of Moreton Island, and is visible from a ship's deck at the distance of eight leagues. When first seen from the southward, it appears to be detached, as the land which connects it with the higher parts of the island is very low. The Light-house is a conspicuous object on the summit of the Cape. With the exception of Flinder's Rock, which bears N. E. from the Light-house, and N.N.E. 3 miles distant from the north projec- tion of the Cape, there does not appear to be any ont-lying danger. Vessels entering Moreton Bay by the north channel should, in coming from the southward, pass about a mile from the north projec- tion of the Cape, and steer W. N. until the N. W. extreme of the bushes at point Camboyuro is on with “Ship Patch,” and bears S. by E. The Light Vessel will then bear a little to the southward of S.W, by W., and the Light-house E. by S. 3 S.; the depth will then, be 7 fathoms at low water, and the black buoy at A (vide chart) will bear about S. W. W. a mile and a third distant. The Glass House Hills will be seen (in clear weather) as on the sketch, with the highest (Burwa) bearing W. 4° S., but too far distant to be used as a leading mark. From this point, a course about a degree to the southward of W.S.W. will carry a ship about † of a mile to the northward of the Light Vessel; stand on this course until the Light Vessel is on with Mount Tempest, (the highest part of Moreton Island,) bearing S. 38° E., you will then be to the westward of the east banks, and may steer a course S. E. S. for Moreton Island, or with Mount Tempest The Light Vessel may be a quarter of a point open on the port bow, keeping a look-out for the effect of the tide on the ship's course. passed on either side; she is moored S. by W. 3 cables distant from the N.W. shoulder of the eastern banks. The breadth of the channel between the east and west banks is about of a mile, and the banks are plainly discernible from a slightly elevated position. There is good anchorage for nearly a mile from the Light Vessel, in a north-westerly direction, in from 4 to 5 fathoms, where an anchor may be safely dropped in the event of wind or tide failing, or in the event of a vessel reaching thus far before dark, as it would not be safe to proceed further in the absence of daylight. Camboyuro Point is bold of approach, and may be passed at a cable's-length distant; stand past ✯ until the extreme of the bushes bears north, and then steer south until the " Ship Patch," (sand slope) at Tangulooma Point bears E.N.E. a mile and 3 quarters distant, when a S.W. S. course may be steered to an anchorage off the Bar of the River Brisbane, in 4 and 41 fathoms, muddy bottom;—the highest trees on "Mud Island" bearing east. A direct course S.W. by S. to an anchorage off the Bar may be steered from Cowan Cowan, by passing to the westward of the Middle Bank off Tangalooma, but as the distance off shore can be more correctly estimated by passing to the eastward of it, the track shewn in. the plan had better be adopted until a Buoy is placed on the Middle Bank. The Middle Bank bears W. by S. ¦ S., and is two and a-half miles distant from “Ship Patch.” The shore between Cowan Cowan and Tangalooma is fronted by a narrow bank, upon parts of which there is not more than four or five feet water; the south part of this bank is about a mile off shore, inside which there is anchorage which may be gained by passing between it and the "Ship Patch.” There is good anchorage in Yule's Road, off the watering place, about a quarter of a mile from the shore, in 10 or 12 fathoms water, where wood and water can be easily obtained. Whalers would find this a most convenient place for taking on board either of these articles; the water is supplied by a never failing An anchorage may be taken in 5 and 6 fathoms water stream into the bay, and wood can be cut within fifty yards of high-water mark. on the bank, opposite the Pilots' Station, and more out of the strength of the tide; but the distance from the watering place would be considerably increased. The soundings on the chart are reduced to the lowest water at spring tides; the rise is from three to seven feet; strong south-easterly winds cause the greatest rise, and during the prevalence of strong westerly winds in the winter; the range of tide is at times scarcely perceptible. The general set of the tide is the flood to the south, and the ebb to the north, but in some places the direction of the stream is varied by the shoals. 1 In the channel, between the east and west banks, the first of the ebb sets strong to the N.E. over the banks, after half-tide it takes a northerly direction, and latterly about N.N.W. It runs E.N.E. through Freeman's Channel. Coasters and steamers drawing twelve feet water may use Freeman's Channel with safety, by keeping about a quarter of a mile off the sandy beach on the north shore of the Islaud; they should not stand to the southward until Cowan Cowan is well open of the extreme of the sandy point at Camboyuro. In going out by Freeman's Channel a course should be kept to the northward past Camboyuro, until the north extreme of Cape Moreton is open to the northward of the sandy beaches, but the eye is the best guide for this channel. As Moreton Island is entirely of sandy formation, the banks nearest to the shore are constantly undergoing changes in size and position, therefore it would not be prudent for a stranger to attempt this channel without having a pilot on board, APRIL 4, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3 The ship channel should on all occasions be used by large ships; there is a safe channel through the eastern banks, with seldom less four fathoms water, which is generally used by steamers and other coasters, but should not be taken by a stranger.. As the eastern t of the north bank has not been ascertained, it will be advisable for vessels coming from the northward, that Mount Tempest should t be brought to bear to the eastward of S. by E, until the Lighthouse bears E.S.E., a ship will then be ou the channel course, and may steer W. 4 N. and follow the foregoing directions. The soundings in the channel between the east and north banks, will decrease gradually from 7 to 5 fathoms, and after rounding the Light Vessel will increase to 10 and 12 fathoms, and there will not be less water until abreast of Tangalooma Point. From the Pilot Station to some distance beyond Cowan Cowan, the water is much deeper, and varies from 15 to 20 fathoms. Ships making Cape Moreton late in the evening will find safe anchorage from 2 to 3 miles inside the north extreme of Cape Moreton, and about a mile and a half off shore, in 6 fathoms water. The bearings are magnetic. The Light Vessel has done away with the necessity for the chequered buoy at B, but in the event of her being temporarily removed, that buoy will supply her place. The Light Vessel will show a double light at night, namely, two vertical ights, with an intervening space of about 5 feet. NOTICE TO MARINERS. .. J. C. WICKHAM, CAPTAIN R.N., Government Resident. The Light will be exhibited at the Light-house on Cape Moreton, for the first time, on Saturday Evening, the 14th February, of which all persons interested are requested to take notice. STUART A. DONALDSON. No. 52. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Under instructions from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize HENRY HYNDMAN, Esquire, as Vice-Consul at Hongkong for Sweden and Norway. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. No. 33. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The subjoined Five Returns, compiled from the Records in this Office, are published for general information; and Owners of Vessels and their Sureties are hereby reminded of their Obligations and Liabilities under Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, and the Bonds given previous to the granting of Registers in Return No. 1. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. Sa. 1.-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, and LORCHAS OWNED BY CHinese resiDENTS, Holders of Land in the Colony, to which, upon additional Security than that required by the Imperial Acts, CERTIFICATES OF BRITISH REGISTRY were granted ex-favore, previous to the enactment of the Colonial Registry Ordinance No. 4 of 1855. DATE OF Registry. NAME OF VESSEL. RIG. TONNAGE, · NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. 1854 · NAMES OF SURETIES. 1654 14 September 29 | Chaong Loong Lorcha 13 October 19 Good Chance 16 November 3 18 13 23 December 15 20 Tylee Hamilton Cum-yeun-tye Cheun-sun 28❘ Chun-bing 39 | Quong-sin-on 19 Ship Lorcha 99 67130 149136 781 438730 65 51,52 69 130 8138 Achut-kinsoon Lam-yow Ah-hing Tam-achoey Cheong-ahoy Ah-achuen Phang-achin Yeong-war 119 Achat-kin-shing 27 3il 123 1855 January 2 Tyloong Lorcha 4 Cum-hap-lee 99 12 Yow-lee 99 11 February 16 Quoke-tsop 2❘ Eagle " 541 139.78 " 138 78730 4513 Ching-chee-fan Kwoke-sheay Tong-chun-kong Mung Tong Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. Kuok-akwan Lam-yeun Ah-hing James Farr Le-chung-sun John Saum Ha-ghang Yeong-war Ah-kwong A 8800 Achun Kok-po-hung Akum, Aquong, and Afoon. Amoon, and Ty-sing. Yunlee, Tong-chew, and Song-bing. Loo-akwei, and Chun-assing. Wing-hang, On-foong, and Kim-tyo. Amoon, and Teen-kee. Chan-kan, Tam-achoy, and Achat-kin-shing, Hee-choug, Liwar, and Yik-foong Tam-achoy, and Phang-achin. Tam-achoy, and Abyce. Cheang-hoong, and Ong-sow. Sam-hung, Kwon-sung, and Teen-po. Jose Simao Vieira | Hoon-aching, and Low-ashew. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Ja, 2-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, STEAMERS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, wder Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels,—the Certificates of which vessels have been Renewed in the terms of Section X of the said Ordinance. DATE OF REGISTRY. NAME OF VESSEL. RIG. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER, NAMES OF SURETIES. PERIOD TO WHICH CERTI, FICATES Of ReoʻstrY HAVE BAKM RENEWED, 1835 714 43 Y. J. Murrow Tam-achoey Angier & Allanson W. V. Sage Lo-assam 23 Rapid Centaur |{See tow.po (now May 7 Madge Wildfire Hop-lee) 14 » 22 London 16 23 Mermaid Lorcha 661 104 Cheang-hoong " " 63 Tung-sing-chew 78 99 99 108 99 19 June 22 Shun-loi 77 19 Aug. 1 Rose 21 117 | Cum-hing Steamer Lorcha 74 6310 18 Ke-lung-poo-oan 99 24 " 24 Kum-foong-lee 168 24 Sept. 10 Queen of the West 96 Dec. 22 Palermo 61 Sung-ngwoon Thomas Roberts John Richi Y. J. Murrow Quoke-yow 118}}} | D. R. Caldwell Quok-chun Leonard Cory Chun-akain and Kwok-atcheong L. E. Murrow and F. B. Blackhead | 24th J. A. do Rozario | Loo-aking and Fong-yuen-wy. John Hartson John Smith John Smith Henry Brown Henry Flebbe Fred. Peterson Wm. Bancroft Peter Johnson John Ward Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857, Aking and Ow-yung-sing H. Schaeffer and W. Tarrant R. Rienaerker and A. Bercnhart Lo-sam-ming and Lo-leng-kee C. R. Taylor and Chun-ahoy Quoke-hung-yin and Quoke-chong. R. Rienaccker and L. Wiese F. H. Block and D. Lapraik W. Tarrant and Wong-ping Joseph Hendrick| W. Tarrant and Sheik Moosdeen 23d March, 1857, 13th April, 7th May, 22d 23d 22d June, 1st August, 17th. 18th 24th 99 19 10th September, 1857 228 Decembe". W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretáry, APRIL 4, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3 The ship channel should on all occasions be used by large ships; there is a safe channel through the eastern banks, with seldom less four fathoms water, which is generally used by steamers and other coasters, but should not be taken by a stranger.. As the eastern t of the north bank has not been ascertained, it will be advisable for vessels coming from the northward, that Mount Tempest should t be brought to bear to the eastward of S. by E, until the Lighthouse bears E.S.E., a ship will then be ou the channel course, and may steer W. 4 N. and follow the foregoing directions. The soundings in the channel between the east and north banks, will decrease gradually from 7 to 5 fathoms, and after rounding the Light Vessel will increase to 10 and 12 fathoms, and there will not be less water until abreast of Tangalooma Point. From the Pilot Station to some distance beyond Cowan Cowan, the water is much deeper, and varies from 15 to 20 fathoms. Ships making Cape Moreton late in the evening will find safe anchorage from 2 to 3 miles inside the north extreme of Cape Moreton, and about a mile and a half off shore, in 6 fathoms water. The bearings are magnetic. The Light Vessel has done away with the necessity for the chequered buoy at B, but in the event of her being temporarily removed, that buoy will supply her place. The Light Vessel will show a double light at night, namely, two vertical ights, with an intervening space of about 5 feet. NOTICE TO MARINERS. .. J. C. WICKHAM, CAPTAIN R.N., Government Resident. The Light will be exhibited at the Light-house on Cape Moreton, for the first time, on Saturday Evening, the 14th February, of which all persons interested are requested to take notice. STUART A. DONALDSON. No. 52. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Under instructions from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize HENRY HYNDMAN, Esquire, as Vice-Consul at Hongkong for Sweden and Norway. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. No. 33. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The subjoined Five Returns, compiled from the Records in this Office, are published for general information; and Owners of Vessels and their Sureties are hereby reminded of their Obligations and Liabilities under Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, and the Bonds given previous to the granting of Registers in Return No. 1. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. Sa. 1.-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, and LORCHAS OWNED BY CHinese resiDENTS, Holders of Land in the Colony, to which, upon additional Security than that required by the Imperial Acts, CERTIFICATES OF BRITISH REGISTRY were granted ex-favore, previous to the enactment of the Colonial Registry Ordinance No. 4 of 1855. DATE OF Registry. NAME OF VESSEL. RIG. TONNAGE, · NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. 1854 · NAMES OF SURETIES. 1654 14 September 29 | Chaong Loong Lorcha 13 October 19 Good Chance 16 November 3 18 13 23 December 15 20 Tylee Hamilton Cum-yeun-tye Cheun-sun 28❘ Chun-bing 39 | Quong-sin-on 19 Ship Lorcha 99 67130 149136 781 438730 65 51,52 69 130 8138 Achut-kinsoon Lam-yow Ah-hing Tam-achoey Cheong-ahoy Ah-achuen Phang-achin Yeong-war 119 Achat-kin-shing 27 3il 123 1855 January 2 Tyloong Lorcha 4 Cum-hap-lee 99 12 Yow-lee 99 11 February 16 Quoke-tsop 2❘ Eagle " 541 139.78 " 138 78730 4513 Ching-chee-fan Kwoke-sheay Tong-chun-kong Mung Tong Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. Kuok-akwan Lam-yeun Ah-hing James Farr Le-chung-sun John Saum Ha-ghang Yeong-war Ah-kwong A 8800 Achun Kok-po-hung Akum, Aquong, and Afoon. Amoon, and Ty-sing. Yunlee, Tong-chew, and Song-bing. Loo-akwei, and Chun-assing. Wing-hang, On-foong, and Kim-tyo. Amoon, and Teen-kee. Chan-kan, Tam-achoy, and Achat-kin-shing, Hee-choug, Liwar, and Yik-foong Tam-achoy, and Phang-achin. Tam-achoy, and Abyce. Cheang-hoong, and Ong-sow. Sam-hung, Kwon-sung, and Teen-po. Jose Simao Vieira | Hoon-aching, and Low-ashew. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Ja, 2-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, STEAMERS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, wder Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels,—the Certificates of which vessels have been Renewed in the terms of Section X of the said Ordinance. DATE OF REGISTRY. NAME OF VESSEL. RIG. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER, NAMES OF SURETIES. PERIOD TO WHICH CERTI, FICATES Of ReoʻstrY HAVE BAKM RENEWED, 1835 714 43 Y. J. Murrow Tam-achoey Angier & Allanson W. V. Sage Lo-assam 23 Rapid Centaur |{See tow.po (now May 7 Madge Wildfire Hop-lee) 14 » 22 London 16 23 Mermaid Lorcha 661 104 Cheang-hoong " " 63 Tung-sing-chew 78 99 99 108 99 19 June 22 Shun-loi 77 19 Aug. 1 Rose 21 117 | Cum-hing Steamer Lorcha 74 6310 18 Ke-lung-poo-oan 99 24 " 24 Kum-foong-lee 168 24 Sept. 10 Queen of the West 96 Dec. 22 Palermo 61 Sung-ngwoon Thomas Roberts John Richi Y. J. Murrow Quoke-yow 118}}} | D. R. Caldwell Quok-chun Leonard Cory Chun-akain and Kwok-atcheong L. E. Murrow and F. B. Blackhead | 24th J. A. do Rozario | Loo-aking and Fong-yuen-wy. John Hartson John Smith John Smith Henry Brown Henry Flebbe Fred. Peterson Wm. Bancroft Peter Johnson John Ward Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857, Aking and Ow-yung-sing H. Schaeffer and W. Tarrant R. Rienaerker and A. Bercnhart Lo-sam-ming and Lo-leng-kee C. R. Taylor and Chun-ahoy Quoke-hung-yin and Quoke-chong. R. Rienaccker and L. Wiese F. H. Block and D. Lapraik W. Tarrant and Wong-ping Joseph Hendrick| W. Tarrant and Sheik Moosdeen 23d March, 1857, 13th April, 7th May, 22d 23d 22d June, 1st August, 17th. 18th 24th 99 19 10th September, 1857 228 Decembe". W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretáry, APRIL 4, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. 3 The ship channel should on all occasions be used by large ships; there is a safe channel through the eastern banks, with seldom less four fathoms water, which is generally used by steamers and other coasters, but should not be taken by a stranger.. As the eastern t of the north bank has not been ascertained, it will be advisable for vessels coming from the northward, that Mount Tempest should t be brought to bear to the eastward of S. by E, until the Lighthouse bears E.S.E., a ship will then be ou the channel course, and may steer W. 4 N. and follow the foregoing directions. The soundings in the channel between the east and north banks, will decrease gradually from 7 to 5 fathoms, and after rounding the Light Vessel will increase to 10 and 12 fathoms, and there will not be less water until abreast of Tangalooma Point. From the Pilot Station to some distance beyond Cowan Cowan, the water is much deeper, and varies from 15 to 20 fathoms. Ships making Cape Moreton late in the evening will find safe anchorage from 2 to 3 miles inside the north extreme of Cape Moreton, and about a mile and a half off shore, in 6 fathoms water. The bearings are magnetic. The Light Vessel has done away with the necessity for the chequered buoy at B, but in the event of her being temporarily removed, that buoy will supply her place. The Light Vessel will show a double light at night, namely, two vertical ights, with an intervening space of about 5 feet. NOTICE TO MARINERS. .. J. C. WICKHAM, CAPTAIN R.N., Government Resident. The Light will be exhibited at the Light-house on Cape Moreton, for the first time, on Saturday Evening, the 14th February, of which all persons interested are requested to take notice. STUART A. DONALDSON. No. 52. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Under instructions from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize HENRY HYNDMAN, Esquire, as Vice-Consul at Hongkong for Sweden and Norway. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. No. 33. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The subjoined Five Returns, compiled from the Records in this Office, are published for general information; and Owners of Vessels and their Sureties are hereby reminded of their Obligations and Liabilities under Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, and the Bonds given previous to the granting of Registers in Return No. 1. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. Sa. 1.-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, and LORCHAS OWNED BY CHinese resiDENTS, Holders of Land in the Colony, to which, upon additional Security than that required by the Imperial Acts, CERTIFICATES OF BRITISH REGISTRY were granted ex-favore, previous to the enactment of the Colonial Registry Ordinance No. 4 of 1855. DATE OF Registry. NAME OF VESSEL. RIG. TONNAGE, · NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. 1854 · NAMES OF SURETIES. 1654 14 September 29 | Chaong Loong Lorcha 13 October 19 Good Chance 16 November 3 18 13 23 December 15 20 Tylee Hamilton Cum-yeun-tye Cheun-sun 28❘ Chun-bing 39 | Quong-sin-on 19 Ship Lorcha 99 67130 149136 781 438730 65 51,52 69 130 8138 Achut-kinsoon Lam-yow Ah-hing Tam-achoey Cheong-ahoy Ah-achuen Phang-achin Yeong-war 119 Achat-kin-shing 27 3il 123 1855 January 2 Tyloong Lorcha 4 Cum-hap-lee 99 12 Yow-lee 99 11 February 16 Quoke-tsop 2❘ Eagle " 541 139.78 " 138 78730 4513 Ching-chee-fan Kwoke-sheay Tong-chun-kong Mung Tong Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. Kuok-akwan Lam-yeun Ah-hing James Farr Le-chung-sun John Saum Ha-ghang Yeong-war Ah-kwong A 8800 Achun Kok-po-hung Akum, Aquong, and Afoon. Amoon, and Ty-sing. Yunlee, Tong-chew, and Song-bing. Loo-akwei, and Chun-assing. Wing-hang, On-foong, and Kim-tyo. Amoon, and Teen-kee. Chan-kan, Tam-achoy, and Achat-kin-shing, Hee-choug, Liwar, and Yik-foong Tam-achoy, and Phang-achin. Tam-achoy, and Abyce. Cheang-hoong, and Ong-sow. Sam-hung, Kwon-sung, and Teen-po. Jose Simao Vieira | Hoon-aching, and Low-ashew. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Ja, 2-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, STEAMERS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, wder Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels,—the Certificates of which vessels have been Renewed in the terms of Section X of the said Ordinance. DATE OF REGISTRY. NAME OF VESSEL. RIG. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER, NAMES OF SURETIES. PERIOD TO WHICH CERTI, FICATES Of ReoʻstrY HAVE BAKM RENEWED, 1835 714 43 Y. J. Murrow Tam-achoey Angier & Allanson W. V. Sage Lo-assam 23 Rapid Centaur |{See tow.po (now May 7 Madge Wildfire Hop-lee) 14 » 22 London 16 23 Mermaid Lorcha 661 104 Cheang-hoong " " 63 Tung-sing-chew 78 99 99 108 99 19 June 22 Shun-loi 77 19 Aug. 1 Rose 21 117 | Cum-hing Steamer Lorcha 74 6310 18 Ke-lung-poo-oan 99 24 " 24 Kum-foong-lee 168 24 Sept. 10 Queen of the West 96 Dec. 22 Palermo 61 Sung-ngwoon Thomas Roberts John Richi Y. J. Murrow Quoke-yow 118}}} | D. R. Caldwell Quok-chun Leonard Cory Chun-akain and Kwok-atcheong L. E. Murrow and F. B. Blackhead | 24th J. A. do Rozario | Loo-aking and Fong-yuen-wy. John Hartson John Smith John Smith Henry Brown Henry Flebbe Fred. Peterson Wm. Bancroft Peter Johnson John Ward Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857, Aking and Ow-yung-sing H. Schaeffer and W. Tarrant R. Rienaerker and A. Bercnhart Lo-sam-ming and Lo-leng-kee C. R. Taylor and Chun-ahoy Quoke-hung-yin and Quoke-chong. R. Rienaccker and L. Wiese F. H. Block and D. Lapraik W. Tarrant and Wong-ping Joseph Hendrick| W. Tarrant and Sheik Moosdeen 23d March, 1857, 13th April, 7th May, 22d 23d 22d June, 1st August, 17th. 18th 24th 99 19 10th September, 1857 228 Decembe". W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretáry, 4 11 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [APRIL 4, 1857. No. 3.-Return of Square-rigged Vessels, SteAMERS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under ORDINANCE No. 4 or 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels, the Certificates of which vessels have already EXPIKED, and have not been presented for Renewal. 1 No. of REGISTER. DATROF REGISTRY. NAME OF VESSEL. R10. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. NAME OF SU TIES. DATE AT WHICH CERTI FICATES OF REGISTRY HAVE Expired. 3472 130 55 69 Y. J. Murrow F. J. Angier Y. J. Murrow Y. J. Murrow Wong-aping Antonio Xavier Wm. Furgusson A. Gonzalvez Henry Brown Thos. Redmont Thomas Smith Wm. Smith 1835 1855 3 Mar. 24 | Anonyma Lorcha 6 April 2 Heongshan " 70.58 THO 58.67 THO 13 Fdeavour ** " 11 May 1 Fy-tee 15 " 22 Tong-hang 99 17 31 Little Britain Steamer "" 18 June 21 Magnolia Lorcha 6914 4253 2235 2919 19 26 Sept. 20 Lintin Ship 311 27 27 Arrow Lorcha 127 31 Dec. 22 Alma & Inkerman 129 W. A. Bowra Geo. Cameron Ahsue Fong Aming Cheong-aloy Jas. P. Barry Thos. Kennedy John Phillips Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March 1857. L. F. Murrow, and F. B. Blackhead | 23d March, Julius Meyer, and Herman Schaeffer 1st April, L. E. Murrow, and F. B. Blackhead 12th 30th W. Tarrant, and F. B. Blackhead Thomas Roberts, and Assoo D. Lapraik, and T. A. Lane Herman Schaeffer, and Jas. Brimelow G. Nye, Jr., and Williams, Anthon & Co. F. H. Block, and D. Lapraik A. Berenhart, and Ong-ayun. 1856. 99 49 34 21st May, 30th "9 " 20th June, 19th September, " " 26th 21st December " " " W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 4.-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under ORDINANCE NO. 4 or 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels,—the Certificates of which vessels have been Cancelled. No. OF REGISTER.Į DATE OF Registry. NAME OF VESSEL. Rio. - TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. DATE AT WHICH CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY HAVE BEEN Cancelled, 25th April, 3d 1856. • 1855 1855 · 7 March April 26 Dart Lorcha 62% 2 Futshan " 2 Arrow 99 95736 34.8 James Stephenson F. J. Angier 99 10 13 Cum-sun-lee 49 6 "9 Long-kee W. Knight and Charles A. Archbold 23d January, +9 99 13 May 19 Cum-tong-fat 90 92 " Tong-shing 23 August 24 New Packet 98 Cheang-alye 99 28 October Paddy Bird 90 James Stephenson "9 29 Thai-shun 165 " Oow-yun-moon 32 December 27 Attempt 99 608 William Harding 99 19 12th February, 1837. 25th April, 1856. " 99 1857. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. 49 22d December, 9th January, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 5.—Return of Lonchas registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels, during the Year 1856. No. of REGISTER DATE NAMK OF VESSEL Rio. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. NAMES OF SCRETIES, OF REGISTAT. DATE AT WHICH CERTIFICATES OF RE- GISTRY WILL EXPISL 1856 1 1856 April 15 Leong-chee, (late Lorcha |RebeccaCuthbert){ 2 23 Dart " 99 1201 Leong-che 91 Wongshun Chas. McAndrew Wong-ping, and Teeng-Alok John Leach Chun-chee-fon, and Loo-tong-kee | 22 W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 14 April, 1857 " Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. No. 54. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that a Reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid on the conviction of the murderer or murderers of CHARLES MARKWICK, deceased, to such person or persons, not being in the employ of the Government, as shall apprehend or cause to be apprehended such criminal or criminals. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. TEN Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d April, 1857. ADVERTISEMENT. POLICE Department, HonGKONG, 30th March, 1837. TENDERS will be received by the undersigned, on or before Noon of Tuesday, the 7th day of April, for MAKING and SUPPLYING the under- mentioned CLOTHING for the HONGKONG POLICE, the Materials, excepting as specified, to be furnished by the Contractor: 1.-240 BLUE CAMLET FROCKS, for European and Indian Police. 2.-240 Pairs BLUE CAMLET TROUSERS, for European and Indian Police. | NOTICE. Police Department, HongkONG, 31st March, 1857. TN reference to the Notification relative to the prohibition of the Exercise of Horses on Public Rods, excepting on certain Roads indicated by the said Notification, it is hereby made known, that No. 3—the Road passing in rear of Head Quarters House and the Ordnance Stores-is withdrawn from the List of Roads on which Horses may be exercised. C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. 3.-368 Pairs Chinese-manufactured SHOES. -Making, from materials supplied from the IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Police Store, 20 pairs of BOOTS and 20 pairs of SHOES. 5.- 50 PITH HATS. 6.- 79 BLUE CAMLET FROCKS, for Chinese Police. 7. 79 Pairs NANKIN TROUSERS, for Chinese Police. 8.- 79 pairs SHOES, for Chinese Police. 9.- 79 BAMBOO CAPS, for Chinese Police. LANING for Frocks,' Police Buttons, and NUM- axes, to be supplied from Police Store, Further particulars to be obtained upon applica- tion at the Central Police Station. C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. ECCLESIASTICAL Jurisdiction, In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. "OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- No FOR SALE, By Private Contract. THE GOOD-WILL of the BUSINESs of N. TCROSBY, JR., late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong, Storekeeper and Ship Chandler, and all the STOCK-IN-TRADE, FURNITURE, and EFFECTS, being on the premises so occupied by the said N. CROSBY, deceased. A LEASE of the Premises can be given to the end of December, 1858 –RENT $200 per month, payable în advance. TENDERS in writing are invited for the Purchase of the above; and no Tender will be received after the Thirteenth day of April, instant. INVENTORY of the Stock, &c., and all particular, can be obtained at the Office of the undersigned. D. LAPRAIK, Administrator to the Estale. Dated Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. IS NOTICE. nistration of the Estate and Effects of the His Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIART above named have been granted to DOUGLAS FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate,jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and | D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amov. pay the same to the said Douglas Lapraik, • (1. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. By Order, KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1857. 4 11 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [APRIL 4, 1857. No. 3.-Return of Square-rigged Vessels, SteAMERS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under ORDINANCE No. 4 or 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels, the Certificates of which vessels have already EXPIKED, and have not been presented for Renewal. 1 No. of REGISTER. DATROF REGISTRY. NAME OF VESSEL. R10. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. NAME OF SU TIES. DATE AT WHICH CERTI FICATES OF REGISTRY HAVE Expired. 3472 130 55 69 Y. J. Murrow F. J. Angier Y. J. Murrow Y. J. Murrow Wong-aping Antonio Xavier Wm. Furgusson A. Gonzalvez Henry Brown Thos. Redmont Thomas Smith Wm. Smith 1835 1855 3 Mar. 24 | Anonyma Lorcha 6 April 2 Heongshan " 70.58 THO 58.67 THO 13 Fdeavour ** " 11 May 1 Fy-tee 15 " 22 Tong-hang 99 17 31 Little Britain Steamer "" 18 June 21 Magnolia Lorcha 6914 4253 2235 2919 19 26 Sept. 20 Lintin Ship 311 27 27 Arrow Lorcha 127 31 Dec. 22 Alma & Inkerman 129 W. A. Bowra Geo. Cameron Ahsue Fong Aming Cheong-aloy Jas. P. Barry Thos. Kennedy John Phillips Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March 1857. L. F. Murrow, and F. B. Blackhead | 23d March, Julius Meyer, and Herman Schaeffer 1st April, L. E. Murrow, and F. B. Blackhead 12th 30th W. Tarrant, and F. B. Blackhead Thomas Roberts, and Assoo D. Lapraik, and T. A. Lane Herman Schaeffer, and Jas. Brimelow G. Nye, Jr., and Williams, Anthon & Co. F. H. Block, and D. Lapraik A. Berenhart, and Ong-ayun. 1856. 99 49 34 21st May, 30th "9 " 20th June, 19th September, " " 26th 21st December " " " W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 4.-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under ORDINANCE NO. 4 or 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels,—the Certificates of which vessels have been Cancelled. No. OF REGISTER.Į DATE OF Registry. NAME OF VESSEL. Rio. - TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. DATE AT WHICH CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY HAVE BEEN Cancelled, 25th April, 3d 1856. • 1855 1855 · 7 March April 26 Dart Lorcha 62% 2 Futshan " 2 Arrow 99 95736 34.8 James Stephenson F. J. Angier 99 10 13 Cum-sun-lee 49 6 "9 Long-kee W. Knight and Charles A. Archbold 23d January, +9 99 13 May 19 Cum-tong-fat 90 92 " Tong-shing 23 August 24 New Packet 98 Cheang-alye 99 28 October Paddy Bird 90 James Stephenson "9 29 Thai-shun 165 " Oow-yun-moon 32 December 27 Attempt 99 608 William Harding 99 19 12th February, 1837. 25th April, 1856. " 99 1857. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. 49 22d December, 9th January, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 5.—Return of Lonchas registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels, during the Year 1856. No. of REGISTER DATE NAMK OF VESSEL Rio. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. NAMES OF SCRETIES, OF REGISTAT. DATE AT WHICH CERTIFICATES OF RE- GISTRY WILL EXPISL 1856 1 1856 April 15 Leong-chee, (late Lorcha |RebeccaCuthbert){ 2 23 Dart " 99 1201 Leong-che 91 Wongshun Chas. McAndrew Wong-ping, and Teeng-Alok John Leach Chun-chee-fon, and Loo-tong-kee | 22 W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 14 April, 1857 " Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. No. 54. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that a Reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid on the conviction of the murderer or murderers of CHARLES MARKWICK, deceased, to such person or persons, not being in the employ of the Government, as shall apprehend or cause to be apprehended such criminal or criminals. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. TEN Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d April, 1857. ADVERTISEMENT. POLICE Department, HonGKONG, 30th March, 1837. TENDERS will be received by the undersigned, on or before Noon of Tuesday, the 7th day of April, for MAKING and SUPPLYING the under- mentioned CLOTHING for the HONGKONG POLICE, the Materials, excepting as specified, to be furnished by the Contractor: 1.-240 BLUE CAMLET FROCKS, for European and Indian Police. 2.-240 Pairs BLUE CAMLET TROUSERS, for European and Indian Police. | NOTICE. Police Department, HongkONG, 31st March, 1857. TN reference to the Notification relative to the prohibition of the Exercise of Horses on Public Rods, excepting on certain Roads indicated by the said Notification, it is hereby made known, that No. 3—the Road passing in rear of Head Quarters House and the Ordnance Stores-is withdrawn from the List of Roads on which Horses may be exercised. C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. 3.-368 Pairs Chinese-manufactured SHOES. -Making, from materials supplied from the IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Police Store, 20 pairs of BOOTS and 20 pairs of SHOES. 5.- 50 PITH HATS. 6.- 79 BLUE CAMLET FROCKS, for Chinese Police. 7. 79 Pairs NANKIN TROUSERS, for Chinese Police. 8.- 79 pairs SHOES, for Chinese Police. 9.- 79 BAMBOO CAPS, for Chinese Police. LANING for Frocks,' Police Buttons, and NUM- axes, to be supplied from Police Store, Further particulars to be obtained upon applica- tion at the Central Police Station. C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. ECCLESIASTICAL Jurisdiction, In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. "OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- No FOR SALE, By Private Contract. THE GOOD-WILL of the BUSINESs of N. TCROSBY, JR., late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong, Storekeeper and Ship Chandler, and all the STOCK-IN-TRADE, FURNITURE, and EFFECTS, being on the premises so occupied by the said N. CROSBY, deceased. A LEASE of the Premises can be given to the end of December, 1858 –RENT $200 per month, payable în advance. TENDERS in writing are invited for the Purchase of the above; and no Tender will be received after the Thirteenth day of April, instant. INVENTORY of the Stock, &c., and all particular, can be obtained at the Office of the undersigned. D. LAPRAIK, Administrator to the Estale. Dated Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. IS NOTICE. nistration of the Estate and Effects of the His Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIART above named have been granted to DOUGLAS FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate,jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and | D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amov. pay the same to the said Douglas Lapraik, • (1. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. By Order, KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1857. 4 11 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [APRIL 4, 1857. No. 3.-Return of Square-rigged Vessels, SteAMERS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under ORDINANCE No. 4 or 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels, the Certificates of which vessels have already EXPIKED, and have not been presented for Renewal. 1 No. of REGISTER. DATROF REGISTRY. NAME OF VESSEL. R10. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. NAME OF SU TIES. DATE AT WHICH CERTI FICATES OF REGISTRY HAVE Expired. 3472 130 55 69 Y. J. Murrow F. J. Angier Y. J. Murrow Y. J. Murrow Wong-aping Antonio Xavier Wm. Furgusson A. Gonzalvez Henry Brown Thos. Redmont Thomas Smith Wm. Smith 1835 1855 3 Mar. 24 | Anonyma Lorcha 6 April 2 Heongshan " 70.58 THO 58.67 THO 13 Fdeavour ** " 11 May 1 Fy-tee 15 " 22 Tong-hang 99 17 31 Little Britain Steamer "" 18 June 21 Magnolia Lorcha 6914 4253 2235 2919 19 26 Sept. 20 Lintin Ship 311 27 27 Arrow Lorcha 127 31 Dec. 22 Alma & Inkerman 129 W. A. Bowra Geo. Cameron Ahsue Fong Aming Cheong-aloy Jas. P. Barry Thos. Kennedy John Phillips Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March 1857. L. F. Murrow, and F. B. Blackhead | 23d March, Julius Meyer, and Herman Schaeffer 1st April, L. E. Murrow, and F. B. Blackhead 12th 30th W. Tarrant, and F. B. Blackhead Thomas Roberts, and Assoo D. Lapraik, and T. A. Lane Herman Schaeffer, and Jas. Brimelow G. Nye, Jr., and Williams, Anthon & Co. F. H. Block, and D. Lapraik A. Berenhart, and Ong-ayun. 1856. 99 49 34 21st May, 30th "9 " 20th June, 19th September, " " 26th 21st December " " " W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 4.-Return of SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS, and LORCHAS, registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under ORDINANCE NO. 4 or 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels,—the Certificates of which vessels have been Cancelled. No. OF REGISTER.Į DATE OF Registry. NAME OF VESSEL. Rio. - TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. DATE AT WHICH CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY HAVE BEEN Cancelled, 25th April, 3d 1856. • 1855 1855 · 7 March April 26 Dart Lorcha 62% 2 Futshan " 2 Arrow 99 95736 34.8 James Stephenson F. J. Angier 99 10 13 Cum-sun-lee 49 6 "9 Long-kee W. Knight and Charles A. Archbold 23d January, +9 99 13 May 19 Cum-tong-fat 90 92 " Tong-shing 23 August 24 New Packet 98 Cheang-alye 99 28 October Paddy Bird 90 James Stephenson "9 29 Thai-shun 165 " Oow-yun-moon 32 December 27 Attempt 99 608 William Harding 99 19 12th February, 1837. 25th April, 1856. " 99 1857. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. 49 22d December, 9th January, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 5.—Return of Lonchas registered at the PORT OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, under Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, for the Registration of Colonial Vessels, during the Year 1856. No. of REGISTER DATE NAMK OF VESSEL Rio. TONNAGE. NAME OF OWNER. NAME OF MASTER. NAMES OF SCRETIES, OF REGISTAT. DATE AT WHICH CERTIFICATES OF RE- GISTRY WILL EXPISL 1856 1 1856 April 15 Leong-chee, (late Lorcha |RebeccaCuthbert){ 2 23 Dart " 99 1201 Leong-che 91 Wongshun Chas. McAndrew Wong-ping, and Teeng-Alok John Leach Chun-chee-fon, and Loo-tong-kee | 22 W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 14 April, 1857 " Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th March, 1857. No. 54. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that a Reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid on the conviction of the murderer or murderers of CHARLES MARKWICK, deceased, to such person or persons, not being in the employ of the Government, as shall apprehend or cause to be apprehended such criminal or criminals. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. TEN Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d April, 1857. ADVERTISEMENT. POLICE Department, HonGKONG, 30th March, 1837. TENDERS will be received by the undersigned, on or before Noon of Tuesday, the 7th day of April, for MAKING and SUPPLYING the under- mentioned CLOTHING for the HONGKONG POLICE, the Materials, excepting as specified, to be furnished by the Contractor: 1.-240 BLUE CAMLET FROCKS, for European and Indian Police. 2.-240 Pairs BLUE CAMLET TROUSERS, for European and Indian Police. | NOTICE. Police Department, HongkONG, 31st March, 1857. TN reference to the Notification relative to the prohibition of the Exercise of Horses on Public Rods, excepting on certain Roads indicated by the said Notification, it is hereby made known, that No. 3—the Road passing in rear of Head Quarters House and the Ordnance Stores-is withdrawn from the List of Roads on which Horses may be exercised. C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. 3.-368 Pairs Chinese-manufactured SHOES. -Making, from materials supplied from the IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Police Store, 20 pairs of BOOTS and 20 pairs of SHOES. 5.- 50 PITH HATS. 6.- 79 BLUE CAMLET FROCKS, for Chinese Police. 7. 79 Pairs NANKIN TROUSERS, for Chinese Police. 8.- 79 pairs SHOES, for Chinese Police. 9.- 79 BAMBOO CAPS, for Chinese Police. LANING for Frocks,' Police Buttons, and NUM- axes, to be supplied from Police Store, Further particulars to be obtained upon applica- tion at the Central Police Station. C. MAY, Superintendent of Police. ECCLESIASTICAL Jurisdiction, In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. "OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- No FOR SALE, By Private Contract. THE GOOD-WILL of the BUSINESs of N. TCROSBY, JR., late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong, Storekeeper and Ship Chandler, and all the STOCK-IN-TRADE, FURNITURE, and EFFECTS, being on the premises so occupied by the said N. CROSBY, deceased. A LEASE of the Premises can be given to the end of December, 1858 –RENT $200 per month, payable în advance. TENDERS in writing are invited for the Purchase of the above; and no Tender will be received after the Thirteenth day of April, instant. INVENTORY of the Stock, &c., and all particular, can be obtained at the Office of the undersigned. D. LAPRAIK, Administrator to the Estale. Dated Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. IS NOTICE. nistration of the Estate and Effects of the His Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIART above named have been granted to DOUGLAS FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate,jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and | D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amov. pay the same to the said Douglas Lapraik, • (1. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. By Order, KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1857. APRIL 4, 1857.] Steam for The SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. Hongkong Government Gazettę. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, Between W and P. A. NELSON, Defendant. HEREAS an Action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- GATION COMPANY's Steam-ship “ MADRAS,”" | named P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- THE CALL GRAINGER, 245, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Paces, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th April, at 2 r.m. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M. on fe 13th; SPECIE until Noon on the 14th; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 14th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, rly at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT, S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. WILLIAM PUSTAU and CHARLES BRO- DERSEN, Plaintiffs, and Retireen Albert BerenHART, Defendant. THEREAS an action has been commenced in W this Court, at the suit of the above-named | | TH NOTICE. 5 THE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. Amoy, 6th March, 1857. NOTICE. TAIT & Co. HE undersigned requests that all PARCELS and LETTERS to his address, may be delivered to NORMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. H. ALEXANDER. Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. THE T sold and delivered, and for money advanced, at the' request of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being | alleged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside within this Island or its dependencies, a Writ of Foreign Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one AKICK, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELSON, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, "An Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process "in Actions at Law, ugainst Persons absent from the “Colony," the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. WM. GASKELL, Plaintiff's Attorney. IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN- SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA, NOT ་ In the matter of the ASIATIC MARINE INSURANCE OFFICE. OTICE is hereby given, that by an Order of this Court, bearing date the Seventh day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty- seven, the SHAREHOLDERS of the said "ASIA- TIC MARINE INSURANCE OFFICE” are WILLIAM PUSTAU and CHARLES BRO- PERSON, against the above-named ALBERT required to pay the further Sum of Company's Rupees TWO THOUSAND, assessed in respect of each Share BERENTIART, to recover the sum of £2407.19.2.held by them respectively, on or before the following the amount of 3 several Bills of Exchange drawn by dates, that is to say the Shareholders resident in the Defendant, and made payable to the Plaintiffs CALCUTTA, or the Suburbs thereof, on or before the with Exchange and re-exchange thereon, and it being Tenth day of March next; the Shareholders resident in alleged that the said ALBERT BerenHart does not HONGKONG and BOMBAY, on or before the Tenth day reside within this Island or its dependencies, Writs of Foreign Attachmeni have been issued, returnable May next; and the Shareholders resident in GREAT BRITAIN and all other PLACES not mentioned in respectively on the Thirteenth- and Twentieth days of the said Order, on or before the Tenth day of September of April, 1857, wherein THOMAS LARKIN WALKER, next; and that the OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE will be at the Acting Surveyor General of the Colony of Hong-liberty to apply that the Defaulting Shareholders be kong, R. B. SHERARD, WILLIAM PUSTAU, and CHARLES BRODERSEN, as the General Attorneys and adjudged to have committed an Act of Insolvency Agents of the said Defendant, and YORICK JONES according to the Provisions of Indian Insolvent Aci. MURROW, and JAMES STEPHENSON, and ROBERT H. DUNDEE, all respectively of Victoria, Hongkong, are Garnishees: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said ALBERT BERENHART, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordin- ance of this Island, intituled, “An Ordinance to pro- * vide for and regulate Process in Actions at Law, against Persons absent from the Colony," the said Attachments may be dissolved. Dated this Twenty-eighth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. AMBROSE PARSONS, Plaintiffs Attorney. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity. Chief Justice. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON deceased. Beliceen pu J ROBERT CALVERCRAWFORD, Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL, Defendant. URSUANT to a Decree or Order of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Equitable Jurisdic- tion, made in a cause wherein ROBERT CALVER CRAWFORD is now Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL is Defendunt, the Creditors of Robert Jackson, formerly of Amoy, in the Empire of China, and late of Foo-chow foo, in the Empire of China, deceased, who died on, in, or abont the month of July, 1854, are by themselves or their Solicitors, on or before the Twentieth day of June next ensuing, As far as those resident within this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, and on or before the Twenty- first day of September next ensuing, as far as those rident without this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims fre His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG- RONG, at his Chambers in the Court House. Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the Twentieth day of March, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk.. | NOT DENMAN, HATCH, & DAVIS, Attorneys for the Official Assignee. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION of THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRING PRAYA; in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c.,-may inspect the Drawings, SpecifICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Masler Mariner, deceased. A LL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. H. MAGNIAC, Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. M. A. MACLEOD,} Administrators. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, IT STEPHENSON v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,-that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy, he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. · Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN. Complainant's Solicitors. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the DAVIS. & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. 22d Instant. TH NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN, TURNER & Co. "Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. MR W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Administrator. Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. A LL Persons having claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. NOTICE. Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the LL Persons having Claims against, or being ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 裕昇 JE · 店 亞十 查 到目 到 年明 謹 釜 機 啟張月了便時單數 FOR SALE, હતું At the Office of the “ China Mail.” BLANK 張亞霖欠 LANK Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTER PARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK. BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING_DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.-. PRICE, $12 per Annum. Siugle Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 11TH APRIL, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 93. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROClamations, NotifICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. By Order, No. 11. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. copy His Excellency The Chief Superintendent of Trade is pleased to direct the publication of the annexed of a Letter from Commodore the Honourable Chas. G. J. B. Elliot, which has been communicated to him by His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, reporting the total destruction of a Fleet of War Junks which has been for some time interrupting communication with the Colony of Hongkong. By Order, Superintendency. of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th April, 1857. (Copy) W. D. JEANS, Secretary. W. WOODGATE. H. M. STEAM Tender Hongkong, Deep Bay, 7th April, 1857, SIR,I have the honor to inform you that, in pursuance of your orders of the 4th instant, having arrived with the Sampson, Hornet, and the two Steam Tenders at daylight yesterday off Deep Bay, I proceeded with the boats of the Sampson and Hornet, and five from the Sybille and Nankin, under Captain Hand and Commander Forsyth, up a River (or Creek) at the head of the Bay, and captured eleven War Junks, and two well armed Lorchas, which were observed there. The water was too shoal for the Steam Tenders to approach within 5 miles of where they were lying, On the approach of our Boats, the Junks and Lorchas opened fire, as did Troops on shore from gingalls, but the accurate fire which was immediately returned by the Boats as they pulled in, quickly silenced the Junks and Lorchas, and dispersed the Troops. The Boats afterwards pulled higher up the River to examine some Junks, which proved to be cargo vessels. The War Junks were burned, and I regret that after attempts to get the Lorchas across the shoals, it was found necessary to destroy them also. : I beg to report the good conduct of all engaged. The men had a heavy day's work, having been employed in their Boats from daylight till late at night. One marine belonging to the Sybille was severely wounded by an accident with his own musket, but I am happy to have no other To report. Lorchas proved to be two Portuguese vessels belonging to Macao, (Nos. 39 and 40,) which were stated to be captured by the Chinese some weeks ago. A Seaman of one of them effected his escape to our Boats, and goes to Hongkong in the Sampson.—I have, &c, CHARLES G. J. B. ELLIOT, Commodore. His Excellency Rear-Admiral SIR M. SEYMOUR, K.C.B., (Signed,) No. 55. Commander-in-Chief. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The amount to be collected for the Lighting Rate will not admit of the present use of more than 250 lamps, but as a far larger number of posts and lamps have been provided, His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to direct the Superintendent of Police to sanction the use, by private individuals at their own expense, of extra lamps, should their convenience demand it. The cost of keeping a lamp alight per month is 1.85, and any person desirous of baving additional lamps lighted near their premises, will be pleased to notify the same to the Superintendent of Police, who will see their wishes carried into effect on payment of the above mentioned sum per lamp. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. 2 Νο. 56. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [APRIL 11, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. In consequence of information received from the Emigration Officer, it is hereby notified, that the heads and staves of casks of Chinese manufacture, intended to convey Water in Emigrant Vessels, must be at least One and a-Half Inch thick, such casks not to hold more than 200 gallons, and in every instance be well charred-casks which have contained Provisions being inadmissable as Water Casks. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th April, 1857. Νο. 57. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. During the absence of ROBERT CRAWFURD ANTROBUS, Esquire, GEORGE ADAM WIENER, Esquire, is authorized to exercise the functions of Acting Belgian Consul in this Colony. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. THE Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS, per Steamer “Madrus," will close on TUESDAY, the 14th instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning. LET- TERS received from 8 to 10 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 10 o'clock A.M., to 12 o'clock (noon,) for a late fee of Is. Letters Posted between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock, must be prepaid. Hongkong, 9th April, 1857. WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, THE BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship “MADRAS,” Capt. GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th April, 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 r.a. on the 14th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness' on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In the matter of the Insolvency of CHEONG YUK KWONG, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hong- kong, now of no business or profession, and formerly Chinese Trader. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—that the ESTATE and EFFECTS of the above named In- solvent have been vested in NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar of the said Court, and Provisional Assignee of Insolvent Estates. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. Court House, Victoria, 7th April, 1857. In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deccused. A LL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. M. H. MAGNIAC,› MACLEOD, Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. Administrato rators. TH FOR PEREMPTORY SALE, BY PUBLIC AUCTION, on account of the concerned, by order of J. F. EDGER, ESQ., Receiver. MHE Wreck of the Steainer “THISTLE,” with her MACHINERY, as she now lies off Spring Gardens. The Sale will take place on board the Steamer "Rose," anchored near the “ Thistle," on SATURDAY, the 18th instant, at 12 o'clock, Noon. TERMS, One-third Purchase Money cash down on the fall of the Hammer, and the remainder on taking Possession, or within a Week from the date of Sale. Apply to R. MCGREGOR & Co., Auctioneers. Hongkong, 10th April, 1857. IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN- SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA. No In the matter of the ASIATIC Marine Insurance Office. ́OTICE is hereby given, that by an Order of this Court, bearing date the Seventh day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty- seven, the SHAREHOLDERS of the said ** ASIA- TIC MARINE 'INSURANCE OFFICE” are required to pay the further Sum of Company's Rupees Two THOUSAND, assessed in respect of each Share held by them respectively, on or before the following dates, that is to say:—the Shareholders resident in Calcutta, or the Suburbs thereof, on or before the Tenth day of March next; the Shareholders resident in HONGKONG and BOMBAY, on or before the Tenth day of May next; and the Shareholders resident in GREAT Britain and all OTHER PLACES not mentioned in the said Order, on or before the Tenth day of September next; and that the OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE will be at liberty to apply that the Defaulting Shareholders be adjudged to have committed an Act of Insolvency according to the Provisions of Indian Insolvent Act. DENMAN, HATCH, & DAVIS, Attorneys for the Official Assignee. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, and Between W 1 P. A. NELSON, Defendant. HEREAS an Action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- named P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand and Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods sold and delivered, and for money advanced, at the request of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being alleged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside within this Island or it dependencies, a Writ of Foreign Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one AKICK, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if at any time before final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELSON, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, “An Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process “ in Actions at Law, against Persons absent from the Colony,” the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. 4 WM, GASKELL, Plaintifs Attorney. | | In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceased. N ́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the . undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL,} D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. Executors. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. Administrator. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. LL Persons having claims against, or being Aindebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ► ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. No OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said Douglas LapraIK. G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. TH FOR SALE, By Private Contract. THE GOOD-WILL of the BUSINESS of N. CROSBY, JR., late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong, Storekeeper and Ship Chandler, and all the STOCK-IN-TRADE, FURNITURE, and EFFECTS, being on the premises so occupied by the said N. CROSBY, deceased. A LEASH of the Premises can be given to the end of December, 1858 -RENT $200 per month, payable in advance. TENDERS in writing are invited for the Purchase of the above; and no Tender will be received after the Thirteenth day of April, instant. INVENTORY of the Stock, &c., and all particulars, can be obtained at the Office of the undersigned. D. LAPRAIK, Administrator to the Estate. Dated Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. NOTICE. HIS Excellency the FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amoy. By Order, KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1837. 2 Νο. 56. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [APRIL 11, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. In consequence of information received from the Emigration Officer, it is hereby notified, that the heads and staves of casks of Chinese manufacture, intended to convey Water in Emigrant Vessels, must be at least One and a-Half Inch thick, such casks not to hold more than 200 gallons, and in every instance be well charred-casks which have contained Provisions being inadmissable as Water Casks. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th April, 1857. Νο. 57. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. During the absence of ROBERT CRAWFURD ANTROBUS, Esquire, GEORGE ADAM WIENER, Esquire, is authorized to exercise the functions of Acting Belgian Consul in this Colony. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. THE Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS, per Steamer “Madrus," will close on TUESDAY, the 14th instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning. LET- TERS received from 8 to 10 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 10 o'clock A.M., to 12 o'clock (noon,) for a late fee of Is. Letters Posted between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock, must be prepaid. Hongkong, 9th April, 1857. WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, THE BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship “MADRAS,” Capt. GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th April, 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 r.a. on the 14th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness' on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 30th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, In the matter of the Insolvency of CHEONG YUK KWONG, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hong- kong, now of no business or profession, and formerly Chinese Trader. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—that the ESTATE and EFFECTS of the above named In- solvent have been vested in NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar of the said Court, and Provisional Assignee of Insolvent Estates. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. Court House, Victoria, 7th April, 1857. In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deccused. A LL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. M. H. MAGNIAC,› MACLEOD, Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. Administrato rators. TH FOR PEREMPTORY SALE, BY PUBLIC AUCTION, on account of the concerned, by order of J. F. EDGER, ESQ., Receiver. MHE Wreck of the Steainer “THISTLE,” with her MACHINERY, as she now lies off Spring Gardens. The Sale will take place on board the Steamer "Rose," anchored near the “ Thistle," on SATURDAY, the 18th instant, at 12 o'clock, Noon. TERMS, One-third Purchase Money cash down on the fall of the Hammer, and the remainder on taking Possession, or within a Week from the date of Sale. Apply to R. MCGREGOR & Co., Auctioneers. Hongkong, 10th April, 1857. IN THE COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN- SOLVENT DEBTORS AT CALCUTTA. No In the matter of the ASIATIC Marine Insurance Office. ́OTICE is hereby given, that by an Order of this Court, bearing date the Seventh day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty- seven, the SHAREHOLDERS of the said ** ASIA- TIC MARINE 'INSURANCE OFFICE” are required to pay the further Sum of Company's Rupees Two THOUSAND, assessed in respect of each Share held by them respectively, on or before the following dates, that is to say:—the Shareholders resident in Calcutta, or the Suburbs thereof, on or before the Tenth day of March next; the Shareholders resident in HONGKONG and BOMBAY, on or before the Tenth day of May next; and the Shareholders resident in GREAT Britain and all OTHER PLACES not mentioned in the said Order, on or before the Tenth day of September next; and that the OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE will be at liberty to apply that the Defaulting Shareholders be adjudged to have committed an Act of Insolvency according to the Provisions of Indian Insolvent Act. DENMAN, HATCH, & DAVIS, Attorneys for the Official Assignee. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, and Between W 1 P. A. NELSON, Defendant. HEREAS an Action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- named P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand and Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods sold and delivered, and for money advanced, at the request of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being alleged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside within this Island or it dependencies, a Writ of Foreign Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one AKICK, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if at any time before final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELSON, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, “An Ordinance to provide for and regulate Process “ in Actions at Law, against Persons absent from the Colony,” the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. 4 WM, GASKELL, Plaintifs Attorney. | | In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceased. N ́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the . undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL,} D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. Executors. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. Administrator. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. LL Persons having claims against, or being Aindebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ► ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. No OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said Douglas LapraIK. G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. TH FOR SALE, By Private Contract. THE GOOD-WILL of the BUSINESS of N. CROSBY, JR., late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong, Storekeeper and Ship Chandler, and all the STOCK-IN-TRADE, FURNITURE, and EFFECTS, being on the premises so occupied by the said N. CROSBY, deceased. A LEASH of the Premises can be given to the end of December, 1858 -RENT $200 per month, payable in advance. TENDERS in writing are invited for the Purchase of the above; and no Tender will be received after the Thirteenth day of April, instant. INVENTORY of the Stock, &c., and all particulars, can be obtained at the Office of the undersigned. D. LAPRAIK, Administrator to the Estate. Dated Hongkong, 31st March, 1857. NOTICE. HIS Excellency the FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amoy. By Order, KLECZKOWSKI. Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1837. APRIL 11, 1857.] POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. The Hongkong Government Gazette. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, WILLIAM PUSTau and Charles Bro- W 17 the view of providing increased security, during their transmission through the Post, Between * - Letters of importance, or Letters containing valu- nclures, the Post-master General has been good tɔ decide upon introducing into the Colony of kong the system of Registration as regards let- ent in the Mails from Hongkong, to the United British Colony or Foreign y through the United Kingdom, with which mants have been made for Registering Letters - the United Kingdom. le, or to any Patage on Registered Letters, must in every, be part in advance, and, in addition, a registra- ❤ Letters addressed to the United Kingdom, najibraltar, or Malta, of Sixpence; and for Letters to Colonies, through the United Kingdom, 4m to the fee for registration, a further fee, *ach case according to the following Table :— Colony or Foreign Country. ;་ danga, Bahamas, Berbice, Deme- x, Dominica, Grenada, Hon- Jamaica, Montserrat, Netik St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vocent, Tortola, and Tobago, Haare and Algeria, or the follow- t cuntries, the correspondence which is forwarded as a rule ogh France, viz :— The places in Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, at which France main- tans Post-office, Baden, Ba- va Wurtemburg, Sardinia, Switzerland, Salonica, Tunis, Tuscany, Parma, and Melona, Papal States, Two Silies, and Greece. *** of the following countries, if erally addressed via France, 1: the Netherlands, Prussia,† man States, Hanover, Sa- r, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Meklenburg Strelitz, Brunswick, lesburg, (the principality of enfeld excepted,) Anhalt, kavini Dominions, Servia, Imomark, Moldavia, Wallachia, Turkey in Europe, (the places at • France maintains Post- **ce excepted,) via Austria, Seelen, Norway, Poland, and or any of the following entries when not addressed via France, viz: +German States, Hunter, Saxony, Mecklenburg win, Mecklenburg Strelitz, Bewwick, Oldenburg,(the prin- ty of Birkenfeld excepted,) #bel, Austrian Dominions, ria, the Ionian Islands, k. Moldavia, Wallachia, Turkey in Europe, (the places at France maintains Post- * excepted.) via Austria, *welen, and Norway. of the following countries if) eyes ally addressed via Prussia, imborg, Baden, Bavaria, Wartburg, Sardinia, Swit- and, Papal States, and darence, Begum and the Netherlands, } ma and Polland, bed tistes, į Registration Fee From United Kingdom. 0s. 6d. An additional amount, exactly equal to the amount of Post- age, British and Foreign. Os. 9d. Os. 9d. 0s. 6d. 1s. Old. Os. 6d. Kleandria, Jaffa, Beyrout, Tripoli in Syria, Jatakia, Come-fretta, Mersina, Rhodes, Smyrna, Mitylone, Dar- Gallipoli, and Constantinople inclusive. * Uern, Birkenfeld, Hesse, Hamburg, Lippe Born / Kehwartzburg, Rudoldstadt, Ruess, Massau, Saxe- Choppy Gotha, Saxe Meinengen, Hildburghausens, Hesse- Bumors. Heme Darmstadt, Saxe Weimar, Eisenach, Frank- * in the Maine, Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck. 1 * Registered letter for Russia or Poland is liable to Serm. Od., Prussia 3d., Russian 34d,, but this last (the «mme fee) increases according to the weight of the letter: bu anang charged when the letter does not exceed isor., 7d., # wieghs more than j ́oz., but does not exceed an and se on, according to the British Scals. | DERSEN, Plaintiffs, and N°1 3 SURVEYOR General's OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given,-that Persons willing ALBERT BERENHART, Defendant. to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF HEREAS an action has been commenced in THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW this Court, at the suit of the above-named SBA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to WILLIAM PUSTAU and CHARLES BRO-join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, DERSON, against the above-named ALBERT from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of BERENHART, to recover the sum of £2407.19.2., | Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRINg Praya ; the amount of 3 several Bills of Exchange drawn by | in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the Defendant, and made payable to the Plaintiffs the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; with Exchange and re-exchange thereon, and it being and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., alleged that the said ALBERT BERENBART does not &c.,-may inspect the Drawings, SpecifiCATIONS, reside within this Island or its dependencies, Writs and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on and · of Foreign Attachment have been issued, returnable after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours respectively on the Thirteenth and Twentieth days of of 10 a.m. and 4 P.M. of April, 1857, wherein, THOMAS LAarkin Walker, the Acting Surveyor General of the Colony of Hong- kong, R. B. SHERARD, WILLIAM PUSTAu, and CHARLES BRODERSEN, as the Gencral Attorneys and Agents of the said Defendant, and YORICK JONES MURROW, and JAMES STEPHENSON, and ROBERT II. DUNDEE, all respectively of Victoria, Hongkong, are Garnishees: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said ALBERT BERENHART, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordin- ance of this Island, intituled, “An Ordinance to pro- “vide for and regulate Process in Actions at Law, against Persons absent from the Colony," the said Attachments may be dissolved. Dated this Twenty-eighth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. AMBROSE PARSONS, Plaintiffs' Allorney. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity. Chief Justice. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON, deceased. Between PURSI ROBERT CALVERCRAWFORD,Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL, Defendant. URSUANT to a Decree or Order of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Equitable Jurisdic- tion, made in a cause wherein ROBERT CALVER CRAWFORD is now Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL is Defendant, the Creditors of ROBERT JACKSON, formerly of Amoy, in the Empire of China, and late of Foo-chow-foo, in the Empire of China, deceased, who died on, in, or about the month of July, 1854, are by themselves or their Solicitors, on or before the Twentieth day of June next ensuing, as far as those resident within this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, and on or before the Twenty- first day of September next ensuing, as far as those resident without this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims before His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG- KONG, at his Chambers in the Court House, Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the Twentieth day of March, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk, IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. IT In Equity,`. STEPHENSON v. MURROW. IS HEREBY NOTIFIED, that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN. Complainant's Solicitors, NOTICE. [R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. MR W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. TH Amoy, 6th March, 1857. THE TAIT & Co. NOTICE. THE undersigned requests that all Parcels and LETTERS to his address, may be delivered to NORMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. H. ALEXANDER. Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. TH NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. TH NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of William WalkINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and Robert FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNER & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. A NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to &c., Queen's Road. forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 昇店 裕昇 霖七 已年二 查狀到目到 TUT 以釜 機客 啟張月丁便時 FOR SALE, 張亞霖欠 數欠 At the Office of the “ China Mail.” Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTER PARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES—Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-ris Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. Hongkong THE Government NEW SERIES. GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH APRIL, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 94. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONgkong GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855 By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 58. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Eight Returns connected with the Shipping and Trade at the Port of Victoria, Hongkong, during the Year 1856, are published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 1.-RETURN of SHIPS arrived at HONGKONG, during the Year 1856. FROM GREAT BRITIAN. FROM British Colonies.| FROM THE UNITED STATES. FROM FOREIGN STATES. TOTAL. No. Toos, No. Tops. No. No. Tons. No. Tons. With General Cargoes, Coals, &c., 64 40,436 64 40,436 From Sydney, Port Philip, Hobart Town, Adelaide, New Zealand, and Labuan, with Sundries and in Ballast, ... From India, with Cotton, Opium, &c., From New York, Boston, Baltimore, and California, with General Cargoes, and Chinese Passengers, From South America, Sandwich Islands, Manila,` Macassar, Lombock, Siam, Sitka, Japan, Batavia, Netherlands, Formosa, and Copenhagen, with Oil, Rope. Treasure, Rattans, &c., &c., From the East Coast of China, with Sundries and in Ballast, From Canton River, Cumsingmoon, &c., in Ballast, 91 144 34,274 80,715 91 34,274 144 80,715 108 60,206 108 60,206 162 72,469 162 72,469 .496 231,090 496 231,090 ... 1,026 292,117 | 1,026 292,117 Total,..... 2,091 811,307 Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. E. R. MICHell, Acting Harbour Master. No. 2-RETURN of VESSELS, TONNAGE and FLAG, anchored at the PORT OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1856. British, French, American, ... Detch.... Bremen, Pressian Spanish Hamburg, ** Portuguese, Peruvian, Sumese, Darish. New Grenadian, Buenos Ayres, Bremen, Clinese. Swedish, · Mclenburg, Oldenburg,... (Pian Norwegian, Kanika, *** ... ... 修螢 ... ... FLAG. ... ... · ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .i. ... mer from Canton River, Steamers from India, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... *** *** Total,. ... NUMBER OF VESSELS, TONEAGE. 724 320,586 15 8,020 ... 256*** 164,367 86 42,004 19 6,855 4 1,360 43 12,719 115 30,324 15 4,233 31 J1,938 14 6,995 58 15,668 : 3 '1,407 224 847- 473 814 840 2,060 : 13 3 ... 1 630 : 48 2,091 3,503 1,048 450 127,580 46,992 811,307 Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master. Hongkong THE Government NEW SERIES. GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH APRIL, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 94. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONgkong GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, Notifications, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855 By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 58. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Eight Returns connected with the Shipping and Trade at the Port of Victoria, Hongkong, during the Year 1856, are published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. No. 1.-RETURN of SHIPS arrived at HONGKONG, during the Year 1856. FROM GREAT BRITIAN. FROM British Colonies.| FROM THE UNITED STATES. FROM FOREIGN STATES. TOTAL. No. Toos, No. Tops. No. No. Tons. No. Tons. With General Cargoes, Coals, &c., 64 40,436 64 40,436 From Sydney, Port Philip, Hobart Town, Adelaide, New Zealand, and Labuan, with Sundries and in Ballast, ... From India, with Cotton, Opium, &c., From New York, Boston, Baltimore, and California, with General Cargoes, and Chinese Passengers, From South America, Sandwich Islands, Manila,` Macassar, Lombock, Siam, Sitka, Japan, Batavia, Netherlands, Formosa, and Copenhagen, with Oil, Rope. Treasure, Rattans, &c., &c., From the East Coast of China, with Sundries and in Ballast, From Canton River, Cumsingmoon, &c., in Ballast, 91 144 34,274 80,715 91 34,274 144 80,715 108 60,206 108 60,206 162 72,469 162 72,469 .496 231,090 496 231,090 ... 1,026 292,117 | 1,026 292,117 Total,..... 2,091 811,307 Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. E. R. MICHell, Acting Harbour Master. No. 2-RETURN of VESSELS, TONNAGE and FLAG, anchored at the PORT OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1856. British, French, American, ... Detch.... Bremen, Pressian Spanish Hamburg, ** Portuguese, Peruvian, Sumese, Darish. New Grenadian, Buenos Ayres, Bremen, Clinese. Swedish, · Mclenburg, Oldenburg,... (Pian Norwegian, Kanika, *** ... ... 修螢 ... ... FLAG. ... ... · ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .i. ... mer from Canton River, Steamers from India, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... *** *** Total,. ... NUMBER OF VESSELS, TONEAGE. 724 320,586 15 8,020 ... 256*** 164,367 86 42,004 19 6,855 4 1,360 43 12,719 115 30,324 15 4,233 31 J1,938 14 6,995 58 15,668 : 3 '1,407 224 847- 473 814 840 2,060 : 13 3 ... 1 630 : 48 2,091 3,503 1,048 450 127,580 46,992 811,307 Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master. • 2 DATE.... The Hongkong Government Gazette. [APRIL 18, 1857. No. 3.-Import of Opium and TREASURE by P. & O. Company's Steamers from CALCUTTĄ. STEAMER. CHESTS OF OPIUM. VALUE OF TREASURE. 1856 January March 12 19 May June 14 17 2047 Formosa, Chusan, Shanghai, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,551 810 $ 34,840 8,005 ... ... ... 85 2,042 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 176 29,445 Pekin, ... ... ... ... 165 ...... July 11 Shanghae, ... ... ... 1000 ... ... ... ... 620 September 17 November 14 Lady Mary Wood, Formosa, ... ... ... ... 1,248 340,348 186,925 ... Total,......... Chests 4,655 $ 601,605 E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master. Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. DATE. No. 4.-Export of TREASURE by P. & O. Company's Steamers to CALCUTTA. + STEAMER. VALUE OF TREASURE. 1856 ... March 27 Lady Mary Wood, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... April 15 Madras, *** ... ... ... ... May 10 Singapore, ... ... ... ... 22 Shanghae, ► ... ... ... September 13 Ganges, ... ... ... ... ... Total,.. ... : ... ... (Gold) 1,900.54 2,702 17,400 4,054 1,877.12 27,933.66 E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master. Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. No. 5.—Import of OPIUM and TREASURE by P. & 0. Company's Steamers from BOMBAY. STEAMER. CHRSTS OF OPIUM. „VALUE OF Treasure. DATE. 1856 1,7961 293,012 January 30 Cadiz, 2,009 217,160 ... March 10 Norna, 30 Madras, ... 400 1,669 191,544 ... ... ... 1,730 833,595 19 ... April 27 Singapore, 1 ... 1,6671 963,438 May 23 Norna, ... ... ... .. ... 1,600 1,122,743 ... June 25 Malta, ... ... 343 810,112 ... July 25 Singapore, .. ... *** ... ... 311 5,000 August 5 25 Chusan, Ganges, ... ... ... ... 919 1,516,798 ... ... ... ... 1,607 1,635,098 " September 28 Malta, • November December 2 Singapore, ... ... ... ... 10 1,185,232 ... ... ... 106 1,009,232 ... 1 Norna, : 2,035 721,024 24 Madras, *** *** ... ... Total,......... Chests 15,853 $10,111,988 E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master. Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. No. 6.--Export of TREASURE by P. & O. Company's Steamers to BOMBAY, STEAMER. VALUE OF TREASURE. DATE. · 1856 January 15 Madras, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... February 15 Cadiz, ... ... .. ... : Afarch 15 Norna, ... ... *** ... ... ... April 15 Madras, ... ... ... ... ... 214,829.22 282,259 554,712.03 363,373.50 288,052 May 10 Singapore, ... ... ... ... ... July 10 Malta, ... *** ... ... ... ... *** ... 25 " Pekin, ... ... ... ... August 10 Singapore, ... ... ... September 13 Ganges, October 15 Malta, 9,967 9,175 3,200 ... ... 340,715 ... .... 482,722 ... ... ... · November 15 December 15 Singapore, Norna, ... ... # 30 Formosa, ... Total,......... 27,425 170,588 3,549,947. 6,289,964.75 E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master. Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. APRIL 18, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. 7.—Export of OPIUM and TREASURE by P. & O. Company's Steamers to SHANGHAI, STEAMER. CHESTE of OPIUM. VALUR OF TREASURE. DATE. 1856 Erin, ... Janary 20 Forniosa, Feliniary Erin, ... 19 Formosa, ... ... ... • Mich 15 Erin, ... ... ... ... Apsl Formosa, ... ... ... 19 Erin, ... ... ... 2 Formosa, ... *** 28 Erin, ... ... 30 Formosa, ... 17 Erin, ... 30 Shanghae, ... Erin, Angus 30 Shanghae, October Erin, ... ... ... 19 Lady Mary Wood, ... November 7 Erin, ... ... 18 Lady Mary Wood, 22 Formosa, ... ... ... ... December 6 Erin, ... ... 29 Lady Mary Wood, ... 1,1654 881 ... .. ... 7451 530 6574 ... 699 360 594,021 177,210.32 345,612.20 123.258 203,575.76 420,305.25 181,781 ... 190 469,283 338 587.384 375 860,544 * 165 296,438 3381 516,333 : :: 1,1374 125,658 2381 1,403,211 211 1,517,757 528 284,498 ·969. 2,589,112 110 370,909 160. : 489 450 Total,......... Chests 10,738 Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. 82,110 2,216,866 542,898 13,908,971.03 E. R. MICHell, Acting Harbour Master, No. 8.-RETURN of VESSELS cleared Outwards, with CHINESE PASSENGERS, from the 1st day of January, to the 31st day of December, 1856. 3. FLAG. TONS CLEARED OUT. DESTINATION. NUMBER OF PASSENGERS. NAME OF VESSEL. Meteor, Stephen John Calvin, Bertha, Jacoba Cornelia, Cornwall, Lady Hayes, Euterpe, 600. Juno, Janet Willis, Baldwin, Cornelius Smith, *** .. ... ... DOO ... British American ... 666 January 1,067 634 February 23 San Francisco 20 19 Adelaide and Melbourne .450 99 San Francisco 230 ... ... *** 99 British 470 March St Helena and Havana 81 ... ... Bremen 400 12 Port Adelaide 237 " 404 ... 7 Dutch 719 14 " 99 263 ... ... ... 492 22 " " British 680 25 Adelaide and Philip 307 ... ... 384 26 Port Philip 175 Dutch 541 26 Port Adelaide 283 229 · 481 28 99 ... ... .600 31 Adelaide and Melbourne 375 12 Anglia, Jamestown, Evendina Elizabeth, Duke of Portland, 10. ... ... British 670 | April 1. Adélaide and Sydney 323 ... ... ... 533 2 Havana 334 "9 ... .... ... 99 ... American 1,151 3 Adelaide and Philip 399 ... ... ... Labuan, ... ... .... Portuguese 574 Port Adelaide 252 " Famatra, ... ... ... Dutch 778 Adelaide and Philip. 374 92 300 American 342 39 " 385 Tuskina, ... British 754 " 12❘ Sydney 354 Alfred, ... ... ... ... ... Keenan Hasselaar, Dutch 698 12 " ... ... British 649 12 San Francisco 230 234 Alfred the Great, ... ... ... Nicoline, ... ... Hamburg 462 12 99 Crishna, ... British 272 18 Philip and Sydney 157 30 Louisa Baillie, Kit Carson, Sirocco, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 494 18 " Singapore " American 997 22 San Francisco 370 " 480 " 1,135 " 30 573 May 2 2 Adelaide and Sydney 378 Wilhelmsberg, Casar, John Stuart, Paradise, Land o'Cakes, Bernicía, Mary Whitridge, Cornwall, ... Tartar, Jan Hendrik, Starr King, Sarah Warren, ... Hamilton, ... Caribbean, ... ... ... ... ... ... Edith Rose, ... ... ... Henry Miller, .. ... ... ... Meteor, ... ... Excelsior, ... ... Janet Willis, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... " ... .. ... ... *** ... ... Dutch American ... 641 1,170 10 San Francisco 250 n 380 12 99 57 184 17 " " 219 "9 : ... British 438 17 " " 426 874 23 " 99 415 ... • ... Hamburg 848 June 13 "} 74 99 American 438 1,653 July 30 " "} 150 7 " 040 ... British American British 510 .433 " 9 Sydney and Melbourne 56 191 19 Havana " 99 " "9 American British 1,067 September 12 17 682 666 October 28 31 561 548 November 10 978 521 December 4 San Francisco 260 66 Melbourne 120 California Guichen Bay and Melbourne 287 " Adelaide and Melbourne 231 170 24 San Francisco 210 Singapore 1580 4 Guichen Bay 317 ... ... ... ... 1,327 Havana and Cuba 697 Catherine Glen, 99 ... 1,032 10 Guichen Bay and Melbourne 250 Phaeton, ... *** 99 Jan Hendrik, Dutch 640 13 Guichen Bay 308 100 ... ... ... British 408 13 Singapore Cornelia, ... ... .. 687 18 Guichen Bay and Melbourne 309 309 Vanguard, " 750 19 Singapore Lady Elgin, ... *** ••• ... " 930 29 Guichen Bay and Philip 555 77 Atalanta, *** ... " ... 405 30 Singapore $2 Statesman, ... .... 241 31- Éliga Ani, *** ... Total,........ 14,130 Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1857. E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master, &c., &c. 4 No. 59. The Honghong Government Gazette. [APRIL 18, 18: GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr GEORGE DUDDELL to be Government Auction in the room of Mr Charles Markwick, deceased. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Νο. 60. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr JAMES JARMAN to be Appraiser of the Supre Court, in the room of Mr Charles Markwick, deceased. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th April, 1857. No. 61. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Ba Corporation in Hongkong, is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th April, 1857. Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Mo ending 31st March, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NÒTES ISSUED.............$242,517, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st April, 1857. SAM. GRAY, Manager. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Spec shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter. Victoria, Hongkong, 17th April, 1857. J. HYNDMAN, Acting Colonial Treasurer Νο. 13. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. HARRY S. PARKES, Esquire, having been instructed by His Excellency_Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary an Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, to resume his duties as Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Amoy the business of Her Majesty's Consulate for Canton will, until further orders, be conducted at the Offices of thi Superintendency, by CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Esquire, H. M. Vice Consul for Canton, to whom all reference connected with that Consulate are to be addressed. By Order, W. WOODGATE. H' Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th April, 1857. NOTICE. IS Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Government, on und from the 15th instant, D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amoy. By Order, Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1857. NOTICE. KLECZKOWSKI. HE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr THE JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. Amoy, 6th March, 1857. THE NOTICE. TAIT & Co. E undersigned requests that all PARCELS and LETTERS to his address, may be delivered to NORMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. H. ALEXANDER.' Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. THE NOTICE 【JHE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. › DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in ,our Firm. MR. t.. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. NOTICE. T NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, FORRESTER THORBURN. WILLIAM HUTChison, John Scarth, and ROBERT TURNEK & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG," ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deccased.. is hereby that Letters of Admi- Surveyor GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857 TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing NOTI to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a Naw SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, t join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall o Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRING PRAYA : in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c. &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on ard of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceused. NOTICE Let nistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, (. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL, D. LAPRAIK,) Hong kong, 11th April, 1837. Executors. 4 No. 59. The Honghong Government Gazette. [APRIL 18, 18: GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr GEORGE DUDDELL to be Government Auction in the room of Mr Charles Markwick, deceased. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Νο. 60. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr JAMES JARMAN to be Appraiser of the Supre Court, in the room of Mr Charles Markwick, deceased. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th April, 1857. No. 61. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Ba Corporation in Hongkong, is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th April, 1857. Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Mo ending 31st March, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NÒTES ISSUED.............$242,517, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st April, 1857. SAM. GRAY, Manager. I inspected this day the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and hereby certify that the Amount of Spec shown is in accordance with the Terms of the Charter. Victoria, Hongkong, 17th April, 1857. J. HYNDMAN, Acting Colonial Treasurer Νο. 13. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. HARRY S. PARKES, Esquire, having been instructed by His Excellency_Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary an Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, to resume his duties as Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Amoy the business of Her Majesty's Consulate for Canton will, until further orders, be conducted at the Offices of thi Superintendency, by CHARLES A. WINCHESTER, Esquire, H. M. Vice Consul for Canton, to whom all reference connected with that Consulate are to be addressed. By Order, W. WOODGATE. H' Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th April, 1857. NOTICE. IS Excellency the MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR FRANCE IN CHINA, has been pleased to appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Government, on und from the 15th instant, D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at Amoy. By Order, Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1857. NOTICE. KLECZKOWSKI. HE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr THE JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. Amoy, 6th March, 1857. THE NOTICE. TAIT & Co. E undersigned requests that all PARCELS and LETTERS to his address, may be delivered to NORMAN R. MASSON, Esquire. W. H. ALEXANDER.' Hongkong, 13th March, 1857. THE NOTICE 【JHE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. › DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in ,our Firm. MR. t.. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. NOTICE. T NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, FORRESTER THORBURN. WILLIAM HUTChison, John Scarth, and ROBERT TURNEK & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG," ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deccased.. is hereby that Letters of Admi- Surveyor GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857 TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing NOTI to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a Naw SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, t join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall o Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRING PRAYA : in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c. &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, on ard of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceused. NOTICE Let nistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, (. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL, D. LAPRAIK,) Hong kong, 11th April, 1837. Executors. APRIL 18, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. A LL Persons having claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. IT In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the e firm of MORROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy.) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- rble Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainant's Solicitors. NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 裕昇店 亞+ 到目 年明師士新各亞 ○以爹機客霖 啟張月丁便時單數欠 In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deceased. 5 indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Administrator. Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. without delay. H. MAGNIAC, Administrators. Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, HERMANN SCHAEFFER, Plaintiff, IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. | Between Chief Justice. In Equity. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON, deceased. Between PUR * Robert CalverCrawford, Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL, Defendant. URSUANT to a Decree or Order of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, in its Equitable Jurisdic- tion, made in a cause wherein ROBERT Calver CRAWFORD is now Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL is Defendant, the Creditors of ROBERT JACKSON, formerly of Amoy, in the Empire of China, and late of Foo-chow-foo, in the Empire of China, deceased, who died on, in, or about the month of July, 1854, are by themselves or their Solicitors, on or before the Twentieth day of June next ensuing, as far as those resident within this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, and on or before the Twenty- first day of September next ensuing, as far as those resident without this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims before His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG- KONG, at his Chambers in the Court House, Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the Twentieth day of March, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. · FREDERICH S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk. W and P. A. NELSON, Defendant. HEREAS an Action has been commenced in this Court, at the suit of the above-named HERMANN SCHAEFFER, against the above- named P. A. NELSON, to recover One Thousand and Seven Dollars and Sixty-two Cents, for goods sold and delivered, and for money advanced, at the request of the said P. A. NELSON; and it being alleged that the said P. A. NELSON does not reside within this Island or its dependencies, a Writ of Foreign Attachment has been issued, returnable on the Twenty-third day of March instant, wherein one AKICK, of Hongkong aforesaid, is Garnishee: Notice is hereby given thereof, and that if, at any time before final judgment in this action, the said P. A. NELSON, or any person on his behalf, will give the Security and Notice and File the Appearance or Plea required by the Ordinance of this Island, intituled, "An Ordinance to provide for and regulatc Process “in Actions at Law, against Persons absent from the “Colony," the said Attachment may be dissolved. Dated this Sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. WM. GASKELL, Plaintiff's Attorney. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz Vents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25тя APRIL, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II No. 95. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NotificaTIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 62. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief has directed the publication, for general information, of the following Memorandum. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th April, 1857. ence. Memorandum of the information contained in certain | stated in one letter to havegiven notice to Ch'an Tsz- papers seized by a party of seamen and marines | tin, two days before it occurred. A very active gen- enraged under Command of Commodore the tleman named Yü Ki-nin, and Wong Sui-shăng, chief Hon'ble C. J. G. B. ELLIOTT, in the capture of agent of an attempt (it is supposed¡ upon the mer- - some junks on the 4th April, 1857. chant steamer Unicorn, also figure in the correspond- The capture of the Queen and the demand of Amongst much that was of no importance, there was taken a tolerably complete file of the corres- the Portuguese government for her, are likewise mentioned; but the fact of gravest interest, to us, is pendence, some in original and some in copy, of one the announcement that heads, stated to be heads of of the principal leaders of anti-barbarian agitation in Englishmen, had been, on more than one occasion, San-on, the district opposite Hongkong. forwarded to Canton, and that a reward, in amount so much below the captors' expectation as to cause serious discontent, was paid for them. The letters speak, in terms more or less explicit, of the contemplated destruction of Victoria, the seizure of steamers, and the capture and decapitation of En- ahmen. A large number are devoted to the steps teken, or to be taken, for the stoppage of supplies; a messure which, in two cases, has recoiled, as will be seen, somewhat seriously, on those employed to carry Hot The great Poisoning Case is twice alluded to, Be not in a manner calculated to implicate A-lăm, E is mentioned, but as "the Heung-shan man." 14 as has been generally supposed, he were a principal in that case, he would almost certainly have received Lis instructions from the committee of his own District and not from San-on. At any rate there are no words in the papers now under review which can be con- trued as at all laying the onus of the offence upon hin They contain on the whole a singular mixture of and exaggeration, but are even more remark- e for the misapprehension both of our means and ires, the standing and opportunities of some of thr writers considered. Chan Kwei-tsik, the agitator-in-chief of the District San-ou, is a man of distinguished literary eminence. He graduated as a doctor (tsin-sz',) in 1841, and Appointed a subordinate of the sixth grade in Board of Revenue at Peking. His age must be between forty and fifty. He resides ordinarily at Fietsing, about two miles from the District city of Sator, but appears to be found, at present, mostly at The latter place, where he is president of the central dtrict-committee of hostilities. 'an Tsz-tin, his third brother, may be termed thi-f of the executive. It was his portfolio that was taken, and his letters and papers introduce us to Varme naines of more or less respectability. There is, on the whole, indisputable evidence that none of the recent rumours of impending danger, gene ral or particular, were without foundation; that we have been fully justified in every precaution that has been taken, and that peril is only to be apprehended in the event of a relaxation of our vigilance. The carliest paper of importance is dated the 4th December last. The Canton Committee direct two gentlemen, not of this District, to repair to Kau- lung (Cowloon,) and take measures for its defence. On the 21st January, Ch'an Tsz'-tin informs his brother that his braves are so planted at Sha-tin and Tai-wej, in rear of Cowloon, as to command all the approaches to the latter place, which is separated from the others by the steep range of hills facing Hongkong. Victoria, he hears, is in great perplexity. “A proclamation is issued once a day, and three sets of regulations, every two days. People abroad at night are taken up in baste, and discharged with equal precipitation." No one is allowed out after 8 o'clock; the shops are forced to take out tickets (passes ?) and to pay 16 Dollars a ticket, and these have to be changed every few days. Boats passing to and fro between Cowloon and Victoria are not searched, but a bakery (it is not here stated whose) had been closed, and some forty people imprisoned for poisoning a number of English devils. We are styled in all the papers, barbarians, devils, barbarian devils, or rebellious barbarians. The people of the San-on, Heung-shan, and Tung- kun Districts, the writer goes on to say, are all alarmed, and meditate a return home; but those of Nam-hoi and P'un-yü, on the confines of which Can- Su Ting-kwei, who corresponds with both brothers ton is situated, and of Shun.tăk, deride the submis❘ fries Canton, is a subordinate Censor, now in mournsion of the others to the authority of the officials and ing for a parent, and consequently living in retire- gentry. He closes with a complaint that Hongkong in Kwang Tung, his native province. He ap- is drawing supplies from Canton, Kong-mun, and Par to be Yeh's channel of communication with Macao. Be Sau-on gentry. There are, beside the above, letters from the hew of the brother Chan; from Man-hing, the hew of Man Teap-shin, a gentleman the author of an unsuccessful project to burn or blow up the of Victoria, and the probable agent in the de- Priction of Duddell's store, of which his nephew is On the 24th January, he reports an improvement in the working of the interdict to the eastward; in the region overlooked by his pickets. Two of his braves have visited Victoria, and counted one hundred and ten foreign vessels in harbour, but declare that there is not one-tenth of the usual_quota of native craft belonging to the province. There are some from | | other provinces, (viz., north and east coasters.) The west end of the city is quite deserted, and the English, by the unanimous declaration of the Chi- nese, thoroughly dispirited. All mat and wooden buildings had been demolished towards East Point. He also reports a great burglary in the centre of Victoria; the burglars had escaped with several thousand dollars over the bills. The people of Kwei-shin, the district east of San- on, continue perversely to supply Hongkong. At the latter place, the English protect the harbour by cruising night and day, north and south of the island, but do not venture to land on the opposite side. The braves that accompany the writer, Chan Tsz'-tin, are only one Kundred and forty; but with the local trainbands, it presently appears, a body, real or nominal, of one thousand, is assembled in rear of the Cowloon hills. On the 2d of February, a man calling himself Wong A-muk dressed in "devil" clothes and boots armed with a devil fowling-piece, and speaking devil language fluently, came over the hills by Ch'an Tsz'- tin's position, shooting, and was made prisoner. He declared that he had been in business at Hongkong, had kept the Tak Lung pork butchery, and the Hing Lung fish-shop. There is some reason to sup- pose that this man was a Macaist. Strange to say, he was bailed out by the gentry of Sai-kung, a place which onr data lead us to mark in the neighbourhood of Hebe Haven, and released with a slight punish- ment*. On the 5th February, Ch'an Tsz'-tin writes to his elder brother Ch'an Kwei-tsih, that an intended ex- pédition of the braves across the water (to Hong- kong) had failed. The English were too well on their guard. Cannon are fired by night at intervals, to keep their spirits up. Cruisers constantly sweep the harbour. The black troops who have come on, drill the English rebels, we must wait until they tire a incessantly. "Such being the doubt and alarm of little; a blow will then be sure." He had intercepted a large quantity of supplies en route to Hongkong, and had seized an English row-boat with two Chinese of the five in her. She was left in charge of the head-borough of Cowloon. A few days later he expresses his apprehensions that the English will come to Cowloon to look for the boat, and had directed his own braves not to go into Cowloon, for the time being. At this time, 7th February, both Chʻan Kwei-tsik and the District Magistrate issue orders to the braves to abstain from molesting the people. They are to be forward in action; to report all seizures to their officers; not to cut down trees near the villages; to * There is also a Sai-kúng, called by the Nam-t'au tra- ders sai lu, the western road, or lay; but this is a spot near San-on.. be alert on their posts; and to refiain from insult- ing the women. | [These are pro- only 30 tacls for devils taken, dead or alive." [It | taken and accomplished at once. will be remembered that Yeh's earlier proclamations | bably the men with whom he has conferred at Cow- Chan Tsz-tin has farther news from Victoria. promised 100 tacls reward for Englishmen taken loon, according to his note just quoted. The plot was most likely to destroy the Unicorn.] After admitting his misgivings, above-mentioned, he alive. He then interlines,] “ For a devil's head they that we thinks that we are "so utterly broken may possibly give but 30 dollars; the Sau-on Com- shall not venture to disturb Cowloon. The Ame-mittee, [consequently,] do not now much prize devil's ricans, at Hongkong, look on the present state of heads." He goes on to mention, that some days had things as full of danger, and are sending their ships clapsed before the braves consented to receive the reward lately sent; requests his uncle, if he is going to employ his own braves in the getting of heads, to tell them plainly the state of the case; and, finally, recommends him not to be keen in the head-hunting, | as it is unremunerative. nway. He had himself been to Cowloon to meet three of the parties about to undertake something at Hong- keng; these men insisted on having a written He then enlisted guarantee of their remuneration. ten braves secretly, it is to be presumed for co-ope- ration in the proposed plot.] and these were to be supported by another body. They would probably | cress the water in a day or two. Hle closes his note with the announcement that eleven English rebels have been, to his great joy, made prisoners. [These were probably Portuguese belonging to a lorcha seized off Lantao by pirates, and by them exchanged against one of the piratical A Chi- bedy then in the hands of the" Mandarins, nese who escaped brought the intelligence to Macao, on the 10th February :3 and that pirates, or other outlaws, were the captors, is manifest from Ch'an Tsz'-tin's exultation in the prospect of "the English rebels and vagabonds of the country not being able to bear each other, if matters are managed thus;| each pany will get to suspect the other, to the advantage of the main issue." | | There is some doubt about the date of the next document. It is either of the 21st February or the 22d March. Assuming it to be the former, the proper place of the note in the scries is here. In it Ch'an Kwei-tsik promises from 500 to 600 Dollars if an attempt, apparently* to blow up some place, succeeds. It must be done in three days, and notice is to be given. The barbarians are spreading a report that they are coming to attack San-on. He, Ch'an Kwei-tsik, is preparing to defend it. [The expenses of the braves are evidently pressing the Committee's exchequer. Reductions of their number are proposed and effected.] The opposition of the people of Wong Kong, who persist in supplying Hongkong, now begins to give serious trouble; but deferring this and other similar matters to a later period, our next paper is a letter from Su Ting-kwei, the ex-Censor, who writes from Canton that the English barbarians are unid to be about" to acknowledge their transgression, and that the different nations are united in their entreaties for trade." Incendiarism and the seizure of vessels may therefore be postponed, as it might give samo trouble to the Governor-General were similar acts to drive the barbarians "to such a struggle as beasts The stoppage of supplies make when surrounded.” is to be as strictly insisted upon as ever, as this is a means of keeping the rebellious barbarians well in band." 66 On the same day, 4th March, Ch'an Tez'-tin, (who bas been the pupil of Su Ting-kwei, that is to say, has sat at bis feet as his literary patron,) writes to his brother that he has heard from Su that "the ruler of the rebels (H. M. Queen Victoria,) had written back blaming the military devil-head ́alto- On the 23d February, a man whose surname is not gether for commencing the disturbance of last year," given, but whose name is Yü-nam, writes that [the and that Yeh had issued orders to the trainbands to Representatives of] Portugal and France have ad-suspend offensive operations. The taking of heads, dressed a letter to Yeh] to the effect that the rebel he suggests, may therefore be let alone with even vessel seized (evidently the Queen,) was not English, greater propriety. The credit of taking a head now but Portuguese: (interlined,) This is to be kept very about to be forwarded to Canton, he requests may be quiet. The enquiries made by the writer or his assigned, in the memorandum accompanying it, to superiors establish nothing to their satisfaction one Cheung Chan-mu, a relative of his own. way or the other. Things were not well at Nam-t’au, the trade of which place was suffering much from the interdict on supplies to the foreigner. This was causing discontent and cavilling. The braves, com- manded by the man before mentioned as dissatisfied with the amount of head-money awarded, were desert- ing. There was also trouble at Sai-kung. The interdict, he writes on the 13th February, is being more steadily enforced to the east. On the 16th, a letter from his brother Ch'an Kwei-tsik, evidently in answer to more than one from Ch'an Tsz-tin, explains that, about the end of December, a Canton man named Ch'eng Tsik was directed by Committee to go to Cowloon, and collect persons, to- gether for the purpose of firing Victoria. The plot had fallen through. After other matters, he states that Tsé Fung-shan, has brought down thirty gilt On the 25th February, Yu ki-nin writes to Chan Mandarin buttons, and 1000 Dollars, to be distribut- ed in rewards. This Tse is a gentleman associated Tsz'-tin to say, that Man Tsap-shin's attempt [at with him in anti-barbarian operations. Either against fire-raising] had failed on the 23d. [He means after hinį, or another Tsé, as a dangerous man, he warns his midnight. Our Police record an attempt on a shop brother, in a subsequent note. Later still, a Tse is dis-named Tung-li at the other end of the town on the missed by the younger brother with his braves, for quar- 24th.] It was made behind the Tung-li, a mat- relling with some one. The rewards to be disbursed building establishment in the Ha-wan, but was to out of the 1000 Dollars, he says in an interlineation, be renewed again in three or four days in the shops to the left of the Police Station by the Commissariat, "are 300 Dollars for the lorcha and 30 taels for every devil's head." Then, in a postscript,-"The price of (Webster's Bazaar,) when the whole line of hongst in that vicinity could be burned; or in the Canton devil's heads has been reduced this year." Bazaar, or in both places at the same time. [An attempt was made on the Canton Bazaar, but on the 19th February.] On the 17th February, Ch'an Tsz'-tin writes that Victoria is reported to be more on the qui vive than ever; no one is allowed out after six o'clock; no communication permitted between the shipping and the shore after dark; soldiers and sailors both co-operate with the police. Three principal rice shops had been closed. He had heard of the destruction of four war-junks at Tung-chung, on Lantao; and presumes that the English had done this to satisfy the feeling of spite which they could not vent in any other direction. "It is now said that the barbarian merchants of the different nations have deputed some one to England to denounce the English devil chief (Gover- nor or Admiral.)” He is sanguine about the safety of Cowloon, and his confidence is strengthened on the 21st February, when an English steamer brought over 72 pirates and surrendered them to the fort. Cowloon was in great The alarm, and the garrison stood to their arms. English went away, however, without doing any mischief. "What their purpose (or intention) may be, it is indeed difficult for any man to divine." The Indian reinforcement is, at the same time, stated to be in a very miserable condition; sickly and unserviceable; "five or six tenths without breeches to wear; and all swathed in ragged blankets and coverlids. Mat barracks are being built on the parade ground for 3,000 men that are expected. Arms are being embarked, it is believed, for an attack, first on Nam-t'au, aud then on Canton. "The Police (green-jacket devils) say that there is to be this one fight more; by it they are to stand or fall; if they are beaten, they will be ready to sue for peace; if they cannot obtain peace, they will go home to England. Six vessels with supplies for Hongkong, had been seized at Tein Wan, (a small place a little to the west of Victoria Harbour,) and ransomed for 72 dollars. A flour-mill there is said to be working again, and it is recommended that a party of braves should be sent to close it. The opening of this shop had been announced in a letter from Yu Ki-nin, who also states that the execu- tion of a plot discussed between him and Ch'an Tsz'- tin on the 20th February is deferred. What this was, does not appear. On the 21st February, Ch'an Man-sin, nephew of Ch'an Sz'-tin, writes to his uncle to inform him that the San-on Committee had forwarded to Canton an English head taken from an English cruizing boat, (it is believed he means to say,near Aberdeen on the south side of the island.) The rest of the crew escap- ed to land. "The Canton Committes are giving now | | | On the 26th, Ch'an Tsz'-tin reports to his brother that several of the shops which had been closed at Hongkong [for the new year,] are open again, and that supplies come in from Macao, Ch'an Ts'ün, a place in Shun-tăk, well up the river, and Tái-ping, in Tung-kun, near the Bogue. Then, he receives news from Tang Chiu-yune that the steamer [Queen] seized near the Ning Islands, was a passenger ship, [that is, got a war- steamer ;] that she had gone up to Canton to Cheung Tak-ngung, [a civilian much distinguished in the troubles of Kwang Si, where he was judge, in 1851-4, and now chief or one of the chiefs of the Canton Committee of hostilities.] He will report her capture to Yeh. There are other emissaries, adds Ch'an, at hand, who are ready to make another swoop. He had been to Cowloon to confer with three. Wong Sui-shang's design [against a steamer,] for the execu- tion of which he was to have received 3000 Dollars, it was thought would fail-Wong was so slow. He had written to hurry him. The sum being large, and there being no "head and neck" to produce in proof, he, Wong, was to bring the vessel to a particular spot, &c., &c. Ships were few at Victoria. The soldiers before estimated at one thousand turned out to be a small body. The building of the mat barracks had been discontinued. On the 27th February, he reports an increase of vigilance at Victoria. People are shut up in their houses at 5 o'clock, and, even at noon, few seen about. He has inspected Cowloon, and finds thirty heavy guns fit for use, and about one hundred and ten soldiers in garrison. He complains that the in- terdict is not rigorously enforced by the authorities, either civil or military. He would himself plant a picket on some high ground about two miles from Cowloon, in a place well suited for purposes of sur- veillance, but is afraid, if his tents are seen by the English, that they will pick a quarrel with him." He has seized a junk coming with supplies from Kwei-shin. 66 A note express from Tang Chiu-yung, without date, begs him to come to Cowloon at once to meet five friends, who engage that something shall be under- * The word yo here perplexes the translator. If it stand for ho-yo it means powder ; if for yo-ts‘at it means medicine, drugs, poison. The former, all things considered, is most likely what le Intended. ↑ The Commisariat, Messrs Fletcher & Co.'s, &c. ¦ 66 saw with his own On the 7th March, Ch'an Tsz'-tin writes to his brother that he had sent Man Tsap-shin to him, and reports the burning of Duddell's store on the night of the 6th; great destruction of flour, biscuits, and spirits; and the death of a black man in the flames.” As soon as the fire broke out, the English devils fired some guns and knocked down the Christian · Church by the side [of the flour store.]" The bar- racks and powder-magazine were guarded by several hundred devil soldiers. The spy eyes that the building on fire was Duddell's store, and not the great devil building (Government House or Offices.) Ever since the closing of Cheung Alăm, the Heung-shan man's, bread-shop, the greater portion of the devil soldiers' rations have been ordered of Duddell." The burning of his store is an excellent measure, "of more value than the interdict itself." In a separate letter he mentions that Man-hing, nephew of Man Tsap-shin, had given notice on the As there 4th March, that the deed was to be done. is now no doubt of it, news should be sent post haste to Canton. 1 Three ships are believed to have come to Hong- kong with troops; and arms have been issued to these, for what purpose is not known. He then expresses great regret at the failure of Wong Sui-shang's enterprise on the night of the 5th March. Two of his underlings had been seized; the rest had escaped to Cowloon. The town of Sham-chun, [a little east and below San-on.] is denounced for supplying Hongkong, and Ho Tsei-luk, of Wong Kong, is specially mentioned as the villain-in-chief. We hear more of him in time. The [Chan ?] Yü-nam before mentioned writes on the 8th March, that the English wish to treat, and that other foreign nations are giving [Yeh] to understand that they wish (the English,) to confess their fault. On the same day Ch'an Tsz'-tin writes to the Sai-kung Committee to hold their hands in respect of the graver acts of aggression, but to continue strict in stopping the supplies. Also to his brother, congratulating himself on the prospect of the speedy and satisfactory termination of the campaign that is before them, now that the English are about to kiss the rod. He proposes reducing his braves by near half their strength. In another letter of the same day he alludes to the fact, that the business was done on the 6th March; (evidently the_burning of Duddell's store.) About the same time, Tang Chiu-yung, believed to be an ensign of the Cowloon establishment, reports the failure of an attempt to destroy a steamer on the 5th March. [This was doubtless the Unicorn : a man was apprehended, on the 6th March, by Mr Caldwell, on suspicion of his privity to a plot in con- templation against that vessel.] The master had detected the plot, and had seized one man; four however, whose names are given, had made their escape. They know Victoria well, and have a large number of adherents, who have been, or are, in for- eign employ, either in dwelling-houses, or on board ships. They would be useful in any future incendiary undertaking, and Ch'an is recommended to retain them, on militia rations, as they have no other means of subsistence. On the 10th March, he writes that he has been obliged to dismiss Tse, the man before mentioned, and, in the same letter, adds, that the rebellious bar- barians do not now look as if they meant to ask for pardon and sue for peace. Every important place must therefore be well guarded; but if there be no ༦ ཀ༣? ¡bservable before the end of the moon, he "This is the 4th | | and ten more braves. [The expense of this very possibly accounts for Yeh's readiness to that we were contemplating a course which have enabled him to dispense with them.] the 24th of March, Chan Kwei-tsik tells his that on the night of the 19th, he had sent Leglish head to Canton. - announced." __Ile has understood that in the Aattack on Tung-chung, (the Auckland's | of the 1st April,) ten English were killed. the 29th March, the elder brother Ch'an Kwei- writes very earnestly to the younger Ch'an Tsz'- ling the capture of a vessel, about to be taken a thin-yung. He fears the amount of remunera- as been reduced at Canton, but he will himself en whatever is allowed to 1000 dollars. He ot have four days notice, and the vessel must be ely up to the Mau Chau shallows, opposite Sha- 2. (a little above San-on, where Ch'an Kwei-tsik in which case he will send out to meet her. for these circumstances she need not be set on fire. tax money and merchandise on board her are to the captors, but devils, flags, muskets, telescopes, , and arms, must be given up [to government.]" tark devil was taken on the 28th, and the 12 1 (whose capture has been noticed before,) are ved, by the Governor-General Yeh's desire, to Wan-lam Pawnshop. [These are most likely the who after being two months in durance Best been sent back to Macao.] of the 3d April, the same authority states, that the 1st, the English had made another attack on ching, on the north of the island of Lautao, and 1x carried off a fast-boat. Their fire had only killed No. 63. | | one man, He hears that Tam, a sergeant of the | Wong-kong, and Shi-kung: In a separate Cowloon garrison, well known as a theftaker, &c., | are given the names of the sub-Committee charged with these operations. had been seized in Victoria by Mr Caldwell in person. large force on He, Ch'au Kwei-tsik, is moving Ts'in-wan. [This was to punish the people of that place for their contumacy, they persist in supplying Hongkong. The remaining papers, with one exception, a list of the shops and tradesmen in parts of the centre and west of Victoria,—all relate to collisions between the people, and the braves and their superiors, on the same ground, in the month of March.] | There is a village named Wong-kong about 10 miles higher up the Canton River than the city of San-on; but this can hardly be the place, which appears to be not far from Sham-ch'un, a town higher up the stream on which San-on stands, As beforo observed, Sai-kung lies in one of the small bay's cast. of the headland which forms the castern side of Hebo Haven. At the former place boats load for one Ho Tsci. luk, stated to have almost a monopoly of our supply market. Some braves interfering with these, were fired upon. The village elders were summoned to give up Ho Tsci-luk, but evaded compliance. Tho Magistrate had himself gone to Wong-kong; but the people were assembled by beat of gong, the official was refused admission, and obliged to fall back on Chik-mi, a place a little east of Sham-ch'un. pass At Ta'in-wan, which lies on the other side of our bay, although a little west of the limits of the har- bour, the braves, attempting to stop seven supply boats, were beaten off with the loss of a life. A re- creant graduate named Chan Tsik-ün led on the rioters, who surrounded the public meeting-house, tied up the undergraduate in charge of the braves, beat the latter, and robbed them of everything, and [The dates here are not very clear, but the whole finally threatened that, unless the said undergraduate signed a statement to the effect that his braves had must have taken place about the beginning of March.] At Sai-kung, on the 6th March, a salt-boat, seized. killed one of their people by mistake, they would carry the whole party to Victoria, and get a rewarding from Kwei-shin to Victoria, with fuel, was for them from the English. They also extorted 140 Information was sent to Victoria, and 20 salt-boats came to the rescue; their crews retook the prize, dollars ransom. It is remarkable that in the letter detailing all this, ransacked the public hall, or meeting-house, and (which is from Ch'an Tsz'-tin, and urges Chan Kwei-threatened the braves that if they continued at Sai- tsik to put down these people,) there is a detached kung they would hand them and their leader over to slip of paper in a different hand, with the words the English at Victoria. on no account destroy the temple of Jesus of the West, at Ts'in-wan.” Reports on the fray at Ta‘in- wan come in from various quarters; and we have now an Edict of the District Magistrate desiring the District Committee to move a force upon Ts'in-wan, GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 14th April, 1857. THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary. The subjoined Return of Emigrant Ships, to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, during the First Quarter of the current Year, is published for general information. - By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. RETURN of EMIGRANT SHIPS to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, from 1st January to the 31st March, 1857. ADULTS. CHILDREN. PATE OF CSTÓFICATE. SHIP'S NAME. TONE. OF WHAT PORT MASTER'ʼn NAME. WHITHER BOUND. Male Female. Male. Female. January 9 Joseph Shepherd ... 630 London 12 Rebecca, 250 Adelaide ... 13 Investigator,... 531 London ... 17 Hurricane, 1338 New York 17 William Miles, 1227 Bristol ... 20 Oracle, 1200 24 Challenge, 2007 27 Siam,... ... 824 Singapore February 6 J. Godfrey, 483 New York ... 7 Alfred the Great, 575 Glasgow 18+ Almonde, 556 Amsterdam Thomaston Maine, New York Robert Barber H. R. Marsh W. H. Prym Samuel Very Frederick Erwin Albert D. Wood J. Kenny J. D. De Silva N. B. Grant Peter McIntyre H. G. Surie Havana, Guichen Bay 311 *104 Guichen Bay 347 San Francisco 265 ... Guichen Bay 694 ... Guichen Bay 420 Guichen Bay 924 52 Singapore San Francisco 68 140 CO Guichen Bay 352 Guichen Bay 313 20 Sportsman, 626 Boston W. Thompson Guichen Bay 322 .... ... 26 Sultana,.. 588 London W. Tapper Guichen Bay 387 ... 28 Young America, 1961 New York D. S. Babcock Guichen Bay 969 ... 28 Queen of the Seas,...] 1355 Boston W. B. Cobb Guichen Bay 611 March 3 Annandale, 759 Annan W. Crockett Guichen Bay 5 Hamilton, ... ... 438 Hongkong 6 Jacob Cats, 6 Francis P. Sage, 12 Kensington, 1400 New York 779 Dordrecht ... 800 Newcastle ... 14 Coldstream, ... 14 Kate Hooper, 19❘ Deva, 20 Pudsey Dawson, 23 John Matthie, 23 Tuskina, ... 24 Speedy, ... ·· 756 London ... 1488 Baltimore ... 25 Eagle Wing, 26 Formosa, 26 Archer, 26 Generaal de Stuers, 406 London ... ... 1098 New York 749 30 Gulnare, 30 Etoile, 588 *... 31 Maria Hay, 980 Bordeaux Sunderland 31 Robert Small, 655 London *** SUMMARY. Alblasserdam 1002 Glasgow 1039 Liverpool 762 Liverpool 566 Liverpool 449 1031 San Francisco Liverpool 1174 Boston James Farr Thomas Ingersoll William King George Tickell John J. Jackson A. C. Hawkins T. Harrison J. G. Hunter W. Crane J. H. Nightingale R. H. Waters C. J. Rollason H. N. Osgood Fokke Fokkens John Wardrop J. Moyzes C. H. Middleton J. W. B. Darke San Francisco 186 Guichen Bay 725 Ary Van der Windt Guichen Bay 440 Guichen Bay 450 Havana 220 San Francisco 383 Guichen Bay 464 Guichen Bay 387 ... Singapore 277 227 vana Guichen Bay 613 Guichen Bay $55 San Francisco 100 ... ... San Francisco 397 co Guichen Bay 615 Havana 326 Guichen Bay 442 Guichen Bay 577 Havana 240 To Gaichen Bay,.. » Havana,... Singapore,.. Victoria, Hongkong, 3d April, 1857. 11,078 ... 1,399 146 1,324 329 Totals... 14,130 146 E. R. MICHELL, Emigration Officer. ༦ ཀ༣? ¡bservable before the end of the moon, he "This is the 4th | | and ten more braves. [The expense of this very possibly accounts for Yeh's readiness to that we were contemplating a course which have enabled him to dispense with them.] the 24th of March, Chan Kwei-tsik tells his that on the night of the 19th, he had sent Leglish head to Canton. - announced." __Ile has understood that in the Aattack on Tung-chung, (the Auckland's | of the 1st April,) ten English were killed. the 29th March, the elder brother Ch'an Kwei- writes very earnestly to the younger Ch'an Tsz'- ling the capture of a vessel, about to be taken a thin-yung. He fears the amount of remunera- as been reduced at Canton, but he will himself en whatever is allowed to 1000 dollars. He ot have four days notice, and the vessel must be ely up to the Mau Chau shallows, opposite Sha- 2. (a little above San-on, where Ch'an Kwei-tsik in which case he will send out to meet her. for these circumstances she need not be set on fire. tax money and merchandise on board her are to the captors, but devils, flags, muskets, telescopes, , and arms, must be given up [to government.]" tark devil was taken on the 28th, and the 12 1 (whose capture has been noticed before,) are ved, by the Governor-General Yeh's desire, to Wan-lam Pawnshop. [These are most likely the who after being two months in durance Best been sent back to Macao.] of the 3d April, the same authority states, that the 1st, the English had made another attack on ching, on the north of the island of Lautao, and 1x carried off a fast-boat. Their fire had only killed No. 63. | | one man, He hears that Tam, a sergeant of the | Wong-kong, and Shi-kung: In a separate Cowloon garrison, well known as a theftaker, &c., | are given the names of the sub-Committee charged with these operations. had been seized in Victoria by Mr Caldwell in person. large force on He, Ch'au Kwei-tsik, is moving Ts'in-wan. [This was to punish the people of that place for their contumacy, they persist in supplying Hongkong. The remaining papers, with one exception, a list of the shops and tradesmen in parts of the centre and west of Victoria,—all relate to collisions between the people, and the braves and their superiors, on the same ground, in the month of March.] | There is a village named Wong-kong about 10 miles higher up the Canton River than the city of San-on; but this can hardly be the place, which appears to be not far from Sham-ch'un, a town higher up the stream on which San-on stands, As beforo observed, Sai-kung lies in one of the small bay's cast. of the headland which forms the castern side of Hebo Haven. At the former place boats load for one Ho Tsci. luk, stated to have almost a monopoly of our supply market. Some braves interfering with these, were fired upon. The village elders were summoned to give up Ho Tsci-luk, but evaded compliance. Tho Magistrate had himself gone to Wong-kong; but the people were assembled by beat of gong, the official was refused admission, and obliged to fall back on Chik-mi, a place a little east of Sham-ch'un. pass At Ta'in-wan, which lies on the other side of our bay, although a little west of the limits of the har- bour, the braves, attempting to stop seven supply boats, were beaten off with the loss of a life. A re- creant graduate named Chan Tsik-ün led on the rioters, who surrounded the public meeting-house, tied up the undergraduate in charge of the braves, beat the latter, and robbed them of everything, and [The dates here are not very clear, but the whole finally threatened that, unless the said undergraduate signed a statement to the effect that his braves had must have taken place about the beginning of March.] At Sai-kung, on the 6th March, a salt-boat, seized. killed one of their people by mistake, they would carry the whole party to Victoria, and get a rewarding from Kwei-shin to Victoria, with fuel, was for them from the English. They also extorted 140 Information was sent to Victoria, and 20 salt-boats came to the rescue; their crews retook the prize, dollars ransom. It is remarkable that in the letter detailing all this, ransacked the public hall, or meeting-house, and (which is from Ch'an Tsz'-tin, and urges Chan Kwei-threatened the braves that if they continued at Sai- tsik to put down these people,) there is a detached kung they would hand them and their leader over to slip of paper in a different hand, with the words the English at Victoria. on no account destroy the temple of Jesus of the West, at Ts'in-wan.” Reports on the fray at Ta‘in- wan come in from various quarters; and we have now an Edict of the District Magistrate desiring the District Committee to move a force upon Ts'in-wan, GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 14th April, 1857. THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary. The subjoined Return of Emigrant Ships, to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, during the First Quarter of the current Year, is published for general information. - By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. RETURN of EMIGRANT SHIPS to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, from 1st January to the 31st March, 1857. ADULTS. CHILDREN. PATE OF CSTÓFICATE. SHIP'S NAME. TONE. OF WHAT PORT MASTER'ʼn NAME. WHITHER BOUND. Male Female. Male. Female. January 9 Joseph Shepherd ... 630 London 12 Rebecca, 250 Adelaide ... 13 Investigator,... 531 London ... 17 Hurricane, 1338 New York 17 William Miles, 1227 Bristol ... 20 Oracle, 1200 24 Challenge, 2007 27 Siam,... ... 824 Singapore February 6 J. Godfrey, 483 New York ... 7 Alfred the Great, 575 Glasgow 18+ Almonde, 556 Amsterdam Thomaston Maine, New York Robert Barber H. R. Marsh W. H. Prym Samuel Very Frederick Erwin Albert D. Wood J. Kenny J. D. De Silva N. B. Grant Peter McIntyre H. G. Surie Havana, Guichen Bay 311 *104 Guichen Bay 347 San Francisco 265 ... Guichen Bay 694 ... Guichen Bay 420 Guichen Bay 924 52 Singapore San Francisco 68 140 CO Guichen Bay 352 Guichen Bay 313 20 Sportsman, 626 Boston W. Thompson Guichen Bay 322 .... ... 26 Sultana,.. 588 London W. Tapper Guichen Bay 387 ... 28 Young America, 1961 New York D. S. Babcock Guichen Bay 969 ... 28 Queen of the Seas,...] 1355 Boston W. B. Cobb Guichen Bay 611 March 3 Annandale, 759 Annan W. Crockett Guichen Bay 5 Hamilton, ... ... 438 Hongkong 6 Jacob Cats, 6 Francis P. Sage, 12 Kensington, 1400 New York 779 Dordrecht ... 800 Newcastle ... 14 Coldstream, ... 14 Kate Hooper, 19❘ Deva, 20 Pudsey Dawson, 23 John Matthie, 23 Tuskina, ... 24 Speedy, ... ·· 756 London ... 1488 Baltimore ... 25 Eagle Wing, 26 Formosa, 26 Archer, 26 Generaal de Stuers, 406 London ... ... 1098 New York 749 30 Gulnare, 30 Etoile, 588 *... 31 Maria Hay, 980 Bordeaux Sunderland 31 Robert Small, 655 London *** SUMMARY. Alblasserdam 1002 Glasgow 1039 Liverpool 762 Liverpool 566 Liverpool 449 1031 San Francisco Liverpool 1174 Boston James Farr Thomas Ingersoll William King George Tickell John J. Jackson A. C. Hawkins T. Harrison J. G. Hunter W. Crane J. H. Nightingale R. H. Waters C. J. Rollason H. N. Osgood Fokke Fokkens John Wardrop J. Moyzes C. H. Middleton J. W. B. Darke San Francisco 186 Guichen Bay 725 Ary Van der Windt Guichen Bay 440 Guichen Bay 450 Havana 220 San Francisco 383 Guichen Bay 464 Guichen Bay 387 ... Singapore 277 227 vana Guichen Bay 613 Guichen Bay $55 San Francisco 100 ... ... San Francisco 397 co Guichen Bay 615 Havana 326 Guichen Bay 442 Guichen Bay 577 Havana 240 To Gaichen Bay,.. » Havana,... Singapore,.. Victoria, Hongkong, 3d April, 1857. 11,078 ... 1,399 146 1,324 329 Totals... 14,130 146 E. R. MICHELL, Emigration Officer. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Ordinance having undergone revision in Committee, is, before passing the Legislative Council, published for general information. L. D'ALMADA È CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. By Order, Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th April, 1857. Title. Preamble. Repeal of Ordinan- HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINÆ. No. of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiairy and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislatve Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Registration and Regulation of the Chinese People, and for the Population Census, and for other Purposes of Police. [ April, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say:- I. Ordinances No. 13 of 1844, No. 7 of 1846, and No. 3 of 1853, and so much of Ordinance No. 12 ces and part of an Or- of 1844 as relates to the charging or investing the Chief Magistrate of Police with any direction or super- intendence of, or control over, the Police Force thereby established, other than such control as any other Magistrate or Justice of the Peace may in his Magisterial capacity exercise, are hereby repealed. dinance. Census and Regis- II. The Census and Registration Office presently existing in Victoria shall, for the purposes of this tration Officer estab- Ordinance, be continued and established; together with the Registrar General and other the Officers and Assistants by whom the duties and business thereof have been hitherto performed. lished. Appointments of Of- ficers. Powers and Duties eral. III. The several persons now being the Registrar General, Officers and Assistants of the said Office, shall continue to discharge the said duties and business at their present Salaries during His Excellency's pleasure ; and upon any vacancy, His Excellency may from time to time nominate and appoint such Person or Persons to be such Registrar General, Officers, and Assistants respectively, and at such Salary and Salaries as to His Excellency shall seem meet, and also remove him or them at His Excellency's discretion from time to time, and nominate and appoint another or others in his or their room; yet so as that Her Majesty's pleasure shall be taken as to every nomination, appointment, and removal of a Registrar General, and as to every new limitation of Salary under the provisions of this section. IV. The Registrar General is, by virtue of his Office, and for the execution of this Ordinance, and of the Registrar Gen- not otherwise, a Justice of the Peace, a joint Superintendent of Police, and the Protector of Chinese Inhabitants within this Colony, and as such is bounden to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission of crime, and, if committed, to discover and apprehend the parties guilty thereof, and generally to watch over and protect the said Chinese Inhabitants; and for the purposes aforesaid he is empowered and required to use and exercise all the authoritics of a Justice and Superintendent of Police, and also to enter at any time or times, as he shall find meet, any Building soever within this Colony, or Vessel or Boat soever within the Waters of the same or adjacent thereto, if such Building, Vessel, or Boat shall then have any Chinaman within or on board of the same. Duties of the other V. The other Officers and Assistants in the said Census and Registration Office shall be obedient and Officers and Assistants assisting unto the said Registrar General in the execution of this Ordinance. The Chief Magis- VI. The Powers and Authorities which by the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 were vested in the Chief trate's authority to de- Magistrate of Police, are from henceforth vested in and shall be exercised by the Superintendent of Police volve upon the Super for the time being constituted under the said Ordinance, in all matters wherein any of the provisions for the intendent and Regis- trar General. Census Registration and Protection of Chinese People are not concerned, and by the Registrar General in all matters wherein any of the said provisions are concerned; and the same obedience shall be rendered by the Police Force of this Colony to the orders of the said Superintendent of Police and Registrar General respectively, and to all Rules and Regulations to be by them respectively made under Section Three of the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 and this Section, with the approbation of the Governor; due regard being had to the respective matters to which such lowers and Authorities, Rules and Regulations, respectively shall relate. Division into Dis- VII. The Registrar General, with the approbation of the Governor, shall divide this Colony into tricts, and Numbering. Districts, and cause every House therein, whether occupied by a Chinaman or by a European, to be numbered, and Tickets to be prepared and issued for the purposes of Section Eight; and it shall be the duty of every Chinese Occupier or Inmate of a House, or of a Boat or Vessel having a Certificate or License under this Ordinance, to procure and retain in his possession one such Ticket from the said Registrar General for the purposes of this Ordinance; and every Chinaman not so procuring, or not so retaining such Ticket, or not producing the same whensoever required, shall, unless he shall make proof of some reasonable justifi. cation or excuse, be deemed a vagrant. Numbers to be and Tickets to be de- livered to them. VIII. Every Chinaman occupying a House, or any Boat or Vessel as aforesaid, shall cause the Number painted, Lists of In-thereof to be painted and affixed to such House, Boat or Vessel in such wise as the Registrar General shall mates to be exhibited, direct, and shall cause to be inscribed in such wise as he shall direct, upon a board exhibited in some conspicuous part of such House, Boat or Vessel, a true and full List of all the Inmates thereof, distinguishing. in the case of a House the Inmates of the upper and lower floors thereof, for the time being; and shall deliver to every such inmate a Ticket, stamped by the Registrar General, and containing such particulars, and in such form, as he shall also direct; and every such Ticket shall from time to time, and when the holder thereof shall cease to be such Inmate, be obtained back from him by the said Occupier and cancelled. IX. Possession by a Chinaman of any of the Tickets mentioned in Sections Seven and Eight shall be to be prima facie proof primâ facie evidence of the delivery thereof to him as an Inmate by the Chinaman therein mentioned as of delivery. Occupier. Possession of Tickets The Occupier to be X. Every Chinese Occupier shall be held responsible as Surety for the good conduct of every Inmate responsible for the in- to whom he shall have delivered any such Ticket unless the said Occupier shall show some matter of justi- fication or excuse. mates. Statistical informa- XI. Every such Occupier is hereby commanded to furnish at all times to the Registrar General what- tion to be furnished soever information the said Registrar General shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, require of him; and by occupiers. every Occupier of a House is further commanded, upon the occurrence of any Marriage, Birth, Death, Arrival, or Departure of Inmates within his House, forthwith to report the same to the Officer of his District. proper Chinese Registration Tickets XII. Within Ten Days next after the commencement of any future hiring by a European of a China- in case of Chinese Ser-man as a Servant to reside within the Hirer's house or place of business, or (in case of any such hiring which vants resident with hath already commenced) within Ten Days from the passing of this Ordinance, such Chinaman shall apply Europeans. ♦ to the said Registrar General for a Registration Ticket, and shall at the same time produce unto the said Registrar General a Certificate of his Hiring under the hand of the said Hirer, and (if so required by the latter) satisfy the said Registrar General that he hath obtained sufficient Security after Chinese custom for the indemnity of the said birer against his acts and defaults; and thereupon it shall be the duty of the said Registrar General to make out under his Hand the said Registration Ticket, inserting therein such parti, culars ap im shall seem meet, an jiver the same XIII. All Chinese Houses shall be divided into Tithings or Káp of Ten Houses cach, wherein every Chinese Tithings or Occupier of a House shall answer to Her Majesty for the good conduct of the occupiers of the other nine; Káp. and over every Tithing or Káp one of the occupiers of the Houses comprised in the same shall be Kápchcong or Tithingman, to be elected by common vote of the said Tithing or Káp to that office, subject to the approval of this Government, and he shall be the proper Representative of the said Tithing or Káp, and be distinguished by some Badge to be appointed by His Excellency, and he shall hold his said office during one year; and no other person shall assume the title or badge of Kapcheong of such Tithing or Kap. XIV. It shall be the duty of every such Occupier of a House to report to his Kápcheong without delay, Duties of Káp.. to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, all Cases, or Suspicions of Crime, committed or to be committed, and generally, for all the purposes of this Ordinance, to be aiding and assisting to the said Kápcheong in the execution of the same; and further, to do his utmost to prevent all crimes, felonies, and misdemeanours, and to apprehend all persons whom he shall find in the actual commission of the same. XV. It shall be the duty of the Kápcheong to communicate forthwith to the Registrar General all Duties of the Káp- such reports as in Section Fourteen are mentioned, when and as the same are received by him; and likewise cheong. to report to him to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, and without delay, all such Cases, or Suspicions, whether so reported from the Káp or not; and in all other respects to discharge the duties and exercise the of a Constable of the Police Force of Hongkong, save so far as the same are altered by this Ordinance. pqwors XVI. The Kápcheong, as the proper representative of his Káp, shall be aiding and assisting unto the The medium of ex- Civil, Naval, and Military authorities of this Colony, in the execution of Warrants, Writs, and Process, and cuting process, &c., in a Káp. the making of Searches, Inquiries, and Arrests, within any house of his Káp; and the said authorities are authorized to communicate with the said Kápcheong, for the purposes of this Section. XVII. His Excellency in Council shall have power to approve for, and appoint to, the office of Tepo in Power to elect and cach Town, Village, Hamlet, and District, of this Colony, a proper person to be presented unto him by the appoint Tepos. Occupiers of Chinese houses therein, or (in default of such presentment) to be nominated by His Excellency in Council for that purpose. XVIII. Every Tepo shall have, throughout his Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, the same powers Powers and Duties and authorities, and perform the same duties, as are hereinbefore conferred and imposed on a Kápcheong, of the Tepo. with respect to his Káp. XIX. All Tepos and Kápcheongs shall be immediately subordinate unto the Registrar General, and The Tepos and Káp- shall conform to his orders, and obey and enforce whatsoever Rules and Regulations he shall, with the cheongs shall be regu lated by the Registrar approbation of His Excellency, frame and issue for the better execution of their respective duties under General. this Ordinance. XX. The amount of the Salary of each Tepo shall be fixed by His Excellency in Council, and shall Salary of the Tepo. be raised by way of levy, at the same time with the Police Tax of his Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, upon the Annual Value of the Chinese Houses within the same, according to the Assessment thereof to the said Tax, and at a rate per cent sufficient to raise the said amount; and it shall be the duty of the Registrar General to ascertain the said rate, and to receive the amount of the said levy when made, and to pay thereout to the Tepo his said Salary, and to account with the Government, and also with the said Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, for the remainder, if any, of the amount levied; and the provisions of all Ordinances for the enforcement of the payment of Police Taxes; shall be extended to the enforcement of the said levy. XXI. A Tepo shall be permitted to act as Arbitrator in disputes of a Civil nature only, arising between Power of Arbitration, Chinamen, willing to submit the same to his arbitrament; and his award being reduced to writing, and approved by the Registrar General, shall be received in evidence, and may be carried into effect by any Court wherein the same shall come in question. 1 Unlicensed Hawking prohibited. XXIII. No License for such Hawking shall be granted by the Registrar General to any person except Conditions and Fees after proper enquiry into the Character of the Applicant, and upon due and ample Security for his good of Hawking Licenses. conduct, and subject to forfeiture on his conviction of any offence before any Justice of the Peace. every applicant, on receiving his said License, shall pay therefor to the Registrar General, to the use of the Crown, the Fee in that behalf mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed. XXII. The Hawking of Goods or Wares in the Streets or Roads of this Colony without a License from the Registrar General is hereby prohibited. And taker's Licenses. The Registrar Ge- XXIV. The Registrar General shall grant to such fit and proper persons, being Chinamen, as shall make application unto him in that behalf, Licenses to undertake and perform the Burials of Chinese Dead in neral to grant Under- the Cemeteries, and after the manner prescribed by law; and every such License shall be limited in duration to One Year, but renewable at the expiration of each Year; and there shall be paid to him to the use of the Crown for every such grant or renewal the Fee in that behalf specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed. XXV. No Person, not being an Undertaker licensed under Section Twenty-four, shall henceforward None but Licensed undertake or perform any Burials of Chinese Dead, or dig any Grave within any such Cemetery as aforesaid. Undertakers to bury or dig Graves. XXVI. Every Licensed Undertaker is hereby required to use his best skill and endeavour, to prevent The Undertakers are and repress all Offences against, and violations of, the Laws for regulating Chinese Burials, and to apprehend, required to prevent or cause to be apprehended, all persons accused thereof, and from time to time to report every such offence and repress Offences against Burial Laws, or violation to the Registrar General with all reasonable speed. XXVII. It shall be lawful for the Registrar General to grant to such persons, upon such Security and Licensing of China in such Form as he shall think fit, and upon payment to him made to the use of the Crown of such Fee there- Boats, &c. for according to size as in the said Schedule hereunto annexed is in that behalf specified, Certificates of License of Chinese Boats or Vessels plying for hire within the waters of this Colony, or carrying passengers between this Colony and the Ports on the Chinese Main (other than Chinese Boats or Vessels visiting this Colony merely for Trading purposes ;) and every such Boat or Vessel shall carry on each of her bows and on her stern, legibly painted upon Wood or Tin, the true Number of her Certificate aforesaid, which Number shall be supplied by the Registrar General for that purpose; and no such Certificate or Number shall be trans- ferred or lent unto any other Boat or Vessel, or the persons on board of the same, nor shall any Certificate or Number other than such as the said Registrar General shall have granted under this Section be assumed And every person haying' or exhibited by any such Boat or Vessel, or the Persons on board of the same. charge of any such Boat or Vessel is hereby commanded, whensoever thereunto required, to exhibit the Certificate granted respect thereof under this Section. And all Persons having charge of Chinese Boats or Vessels, and not having obtained or not having on board such Certificate as aforesaid (other than as aforesaid). are hereby forbidden to employ their said Boats or Vessels in plying here within the said waters, or in carry- ing passengers between this Colony and the said Ports, or to cause, suffer, or connive at their said employ- ment. XXVIII. Upon Security given to the Registrar General and to his satisfaction for the character and Power to grant Pro- conduct of the persons concerned, and upon payment made to him by them of such Fee therefor as in the tection Tickets. said Schedule hereunto annexed is in that behalf specified, the Registrar General, when thereunto requested by the said persons, may make out in such form as he shall think fit, and deliver unto the said persons, a Ticket under his hand, entitling any Chinese Boat or Vessel having such certificate as aforesaid to the pro- tection of Her Majesty's Naval Forces against Pirates. And it is hereby required, that no such Person shall Protection lend any such Protection Ticket to any other Person, and that no Person shall use or borrow any Ticket whereof he is not the grantee. XXIX. Scales of Fares for all Licensed Boats and Vessels within the said waters, and also Scales for Scale of Bost Fares and Coolie Hire. the Hire of all Coolies and Labourers by the Day, Hour, or Job, with all proper Regulations for excep tional cases, shall be prepared and fixed, and, if expedient, from time to time altered and varied, by the Registrar General, subject to the approval of His Excellency the Governor in Council; and every such Scale and Variation thereof shall, when and as approved, be notified in the Government Gazette, and shall be Licenses to receive evidence of the right of the parties concerned to the Fares or Hires therein mentioned. And a correct and complete copy of every Scale of Fares for the time being in force shall be furnished by the Registrar General to every such Boat or Vessel, which copy the persons owning or having charge of the said Boat or Vessel And no Person owning or having shall cause to be fixed and exhibited in some conspicuous part thereof. charge of any such Boat or Vessel, or being such Coolie or Labourer, shall demand or receive a greater fare or hire than by the Scale for the time being in force and relating thereto is sanctioned; and no such Person shall refuse, without reasonable and sufficient cause, to accept employment according to his Scale, when- soever offered in conformity with this Ordinance, or use any abusive or insolent language to any Person soever, to employing or offering him such employment. XXX. No Person soever, Chinaman or European, shall lodge, receive, or keep any Chinese Labourers or and lodge Coolics, &c. Coolies, ( not being Persons in his actual employment as such, or bond fide inmates of his Tenement, Boat, or Vessel), nor any Chinese Emigrants, or intending Emigrants, in or upon any tenement within this Colony, or on board of any Boat or Vessel lying within the same or the waters thereof, and not being at the time actually and bona fide engaged in or for the lawful voyage of the Labourers, Coolies or Emigrants then on board thereof, unless such Person shall have first obtained from the said Registrar General his License in writing in that behalf, which License the said Registrar General is hereby empowered to grant for such term and upon such conditions as he shall think fit, upon proof first made of the fitness of such Person to receive the said License, and upon payment by him to the said Registrar General advanced and made for the same of such yearly or other Fee, as in the Schedule hereto is expressed, and he may from time to time call in and revoke or alter the same so often as he shall deem expedient. XXXI. The Registrar General is charged especially for the purposes of this Ordinance to visit, inspect, Visitation, insepc- tion, and approval of and approve of any Tenement, Boat, or Vessel, in respect whereof application sh all be made to him for a Tenements, &c., for License, under Section Thirty, before he shall grant or renew the same; and it shall be at all times during the the purpose and pre- con tinuance of any License by him so granted or renewed, his duty to enforce the observance of good order, vention of abuse. decency, and morality, and the prevention or punishment of nuisances and other abuses among the Inmates thereof, and whether by them or by any other Person committed, and to secure to the said Inmates the Land not enjoyment of their personal rights, as British Subjects whether permanently or for the time being. XXXII. No Private Person shall occupy or erect any Building or other thing soever upon Residing or Build- ing, &c., on Crown being under Lease from the Crown, without the Licence of the Registrar General, nor with such License, if the same could not have been lawfully occupied or erected before the passing of this Ordinance. XXXIII. Any Stipendiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace may cause any Chinese Person to find Security to appear within Twelve Months, reasonable Security for his appearance in any Court for any purpose and at any time within Twelve Months, and every adjudication to that effect shall be reported forthwith to His Excellency; and such Chinese not finding such Security shall be deemed a Person dangerous to the Peace of the Colony, within the meaning of Ordinance No. 2 of 1857. Land. Licenses for Public Meetings. Mendicancy forbidden The Power to direct Census. Blank Returns to be XXXIV. Written Licenses under the hand of the Governor or Registrar General, for the holding of Meetings to consider in a lawful way the redress of supposed Grievances, or for Religious or Theatrical Entertainments, or for any other purposes of Public Interest, may be granted to any Chinese occupiers apply- of ing for the same; and without such Licenses, no Chinese people shall hold or be present at any Meetings purposes soever of a public nature, not convened by the Governor or Sheriff, and not being solely for the Religious Worship. XXXV. Mendicancy in the public Highways or Streets is hereby forbidden. XXXVI. The Governor in Council is empowered to direct the Census of Population to be taken within this Colony from time to time as to His said Excellency in Council shall seem meet, and every such direction may be addressed to the Registrar General. XXXVII. Upon receiving any such direction, the Registrar General shall prepare and cause to be prepared and deliver- delivered at every Dwelling and Place of Business throughout this Colony, a Blank Return, to be filled up before a certain day to be therein named with the Names and Number of the Occupiers and Inmates of every such Dwelling or Place of Business, and the persons in their employment or residing with them or within their tenements according to their several Names, Sexes, Occupations, and Countries. ed. The Blanks to be XXXVIII. Every such Blank Return shall, according to its tenor and the truth of the case, be filled up filled up and returned, by the Occupier of the Dwelling or Place of Business where the same shall have been left; and he shall upon demand, within Five Days after the day on which the same was so left, return, or deliver it, so filled up as aforesaid, to the Registrar General. Penalties. 1. Against Sec. 7. 2. Against Sect. 8. 3. Against Sects. 11 and 12. 4. Against Sects. 13, 14, 15, 18 and 19. 5. Against Sect. 22- 6. Against Sect. 25. 7. Against Sect. 26. 8. Against Sect. 27. 9. Against Sect. 28. 10. Against Sect. 29 11. Against Sects. 30 and 31. XXXIX. Persons violating, or disobeying, or failing to comply with, the several Provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon summary conviction of such offence before the Registrar General, or (if the said person shall so demand) before a Stipendiary Magistrate, or any Two Justices of the Peace, incur, and pay, or suffer the several Penalties and forfeitures hereinafter respectively made applicable to the same, that is to say: 12. Against Sect. 32. ̧ 13. Against Sect. 33. 14. Against Sect. 34. 15. Against Sect. 35. 1. For every offence of vagrancy, (being a first offence), within the meaning of Section Seven, the penalty of exposure in the stocks for a period not exceeding Three Hours, nor less than Half-an- hour; or (being a second or subsequent offence) the like penalty together with the public in- fliction of not more than Thirty-six Blows, nor less than Five Blows with a Rattan; and also together with deportation if His Execellency in Council shall think fit. } 2. For every offence against Section Eight, a Sum not exceeding Forty Dollars, nor less than Two. 3. For every offence against Section Eleven, or Section Twelve, a Sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 4. For every offence against Section Thirteen, Section Fourteen, Section Fifteen, Section Eighteen or Section Nineteen, a Sum not exceeding Fifteen Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 5. For every offence against Section Twenty-two, a Sum not exceeding Ten Dollars, nor less than Fifty Cents. 6. For every offence against Section Twenty-five, a Sum not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 7. For every offence against Section Twenty-six, a Sum not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 8. For every offence against Section Twenty-seven, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor lesg than Five, or the forfeiture of the Boat or Vessel. 9. For every offence against Section Twenty-eight, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five, or if the Court shall so think fit the forfeiture of the Boat or Vessel, either in lieu of, or in addition to, the said Sum. 10. For every offence against Section Twenty-nine, a Sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars, nor less than Fifty Cents. 11. For every offence against Section Thirty or Section Thirty-one, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five Dollars. · 12. For every offence against Section Thirty-two, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five, (besides the Expenses of the Removal of the Building or thing occupied or erected). 13. For every offence against Section Thirty-three, (unless the same shall be dealt with under the Ordinance therein mentioned,) a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five. 14. For every offence against Section Thirty-four, a Sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, nor less than Five. .. 15. For every offence against Section Thirty-five, a Sum not exceeding Five Dollars, nor dess than, Twenty Cents; or the offender shall, at the discretion of the Court, receive not more than Thirty-six Blows, nor less than five Blows, with a Rattan; and he shall also, if His Excellency in Council shall so decide, berleported to any place in the Chinese Emnire. 16. For every offence against Section Thirty-eight, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 16. Against Sect. 38. 17. For every of 17. And for every such Disobedience, Violation, or Default, for which no specific penalty is hereinbefore fence not specifically provided, such Sum, not exceeding in any case Twenty-five Dollars, as the Court shall think fit. provided for. nonpayment of XL. In case of of the said pecuniary Penalties, the same may be recovered by any of Enforcement of Pe- the ways and means whereby, on any summary proceedings before Justices, penalties are or shall be recover- nalties. able; yet so as that no offender against Section Thirty-eight shall be liable to be imprisoned in such case. any XLI. Over and above the pecuniary Penalties appointed by Section Thirty-nine, Chinese offenders, if, Chinese Officers or Licensees offending li- holding the office of Kapcheong or Tepo, shall be liable to ignominious Removal or Dismissal by His able to ignominious Excellency in Council after the methods and usages of the Chinese, and, if holding any License herein Dismissal. specified, shall be liable to the forfeiture thereof. to be that of the Secu- XLII. Where, upon the conviction of any offender, it shall appear that, before the commission of the In case of Security, offence, he had given security to the Registrar General under this Ordinance, and that by such offence the the amount of penalty ime is become forfeited, the amount of such security shall be deemed to be the penalty actually incurred ity. by him, and it shall not be lawful for the Court to impose any penalty for his said offence, save and except the amount of his said security. this Ordinancé. · XLIII. Every ajudication under this Ordinance shall be final, unless Certiorari for removing the Trial of conspiracies proceedings, either before or after judgment, shall be obtained, by the Crown or by the Defendant, as the by Chinese against case may be, within Ten Days from the first commencement of the said proceedings, and unless the pro- ceedings upon the said Certiorari shall be prosecuted, with effect, in the Supreme Court, within Six Weeks after the obtaining thereof. XLIV. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following Terms and Words shall be severally Construction of words. taken, not only in their received sense, but also to extend to and include the meanings hereinafter specified, that is to say— "Occupier," "Person occupying," and "Master of a House" or "of a Boat or Vessel," shall include Occupier.' every Person acting as Master thereof, Occupant of the Groundfloor thereof (if a House) at a rent, and (in the event of a vacant House, Boat or Vessel or of no other Occupier thereof being to be found) Owner thereof, or his Agent. And "House" or "Building" shall include House or Building." any Shop, Outhouse, Shed, or Roof: And "European" shall include all Persons other than Asiatics, and also all such Asiatics (not being Chi- nese) as owe or shall owe permanent allegiance unto Her Majesty: And "Chinese" shall include Natives of Hongkong and other places out of the Empire of China, being of Chinese blood or following Chinese usages: Save only and except where by the express letter of this Ordinance a more limited meaning hath been attributed to any or either of the said Terms and Words. XLV. All Acts done before the passing of this Ordinance which, if done after the passing thereof, would have been legal and valid, shall be deemed legal and valid for all purposes soever. Fee for Hawkers, 1st Class Boats plying for hire, Schedule TO WHICH THis OrdinanCE REFERS: 2d do. do. do, 3d do. do. do., 4th do. do. do., 0.50 Quarterly. 10.00 Annually. 5.00 " 3.00 " 0.50 "J Trading and Fishing Boats, Undertakers' Licenses, • 10.00 " " 10.00 • And if by a lesser term (for every Ten Inmates,) Licenses of Tenements and Boats or Boats for Coolies (for every Ten Inmates) if by the Year, » 5.00 " • 99 0.107 O per diem. Europeans.' And Chinese Exception. Retrospective. No. 12. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the accompanying Notice, exhibiting the improvements which have been made by the Chinese Authorities for increasing the securities for the Navigation of the Yang-tsze Kiang, be published for general information, together with a Chart of the Entrance to the River, shewing the positions of the Buoys which have been laid down, and of the Beacon Tower, By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Office of MARITIME CUSTOMs, Shanghae, 23d March, 1857. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of arrangements made by the Chinese Authorities for the improvement of the navigation of the Yang-tsze Kiang, Eight Iron Nun Buoys have been moored between Gutzlaff Island and Woosung. These have been laid down by Mr George L. Carr, Master, R. N., in the following positions :: In the Fairway, at the entrance of the River, one painted with horizontal Black and White Stripes. On the South Sand,-three painted Black, and numbered 1, 3, 5. On the North Sand,—three painted Red, and numbered 2, 4, 6. On the North Spit,-off the entrance of Woosung River, one painted Red, and numbered 8. The numbers on the Buoys commence from Seaward. Fairway Buoy, is painted with horizontal Black and White Stripes, with Staff and Vane, and lies in 47 fathoms, and from it. Gutz- laff bears S. 11° 15′ E. 18 miles; Light Ship N. 50° W. 7 miles. In entering the River from Seaward, the Red Buoys should be left on the Starboard hand; the Black Buoys on the Port hand. BUOYS ON The South Sand. No. 1.-Painted Black, with Staff and Vane, lies in 18 feet, and from it the Tower bears N. 56° W.; Light Ship E. 3 miles; Buoy No. 3 N. 50° 37 W. 84 miles; Buoy No. 2 N. 11° 15′ W. 33 miles. No. 3.-Painted Black, with Staff and Vane, lies in 18 feet on the edge of the Bank, extending to the S.E. of the Tower, and from it the Tower bears N. 72° W.; Light Ship S. 59° E.; Buoy No. 4 N. 14° W. 24 miles. No. 5.—Painted Black, with Staff and Vaue, lies in 20 feet, and from it Block House Island bears N. 18° E.; Tower S. 39° E¡; Buoy No. 6 N. 45° E. 1 miles. S.S.W. of this Buoy, about a Ship's length, the depth of water is 2 fathoms. In standing towards this Buoy, tack on the first Shoal cast, for the Bank is steep; close outside the Buoy, the depth is 5 fathoms. BUOYS ON THE North Sand No. 2.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vane, lies in 19 feet, and from it the Light Ship bears S. 48° E. 5 miles; Tower N. 73° W.; Enoy No. 1 S. 11° 15' E. 34 miles. The nearest point of the north Sand is dry at low water, bears N. 5° W. about 200 yards, and Shoals suddenly inside the Buoy 16. For every offence against Section Thirty-eight, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 16. Against Sect. 38. 17. For every of 17. And for every such Disobedience, Violation, or Default, for which no specific penalty is hereinbefore fence not specifically provided, such Sum, not exceeding in any case Twenty-five Dollars, as the Court shall think fit. provided for. nonpayment of XL. In case of of the said pecuniary Penalties, the same may be recovered by any of Enforcement of Pe- the ways and means whereby, on any summary proceedings before Justices, penalties are or shall be recover- nalties. able; yet so as that no offender against Section Thirty-eight shall be liable to be imprisoned in such case. any XLI. Over and above the pecuniary Penalties appointed by Section Thirty-nine, Chinese offenders, if, Chinese Officers or Licensees offending li- holding the office of Kapcheong or Tepo, shall be liable to ignominious Removal or Dismissal by His able to ignominious Excellency in Council after the methods and usages of the Chinese, and, if holding any License herein Dismissal. specified, shall be liable to the forfeiture thereof. to be that of the Secu- XLII. Where, upon the conviction of any offender, it shall appear that, before the commission of the In case of Security, offence, he had given security to the Registrar General under this Ordinance, and that by such offence the the amount of penalty ime is become forfeited, the amount of such security shall be deemed to be the penalty actually incurred ity. by him, and it shall not be lawful for the Court to impose any penalty for his said offence, save and except the amount of his said security. this Ordinancé. · XLIII. Every ajudication under this Ordinance shall be final, unless Certiorari for removing the Trial of conspiracies proceedings, either before or after judgment, shall be obtained, by the Crown or by the Defendant, as the by Chinese against case may be, within Ten Days from the first commencement of the said proceedings, and unless the pro- ceedings upon the said Certiorari shall be prosecuted, with effect, in the Supreme Court, within Six Weeks after the obtaining thereof. XLIV. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following Terms and Words shall be severally Construction of words. taken, not only in their received sense, but also to extend to and include the meanings hereinafter specified, that is to say— "Occupier," "Person occupying," and "Master of a House" or "of a Boat or Vessel," shall include Occupier.' every Person acting as Master thereof, Occupant of the Groundfloor thereof (if a House) at a rent, and (in the event of a vacant House, Boat or Vessel or of no other Occupier thereof being to be found) Owner thereof, or his Agent. And "House" or "Building" shall include House or Building." any Shop, Outhouse, Shed, or Roof: And "European" shall include all Persons other than Asiatics, and also all such Asiatics (not being Chi- nese) as owe or shall owe permanent allegiance unto Her Majesty: And "Chinese" shall include Natives of Hongkong and other places out of the Empire of China, being of Chinese blood or following Chinese usages: Save only and except where by the express letter of this Ordinance a more limited meaning hath been attributed to any or either of the said Terms and Words. XLV. All Acts done before the passing of this Ordinance which, if done after the passing thereof, would have been legal and valid, shall be deemed legal and valid for all purposes soever. Fee for Hawkers, 1st Class Boats plying for hire, Schedule TO WHICH THis OrdinanCE REFERS: 2d do. do. do, 3d do. do. do., 4th do. do. do., 0.50 Quarterly. 10.00 Annually. 5.00 " 3.00 " 0.50 "J Trading and Fishing Boats, Undertakers' Licenses, • 10.00 " " 10.00 • And if by a lesser term (for every Ten Inmates,) Licenses of Tenements and Boats or Boats for Coolies (for every Ten Inmates) if by the Year, » 5.00 " • 99 0.107 O per diem. Europeans.' And Chinese Exception. Retrospective. No. 12. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the accompanying Notice, exhibiting the improvements which have been made by the Chinese Authorities for increasing the securities for the Navigation of the Yang-tsze Kiang, be published for general information, together with a Chart of the Entrance to the River, shewing the positions of the Buoys which have been laid down, and of the Beacon Tower, By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Office of MARITIME CUSTOMs, Shanghae, 23d March, 1857. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of arrangements made by the Chinese Authorities for the improvement of the navigation of the Yang-tsze Kiang, Eight Iron Nun Buoys have been moored between Gutzlaff Island and Woosung. These have been laid down by Mr George L. Carr, Master, R. N., in the following positions :: In the Fairway, at the entrance of the River, one painted with horizontal Black and White Stripes. On the South Sand,-three painted Black, and numbered 1, 3, 5. On the North Sand,—three painted Red, and numbered 2, 4, 6. On the North Spit,-off the entrance of Woosung River, one painted Red, and numbered 8. The numbers on the Buoys commence from Seaward. Fairway Buoy, is painted with horizontal Black and White Stripes, with Staff and Vane, and lies in 47 fathoms, and from it. Gutz- laff bears S. 11° 15′ E. 18 miles; Light Ship N. 50° W. 7 miles. In entering the River from Seaward, the Red Buoys should be left on the Starboard hand; the Black Buoys on the Port hand. BUOYS ON The South Sand. No. 1.-Painted Black, with Staff and Vane, lies in 18 feet, and from it the Tower bears N. 56° W.; Light Ship E. 3 miles; Buoy No. 3 N. 50° 37 W. 84 miles; Buoy No. 2 N. 11° 15′ W. 33 miles. No. 3.-Painted Black, with Staff and Vane, lies in 18 feet on the edge of the Bank, extending to the S.E. of the Tower, and from it the Tower bears N. 72° W.; Light Ship S. 59° E.; Buoy No. 4 N. 14° W. 24 miles. No. 5.—Painted Black, with Staff and Vaue, lies in 20 feet, and from it Block House Island bears N. 18° E.; Tower S. 39° E¡; Buoy No. 6 N. 45° E. 1 miles. S.S.W. of this Buoy, about a Ship's length, the depth of water is 2 fathoms. In standing towards this Buoy, tack on the first Shoal cast, for the Bank is steep; close outside the Buoy, the depth is 5 fathoms. BUOYS ON THE North Sand No. 2.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vane, lies in 19 feet, and from it the Light Ship bears S. 48° E. 5 miles; Tower N. 73° W.; Enoy No. 1 S. 11° 15' E. 34 miles. The nearest point of the north Sand is dry at low water, bears N. 5° W. about 200 yards, and Shoals suddenly inside the Buoy No. 4.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vane, lies in 20 feet, and from it the Tower bears S. 63° W. 3 miles; Block House N. 39o W. Buoy No. 3 S. 14° E. 23 miles. No. 6.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vanc, lies in 19 feet, and from it Block House bears N. 2 miles; Tower S. 16° E.; Buoy No. 5 S. 45° W. 13 miles. No. 8.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vanc, lies in 17 feet, and from it Paoushan Point bears N. 65% W.; leading marks into Woo sung S, 55° W.; Mud Fort S. 12° W. The depth of Water given, is reduced to low water, Spring Tides. The bearings are all Magnetic. Light Ship-The Light Ship is moored in 4 fathoms, at low water, and bears N. by W. W. from Gutzlaff Island, from which she is distant 23 miles, and 1 mile from the Southern Spit of the North Bank. The Tower-Erected on the South Shore of the Yang-tsze Kiang, at Kew T'oan (), Latitude 31° 15′ 30′′ N., Longitude 121* 45′ E., is a plain structure of Brick, painted Red and White. Its height is 67 feet, and it bears from the Light Ship N. 63° West, distance 16 miles. The Trees upon Block House Island bear from it N. 15° West, distance 8 miles. GEO. L. CARR, Master, R.N., H.M.S. "Pique." BY ORDER, WM. LENT, No. 14. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. • Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year 1856, be published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE. No. I.-A RETURN of the NUMBER and TONNAGE of Merchant VESSELS which Arrived at, and Departed from, the PORT OF AMO Y, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong. British, Dutch,. American, Hamburg, Peruvian, ... Spanish, Bremen, Siamese, Danish, French, Portuguese, Prussian, ... ... ARRIVED. DEPARTED. UADER WHAT COLOURS. NO. OF SHIPS. TONNAGE. UNDER WHAT COLOURS. 11.0 ... ... 202 51,657 British, 43 16,364 Dutch, 22 ● 8,642 American, 27 5,561 Hamburg, 10 4.335 Peruvian,... 16 4.377 Spanish, ... 7 1,556 Brenien, 10 5,010 Siamese, ... 1,090 Danish. : 516 Frenchi, ... : 1: ... 200 Portuguese, 340 Prussian, 212 Chilian, 593 Norwegian, 142 13,252 | Portuguese Lorchas, 491 113,705 Chilian, Norwegian, Portuguese Lorchas, No. of SHIPS, TONNAGE. ... 190 48,452 42 15.500 21 8.346 ... 28 5.709 9 3.795 18 4,977 7 1,556 1 4,950 1,090 516 *** 200 340 1 212 I 593 ... 146 13,436 484 109,672 M. C. MORRISON, Acting Consul. British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856. No, II.-A STATEMENT exhibiting the MOVEMENT OF BRITISH SHIPPING, in the Trade with the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year 1856; and shewing the Number and Tonnage of British Vessels in Harbour on the 31st December, 1856. PLACES AND PORTS. Hongkong, Straits, Falmouth, Shanghae, Ningpo, Foochow.... Whampoa, Fast Coast, Macao, Forinosa,. Cochin, Kampont,.. Siam,... Manila,. Callao, Total,.. ARRIVÉD. DEPARTED. SUMMARY. - NUMBER, TONNAGE. NUMBER. TONNAGE. 80 20,528 52 : : 14 4,222 31 12,889 11,671 Entered,- J 464 202 Vessels, 51,657 Tons. 18 7,370 20 5.874 18 .4,720 17 4,195. 18 3,108 23 4,750 1,665 374 28 5,418 16 2 266 1 200 12 2,131 21 3,097 237 2 607 477 237 121 4 734 735 651 ... Cleared,- 190 Vessels, 48,452 Tons 3,368 Of which number entered in Ballast,— 79 Vessels, 19,777 Tons. Cleared in Ballast,— 83 Vessels, 16,116 Tons. In Harbour on 31st December, 1856,— 18 Vessels 5,742 Tons, 202 61,657 190 48,452 M. C. MORRISON, Acting Consul British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856. in Council shall so decide ported to any place in the Chinese Empire. No. 4.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vane, lies in 20 feet, and from it the Tower bears S. 63° W. 3 miles; Block House N. 39o W. Buoy No. 3 S. 14° E. 23 miles. No. 6.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vanc, lies in 19 feet, and from it Block House bears N. 2 miles; Tower S. 16° E.; Buoy No. 5 S. 45° W. 13 miles. No. 8.-Painted Red, with Staff and Vanc, lies in 17 feet, and from it Paoushan Point bears N. 65% W.; leading marks into Woo sung S, 55° W.; Mud Fort S. 12° W. The depth of Water given, is reduced to low water, Spring Tides. The bearings are all Magnetic. Light Ship-The Light Ship is moored in 4 fathoms, at low water, and bears N. by W. W. from Gutzlaff Island, from which she is distant 23 miles, and 1 mile from the Southern Spit of the North Bank. The Tower-Erected on the South Shore of the Yang-tsze Kiang, at Kew T'oan (), Latitude 31° 15′ 30′′ N., Longitude 121* 45′ E., is a plain structure of Brick, painted Red and White. Its height is 67 feet, and it bears from the Light Ship N. 63° West, distance 16 miles. The Trees upon Block House Island bear from it N. 15° West, distance 8 miles. GEO. L. CARR, Master, R.N., H.M.S. "Pique." BY ORDER, WM. LENT, No. 14. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. • Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year 1856, be published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE. No. I.-A RETURN of the NUMBER and TONNAGE of Merchant VESSELS which Arrived at, and Departed from, the PORT OF AMO Y, during the Year ending 31st December, 1856, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong. British, Dutch,. American, Hamburg, Peruvian, ... Spanish, Bremen, Siamese, Danish, French, Portuguese, Prussian, ... ... ARRIVED. DEPARTED. UADER WHAT COLOURS. NO. OF SHIPS. TONNAGE. UNDER WHAT COLOURS. 11.0 ... ... 202 51,657 British, 43 16,364 Dutch, 22 ● 8,642 American, 27 5,561 Hamburg, 10 4.335 Peruvian,... 16 4.377 Spanish, ... 7 1,556 Brenien, 10 5,010 Siamese, ... 1,090 Danish. : 516 Frenchi, ... : 1: ... 200 Portuguese, 340 Prussian, 212 Chilian, 593 Norwegian, 142 13,252 | Portuguese Lorchas, 491 113,705 Chilian, Norwegian, Portuguese Lorchas, No. of SHIPS, TONNAGE. ... 190 48,452 42 15.500 21 8.346 ... 28 5.709 9 3.795 18 4,977 7 1,556 1 4,950 1,090 516 *** 200 340 1 212 I 593 ... 146 13,436 484 109,672 M. C. MORRISON, Acting Consul. British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856. No, II.-A STATEMENT exhibiting the MOVEMENT OF BRITISH SHIPPING, in the Trade with the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year 1856; and shewing the Number and Tonnage of British Vessels in Harbour on the 31st December, 1856. PLACES AND PORTS. Hongkong, Straits, Falmouth, Shanghae, Ningpo, Foochow.... Whampoa, Fast Coast, Macao, Forinosa,. Cochin, Kampont,.. Siam,... Manila,. Callao, Total,.. ARRIVÉD. DEPARTED. SUMMARY. - NUMBER, TONNAGE. NUMBER. TONNAGE. 80 20,528 52 : : 14 4,222 31 12,889 11,671 Entered,- J 464 202 Vessels, 51,657 Tons. 18 7,370 20 5.874 18 .4,720 17 4,195. 18 3,108 23 4,750 1,665 374 28 5,418 16 2 266 1 200 12 2,131 21 3,097 237 2 607 477 237 121 4 734 735 651 ... Cleared,- 190 Vessels, 48,452 Tons 3,368 Of which number entered in Ballast,— 79 Vessels, 19,777 Tons. Cleared in Ballast,— 83 Vessels, 16,116 Tons. In Harbour on 31st December, 1856,— 18 Vessels 5,742 Tons, 202 61,657 190 48,452 M. C. MORRISON, Acting Consul British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856. in Council shall so decide ported to any place in the Chinese Empire. verriztity" No. III.—A RETURN of the Quantities and Value of Meròhandizɛ IMPORTED into the PORT OF AMOY, in 123 British Vessels, of 31,880 Tons, from the Countries and Places undermentioned, during the Year ending the 31st December, 1856. No. 18 TANITT. 3 Betelnut, „Denomination OF ARTICLES, 4. Biche de Mar, 5 Birds' Nests, ... ... 7 Cloves, ... 12 | Cotton, ... 13 Long Cloths, ... APP Turkey Reds, Brocades, ... Velveteens, Chintz,... Red and Fancy Cloth, 14 Cotton Yarn, ... ... Thread, 17 Elephants' Teeth, 19 Flintstones, *** 20 Glassware, 21 Gambier, 25 Horns, 30 ... Metals-Iron, Tin, ** : : j** QUANTITIES, i FROM WRAT Countrise AND PLACEA IMPORTED. Estimated VALUE IN DOLLABS, ¡689 Picula 632 27. Packages Į. 199, Piculs - 11,527 Balos (1, 13.950 Picces * 1,775 23:Cases Straits Whampoa, Hongkong, Straits, and Shanghae Hongkong and Straits 1$1,379 6.328 1,630 1,390 259,373 25,900 ! 7,100 4,000 Hongkong 520 8 150 1 18. 2,485 Bales $2,420 Hongkong, Whampoa, and Straitą * 169,246 [ 64. 2,980 " 2 Piculs 3,932. * 115, Packages 522 Picula je 15.. 640 2,200 171,080. " " 235, Flasks 41, Picula 50 $2,150 Straits 1,416 2,610 430 '1,440 22,492 . 7,559 8,000 Lead, *** ... ... ... Mercury, 32 Pepper. ... 33 Putchuck, 34 Rattans, 35 .. Rice, Grain, pulse, &c. ... $7❘ Saltpetre, 39 Hides, 41 Soap. ... 42 Stock Fish, ... ... 44 Treasure, 45 Wines, &c., ....... Beer, Chinese Wine, ..46 Woods, .... Sandal Wood, Sapan *** 99 Mangrove Bark, ... Red Wood, Timber, Woollens, Camlets, ... ... Bunting. ... ... ... ... ... MISCELLANEOUS,Oil Cake, Dried Beef, Dried Vegetables, Medicines, Lily Flowers, &c., &c., & 40 99 +977 **15,083 15 45,900 5. : 50 } 254 1 1100 -1,683650 i 8 Boxes † 123 Cases 54 Casks 891 Jars 1,044 Picula. 38. 01 250 #116,298 " " 19. 1 630 19 489. Pieces 1933 " 400 100 at 4/2==£231,500.10.1. Sterling, Ningpo, Foochow, and Straits Ningpo, Formosa, and East Coast .. Formosa + Straits Straits and Hongkong Siam and Straits Hongkong Ningpo and Foochow Straits and Hongkong 310 400 2,932 30,166 68,850 460 1,269 520 60,552 1. 16,300 548 432 P680 3,890 450 375 6,300 1,000 $1,720 6,530 * Hongkong 1. All the aboye places 4,700 200 163,672 Total,.... $901,019 · M. C. MORRISON, Acting Consul. Straits British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856. No. IV.—A Return of the Quantities, and Value of MERCHANDIZE EXPORTED from the PORT OF AMO Y, in 107 British Vessels, of 32,336 Tons, to the Countries and Places undermentioned, during the Year 1856. NO.IN TAKIST. 1 Alum, ... Building Materials, DENOMINATION OF ARTICLES. ¿À QUANTITIRO, } Granite, Tiles, *** ... * ... 9 Camphor, 14 Chinaware, 18 Crackers, 30 Kittysols, 33 Red Lead, .... ... ... ... ..b ... ... *** ... 6,050 Piculs : 8,575 Pieces 1+ 1,263,093 in No. 4 Tubs 396,969. Packages. ⠀ 2,044 186,744 in No. 88 Boxes 99 To WHAT COUNTRIES AND PLACES. EXPORTED. ESTINATED VALUR IN DOLLAZI Straita $12,100. Straits Hongkong 2,910 -12,947 90 86,4.58 Straits and Manila 770 16,807 41 Paper of all kiņds, 43 Preserves, 14,005 Packages 62 Hongkong and Straits 1,760 17,520 760 46 Silk (piece), 48 Shoes, 53 Sugar, 83 Sugar Candy, $$ Tea, Tobacco, Treasure, Cash, ... Straits 4 800 ... ל 36 800 19,594 Picula Straits, Hongkong, Whampoa, $2,969 ... ... *** 18,236 $4,725 99 Ningpo, Shanghae, and England 127,647. ... ... ... ... ... ... 912 "3 & Boxes Hongkong and England 51,967 Straits 12,770 19 Hongkong 14,000 54 Bags Straits and Manila 840 Vermilion, Rice, Grain, &c., * *** ... 42 Boxes Straits 2,315 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 111,314 Picula 15,960 Hongkong 222,628 Hongkong, Chinese Ports, and Manila 31,921 Miscellaneous,—Paint, Iron Pans, Flour,. Medicines, Vermicelli, Preserved Fruit, &c., &c., 1 All the above places 189,215 Total,........... $859,494 British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856. $ at 4/11am £211,292.5.6 Sterling. M. C. MORRISON, Acting Consul. No. V.—STATEMENT of TONNAGE DUES, and IMPORT and EXPORT DUTIES, paid by British Vessels in the PORT OF AMOY, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1856. SHIP'S NAME. ΤΟΤΑΣ No. SHIP'S NAME. TONS. 1855 89 Chinchew, 96 Frances, ... 97 Homer, Alma, 8 Robertina, 10 Excellent, 11 Ann, -22 Ann, .. 101 Adelaide, 303 Pet, 107 Antoinette, 1856 1 Ann, 2 Alligator, 3 Arrow, 4 Amilion,.. 5 Fortuna, 7 Scetowpo, ... 9Queen of the West, 12 Sectowpo, 13 Fazil Camin, 14 Hamlet, .. 13 Singapore, ... 16 Edward Marguard,... 17 Good Chance, 18 Whampoa, 19 Banshee, 20 Black River Packet,... 21 Eagle,... 23 Seetowpo, 24 Ann Key, 25 Earl of Hardwicke, 26 Bomersund, 27 Ann, 28 Mermaid, 29 Louisa, 30 Ann, 31 Courser, 32 Sarah Lucy, 33 Louisa, 34 Black River Packet, 35 Alligator, 36 Emma, 37 Royal Lily,... 38 Leongchee, 39 Harpooneer, 40 Louisa, ... 41 Ann Key, 42 Two Brothers,..... 43 Roehampton, 44 Mariner's Hope, 45 Good Chance, 46 Queen of the West, 47 Chrysolite, 48 Fortuna,... 49 Alligator, 50 Hazard, 51 Ann, 52 Ellen, 53 Vivid, 54 Melanie,... 55 Alligator, 56 Canton Packet, 57 Two Brothers, 58 Edward Marguard,... 59 Hamlet, ... *** ... ** *** ... ... ... 765 ... 302 595 285 ... 370 ... *** 219 54.7.5.0 408.2.0.6 169 105.4.7.2 ... *** 197 178.5.6.5 127 17.7.0.0 34.7.3.9 4 192 177 88.5.0.0 148.3.1.9 33.0.1.2 140 TONNAGE IMP. AND Exp. DUES. DOTIFS. TOTAL. No. Taels m.c.c.Tacis m.c.c. Taels m.c.c.. Brought forward, 347.9.6.3 347.9.6.3 99 Sophia, ... ... ... 100 Eaglet, ... 288.2.4.6 ... A ... 102 Amilion, ... TONS. TONNAGE DUES. IMP. AND EXP. DUTIKS. Taels m c.c. 325 162.5.0.0 471.8.1.8 Taels m.c.c. Tacis m.ca 27,8.2.6 3,192.0.0.0|12,906.9.6.1 16,098.9.6.1 634.3.1.8 182 ... ... ... 631 ... ... *** ... 213 *** ... 96 298 ... 169 157.8.7.7 63 ... ... ... 237 118.5.0.0 420 ... 715 412.3.5.3 293 ... 149 *** ... 376 465 ... ... ... 261 ... 139 ... 169 ... ... 63 •*. ... ... 121 ... ... 247 ... 140 43.1.2.1 ... 169 ... 71 ... ... ... ... ... ... 272 169 ... 227 ... ... ... 450 ... 272 ... ... ... 264 197 1: *** 110 • ... ... 464 109.9.8.8 58.5.7.6 125.7.4.1 120 ... 5.0.0.0 ... 405 ... 330.6.0.3 *** 272 37.9.2.5 121 12.1.0.0 201.0.6.4 112 13.2.4.4 469 ..... ... 548.2.0.0 256 ... 149 96 471 ... .. ... 177 ... ... 88.5.0.0 197 ... 134 ... ... ... *** 169 ... ... ... ... ... ... 225 *** 148 136 • ... ... 197 *** 64 112 293 *** 146.5.0.0 ... 420 ... 210.0.0.0 26.5.3.5 258.5.0,5 60 Confucius, 406 ... 76.5.0.0 61 Unicorn, 62 Bassein, 63 Courser, 64] Seetowpo, 65 Lyra, 66 Emma, ... ... 620 ... ... 258 227 129.0.0.0 406.6.2.3 ... 63 ... ... ... 135 110 6.7.5.0 67 Leongchee,. 120 ... ... ... 68 Amilion,... 192 ... ... 96.0.0.0 69 Frances, ... ... 302 70 Hannah,... 250 ... ... 125.0.0.0 129.3.1.6 14.0.0.0 14.8.0.0 98.5.0.0 288.2.4.6 101 Vivid,... 103 Lyra, 462.9.5.6| 104 Ferozepore, 105 Emma, ... 105.4.7.2 106 John Bibby, 178.5.6.5 107 Gem, 52.4.3.9 108 Lady Elgin, 148.3.1.9 109 Frances, 121.5.1.2 110 Malacca,. ... ... 111 Mountain Maid,... 112 Wild Dayrell,... 113 Hazard, ... 114 Water Witch.......... 115 Edward Marguard, 157.8.7.7 116 Confucius, 117 Forerunner,... 546.3.8.0 664.8.8.0 118] Eaglet, 166.9.8.9 166.9.8.9 119 Nile, 412.3.5.3 120 Ann, 178.2.1.7 121 Queen of the West, 1.7.2.8 122 Hannab,. 413.7.1.0 178.2.1.7 1.7.2.8 413.7.1.0 33.6.1.6 29.1.2.1 395.1.3.0 ... 209.1.8.6 504.2.2.7 ... ... 123 Earl of Hardwicke, 124 Ann Key, 125 Cowasjee Family, 126 Antoinette, 127 Zephyr, 128 Eamont, 33.6.1.6 129 Good Chance, ... 130 Remi, 395.1.3.0 | 132 Hamlet, ... 133 Excellent, 134 Red Rover, 209.1.8.6 135 Ann, 504.2.2.7 136] Ballarat,. 101.5.0.7 101.5.0.7 137 Uncle Tom, ... 138 Chinchew, 1,070.2.5.7 1,070.2.5.7 139 Eamont, 58.4.6.8 ... 90.0.0.0 141.3.1.9 ... 68.5.9.4 242.9.2.1 347.1.0.3 60.0.0.0 ... 51.4.0.6 21.4.7.2 16.3.8.9 ... 358.6.4.0 5.8.9.2 109.9.8.8 140) Sarah Lucy, 58.5.7.6 141 Excellent, 125.7.4.1 142 Statesman, 5.0.0.0 143 Forerunner,... 330.6.0.3 144 Woodlark, 37.9.2.5 145 Robert Small, 213.1.6.4|| 146| Sisters, 13.2.4.4 147 Cornelia, 548.2.0.0 148 Vivid, ... ... 58.4.6.8 149 Red Rover,... 150 Louisa, 151 Zephyr, ... [90.0.0.0 152 Mazeppa, 229.8.1.9 153 Gazelle, ... 154 Ann, 155 Eliza Ann, ... 68.5.9.4 156 Venilia, 242.9.2.1| 157] Fortuna, 361.9.0.3 158 Nemea, 159 Zoe, 158.5.0.0 160 Eamont, 161 Zephyr, 162 Gazelle, 173.0.3.5 163] Frances, 468.5.0.5 164 Ann Key, 127.9.0.6 165] Emina, ... 166 Mazeppa, 535.6.2.3 167 Good Chance, ... ... 168 Black River Packet, 169 Chin Chin, ... 28.2.2.2 170 Whampoa, 16.3.8.9 171 Eugene, ... 172 Alligator, 454.6.4.0 173 Bassein, 5.8.9.2 174 Lady Mary Wood,... 254.3.1.6 175 Hannah, ... 148 ... ... 7.4,0.0 8.4.0.0 15.8.0.0 192 ... ... 30.5.9.2 30.5.9.2 135 13.5.0.0 43.5.7.6 57.0.7.6 558 ... ... 177.7.6.5 110 177.7.6.5 ... ... ... 549 252 ... *** 750 302 *** ... ... 669 *** ... 329 164.5.0.0 158 ... 144 ... 236 293 ... 406 ... 130 182 ... ... 187.5.0.0 101.5.0.0 13.0.0.0 ... ... 709.1.7.1 713.5.2.6 ... .. ... 197.5.7.6 325.6.4.8 84.0.0.0 896.6.7.1 878.0.2.6 ... ... ... 197.5,7.6 427.1.4.8 97.0.0.0 ... ... 195 ... ... ... 169 96 ... ... 42.2.5.0 ... 1.2.8.8 ... ... 43.5.3.8 250 ... ... 247 ... ... 121 ... ... 327 ... 219 ... 148 ་.. ... ..... 109.5.0.0 90.0.0.0 ... 493.9.9.3 ... 90.0.0.0 ... ... 603.4.9.3 ... 140 ... ... *** ... 149 322 ... ... 131 Inkermann,.. ... 100 boo 420 ... ... 298 f... ... 68.7.5.1 ... 68.7.5.1 ... ... ... ... 112 ... ... ... 169 ... ... ... 712 ... ... 160 捧 765 7.5.0.0 ... 440.8.7.4 ... ... 448.3.7.4 140 ... :: ... ... ... ... 450 • *** 298 *** ... ... 405 ... ... 130 ... 203 ... ... 655 152 J3.0.0.01 50.7.5.0 ... 13.5.4.2 9.0.0.0 147.9.0.8 ... 90.5.6.8 ... 13.5.4.2 198.6.5.8 ... 22.0.0.0 90.5.6.8 408 ... 16.0.6.51 16.0.6.5 148 14.8.0.0 1.1.7.2 15.9.7.2 112 272 375.0.8.2 375.0.8.2 148 ... ... 110 ... ... 94 ... ... 169 2411 *** 95.4.6.9 ... 95.4.6.9 674 .. 177 200 ... ... 282 ... *** ... ... ... 414.7.2.5 ... 414.7.2.5 140 ... 148 ... ... 94 *** ... ... 3021 · ... ... 121 ... ... .... 6.1.0.0 ... ... 141.2.8.6 147.3.8.6 110 ... ... 110 ... ... 149 ... ... 264 ... 310 ... 376 (235 286.2.5.0 827.2.5.0 ... ... 286.2.5.0 327.2.5.0 ... 197 ... 258 74.1.2.5 331.2.1.8 ... 74.1.2.5 331.2.1.8 296 74.0.0.0 142.6.7.3 216.6.7.3 250 ... ... 9.3.7.5 9.3.7.5 71 Zoe, ... ... 282 ... 141.0.0.0 609.9.8.1 750.9.8.1 176] Ann, 169 400 72 Eliza Ann, 241 ... ... 120.5.0.0 224.0.8.6 844.5.8.6| 177 Ellen, 225 ... 84.5.0.0 56.2.5.0 119.0.2.4 203.5.2.4 167.4.0.3 223.6.5.8 73 Sisters, ... ... 152 76.0.0.0 74 Cornelia,... 75 Abbotsford,... 76 Adelaide, ... *** 408 204.0.0.0 106.2.2.3 15.6.8.2 425 212.5.0.0 404.5.5.1 ... 285 142.5.0.0 77 Nemea, ... ... 200 ... 100.0.0.0 78 Nile, 79 Melanie, 80 Earl of Hardwicke,.. 81 Eagle,... 82 Vivid, ** 83 Black River Packet, ... ... 195 ... ... 136 247 .139 ... ... 148 ... 264 84 Courser, ... ... 227 85 Ann Key, 86 Wynaud, 87 Paradise, 88 Kitty, 89 Homer, 90 Siam, 91 Pet, 92 Polmaise, 13.6.0.0 ... ... 14.8.0.0 113.5.0.0 24.7.8.1 257.4.8.0 ... 150.0.0.0 ... ... 36.1.9.2 219.6.8.2 179] Siam,.. 617.0.5.1 180 Eagle, 167.2.8.1 181 Eamont, 357.4.8.0 182 Harpooneer, ... 183 Nile, 163.6.0.0 184 Zephyr, ... ... 50.9.9.2 185 Mazeppa, 186) Gazelle, 182.2 2.3 178 Anna, 485 ... .... 242.5.0.0 ... 380.8.7.1 623.3.7.1 324 *** •** .20 139 **** *** ... ... 140 ... ... ... 405 ... ... 195 ... ... 121 ... ... ... ... 521 ... 521 ... *** 199 ... $95 297.5.0.0 ... . 324 81.0.0.01 ... ... ... ... 370 185.0.0.0 ... 837 ... ... 93 Arrow, ... 212 *** 94 Fortuna, 95 Whampoa, 96 Forest Queen,..... 97 Ballarat, ... ... 177 88.5.0.0 119.4.3.1 ... ... 376 ... 99.5,0.0 ... 252.7.6.3 1 372.2.3.1 241.4.1.2 190 Canton Packet, 191 Osprey, 252.7.6.3| 192| Conqueror, 538.9.1.2 194] Eamont,.. 119.3.0.8 195] Amilion, 38.3.0.8 80.1.7.5 265.1.7.5 196 Ann, 198 Mazeppa, 207.9.3.1 199 Alligator, 200 Coldstream, ... ... ... 187 1Toplee, 260.3.2.1 260.3.2.1 188 Ann, 240.0.0.0 353.5.0.0 189 Cowasjee Family, ... ... 148 ... 420.7.1.7 *** 420.7.1.7 110 ... ... 94 .. ... ... ... 63 169 ... 4.0.0.0 315.3.5.1 4.0.0.0 315.3.5.1 327 ... 46.2.0.0 46.2.0.0 64 ... 256 ... ... ... - 651 471.7.3.1 193] Homer, ... 1 ... ... .. *** 595 140 H ... ... 192 .. 169 ... 935.7.1.7 935.7.1.7 197 Gazelle, 94 *** ... 110 *** ... ... 197 ... ... 756 ... ... *** ... 839 ... ... 11. .... 712 ་· 98 Emigrant, 201 Hoples. 202 Inkermann, .. Da 63 ... ... *** 100 *** ... *** ... ... 394 ... Carried forward, 27,826 3,192.0.0.0|12,906.9.6.1|16,098.9.6.1 Total,......... 54,193 4,543.0.5.0 21,628.9.3.0) 26,171.9.8o, PORT OF AMOY. No. VI.-DIRECT TRADE in British Vessels from and to BRITISH Ports. ARRIVED. DEPARTED. NUMBER OF VESSELS. TONNAGE. TOTAL NUM- NUMBER OF VESSELS. TONNAGE. COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED, With Cargoes. In Bal. last. Total. With Cargoes. In Bal last. BER OP CREWS. COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED. Total. With Cargoci. In Bel- Just. Total. With Cargoes. In Bal last. TOTAL NUM BER OF CREWS. Total, Singapore, Hongkong, 14 38 14 4,222 4,222 345 Singapore,..... 31 42 ... 80❘ 9,896 10,632 20,528 | 1,878 | Hongkong, ... 34 18 Falmouth,.. 3111,671 62 10,119 464 11,671 984 2,770 ... 12,889 1,204 464 15 1 INDIRECT, or Carrying Trade in British Vessels from and to OTHer Countries. [[ARRIVED. DEPARTED. NUMBER OF VESSELS. TONNAGE. TOTAL NUM- NUMBER OF VESSELS. TONNAGE, COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED. With Cargos. In Bal. Zast. Total With Cargoes. In Bal- last. BER OF CREWS. COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED. TOTAL NUM- BER OF Total, WUN In Bal Cargoes. Total. Last. Iith Cargoes. In Bai. CREWS. Total last. Shanghae, Ningpo, Fonchow, g Whampoa, Fast Coast,... }lacao, ... Fermosa, Kampoot, Sam, Manila, 13 5 18 5,073 2,297 7,370 510 Shanghae,. 13 ... 7 20 3,593 2,281 6,874 603 ... 18 18 ... 4,720 4,720 410 Ningpo, ... ... 11 6 17 2,798 1,397 4,195 890 ... 10 18 2,048 1,060 3,108 403 Foochow, *** 4 19 23 642 4,108 4,750 635 ... 3 1 953 712 1,665 124 Whampoa, 1 1 *** 2 127 247 374 33 ... 8 20 28 1,253 4,165 5,418 463 East Coast, 6 10 16 1,389 1,979 3,368 287 ... 1 127 139 266 37 Formosa, ... 21 21 ... 3,097 3,097 315 11 1 ... 12 | 2,010 121 2,131 234 Manila, 2 735 ... 735 50 2 2 607 607 29 Cochin, 1 +14 237 237 38 1 237 237 ... 38 Kampoot, *** ... ... 734 734 ... 81 Macao, ... ... 651 651 Callao, 17 Siam,... *** *** 2 *** *** *** 477 ... 477 36 200 200 22 121 121 12 M. C. MORRISON, Acting Consul. British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. MEETING of the SEAT-HOLDERS of the CATHEDRAL will be held in the VESTRY, ca THURSDAY, the 30th instant, at 11 o'clock A.M., for the Election of Two TRUSTEES on the part of the FIATHOLDERS, and also to receive the TREASURER'S | ACOUNTS for the past year. Hongkong, April 25th, 1857. NOTICE. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. NOTICE. HIS Excellency the MINISTA, PL been pleated FOR FRANCE IN has to appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at AMOY. By Order, Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1857. KLECZKOWSKI HIE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on THURSDAY, the | IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG THE C 30th (instead of Saturday the 25th) day of April instant, at 12 o'clock at Noon. By order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. Court House, Victoria, 20th April, 1857. NOTICE. THE THE next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 1st day of May Next, at 12 o'clock Noon. By Order of the Court, In Equity. Chief Justice. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON, deceased. Robert CalverCrawford, Complainant, and Between WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL, Defendant. URSUANT to a Decree or Order of the Suprenie PURSUANTiongkong, in its Equitable Jurisdic tion, made in a cause wherein ROBERT CALVER CRAWFORD is now Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL is Defendant, the Creditors of ROBERT JACKSON, formerly of Amoy, in the Empire of China, and late of Foo-chow-foo, in the Empire of China, deceased, who died on, in, or about the month NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY TDAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in MR our Firm. ཟླཟླབས W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. THE NOTICE: HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WalkinSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNEK & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, of July, 1854, are by themselves or their Solicitors, N° Acting-Registrar. PUBLIC AUCTION. HE undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC Aurion, on MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 1857, at 11 o'clock A.M. precisely, by order of the Executor of the Estate of the late C. W. BOWRA, Esq., -INLAND LOT No. 107, with 5 Well-built HOUSES thereon, situated at the Corner of Lynd- kurat Terrace and Hollywood Road. The Houses quite New, and bringing in an excellent Rental. The CROWN RENT is low-only £15 per Annum. TERMS OF SALE,-Cash in Mexican Dollars, weighed at 7.1.7. G. DUDDELL, Government Auctioneer. Hongkong, 25th April, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. A LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned HENRY RUTTER, forthwithi Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. Administrator. In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deceased. ALL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to feward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay, H. MAGNIAC, M. A. MACLEOD, Administrators, Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. on or before the Twentieth day of June next ensuing, as far as those resident within this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, and on or before the Twenty- first day of September next ensuing, as far as those China, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims before His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG- KONG, at his Chambers in the Court House, Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the Twentieth day of March, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies, IT late firm of MURROW, STEphenson and CompANY, now or henceforth to become payable to the be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. THE GASKELL & BROWN. Complainant's Solicitors. NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. TAIT & Co. Amby, 6th March, 1837. SURVEYOR GEnéral's OfficE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the dev Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BowRING PRAYA; in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONE, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, an and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. ALL Persons having claim she indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. N° In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, lale Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceased, ́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL Excouture. D. LAPRÁIK, Hongkong. 11th April, 1857, PORT OF AMOY. No. VI.-DIRECT TRADE in British Vessels from and to BRITISH Ports. ARRIVED. DEPARTED. NUMBER OF VESSELS. TONNAGE. TOTAL NUM- NUMBER OF VESSELS. TONNAGE. COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED, With Cargoes. In Bal. last. Total. With Cargoes. In Bal last. BER OP CREWS. COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED. Total. With Cargoci. In Bel- Just. Total. With Cargoes. In Bal last. TOTAL NUM BER OF CREWS. Total, Singapore, Hongkong, 14 38 14 4,222 4,222 345 Singapore,..... 31 42 ... 80❘ 9,896 10,632 20,528 | 1,878 | Hongkong, ... 34 18 Falmouth,.. 3111,671 62 10,119 464 11,671 984 2,770 ... 12,889 1,204 464 15 1 INDIRECT, or Carrying Trade in British Vessels from and to OTHer Countries. [[ARRIVED. DEPARTED. NUMBER OF VESSELS. TONNAGE. TOTAL NUM- NUMBER OF VESSELS. TONNAGE, COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED. With Cargos. In Bal. Zast. Total With Cargoes. In Bal- last. BER OF CREWS. COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED. TOTAL NUM- BER OF Total, WUN In Bal Cargoes. Total. Last. Iith Cargoes. In Bai. CREWS. Total last. Shanghae, Ningpo, Fonchow, g Whampoa, Fast Coast,... }lacao, ... Fermosa, Kampoot, Sam, Manila, 13 5 18 5,073 2,297 7,370 510 Shanghae,. 13 ... 7 20 3,593 2,281 6,874 603 ... 18 18 ... 4,720 4,720 410 Ningpo, ... ... 11 6 17 2,798 1,397 4,195 890 ... 10 18 2,048 1,060 3,108 403 Foochow, *** 4 19 23 642 4,108 4,750 635 ... 3 1 953 712 1,665 124 Whampoa, 1 1 *** 2 127 247 374 33 ... 8 20 28 1,253 4,165 5,418 463 East Coast, 6 10 16 1,389 1,979 3,368 287 ... 1 127 139 266 37 Formosa, ... 21 21 ... 3,097 3,097 315 11 1 ... 12 | 2,010 121 2,131 234 Manila, 2 735 ... 735 50 2 2 607 607 29 Cochin, 1 +14 237 237 38 1 237 237 ... 38 Kampoot, *** ... ... 734 734 ... 81 Macao, ... ... 651 651 Callao, 17 Siam,... *** *** 2 *** *** *** 477 ... 477 36 200 200 22 121 121 12 M. C. MORRISON, Acting Consul. British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1856. NOTICE. MEETING of the SEAT-HOLDERS of the CATHEDRAL will be held in the VESTRY, ca THURSDAY, the 30th instant, at 11 o'clock A.M., for the Election of Two TRUSTEES on the part of the FIATHOLDERS, and also to receive the TREASURER'S | ACOUNTS for the past year. Hongkong, April 25th, 1857. NOTICE. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. NOTICE. HIS Excellency the MINISTA, PL been pleated FOR FRANCE IN has to appoint, pending the approval of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Government, on and from the 15th instant, D. REMI, Esquire, French Vice-Consul at AMOY. By Order, Legation of France in China, Macao, 16th March, 1857. KLECZKOWSKI HIE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, will be held on THURSDAY, the | IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG THE C 30th (instead of Saturday the 25th) day of April instant, at 12 o'clock at Noon. By order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. Court House, Victoria, 20th April, 1857. NOTICE. THE THE next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 1st day of May Next, at 12 o'clock Noon. By Order of the Court, In Equity. Chief Justice. In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT JACKSON, deceased. Robert CalverCrawford, Complainant, and Between WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL, Defendant. URSUANT to a Decree or Order of the Suprenie PURSUANTiongkong, in its Equitable Jurisdic tion, made in a cause wherein ROBERT CALVER CRAWFORD is now Complainant, and WILLIAM RAYMOND GINGELL is Defendant, the Creditors of ROBERT JACKSON, formerly of Amoy, in the Empire of China, and late of Foo-chow-foo, in the Empire of China, deceased, who died on, in, or about the month NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY TDAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in MR our Firm. ཟླཟླབས W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. THE NOTICE: HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WalkinSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNEK & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, of July, 1854, are by themselves or their Solicitors, N° Acting-Registrar. PUBLIC AUCTION. HE undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC Aurion, on MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 1857, at 11 o'clock A.M. precisely, by order of the Executor of the Estate of the late C. W. BOWRA, Esq., -INLAND LOT No. 107, with 5 Well-built HOUSES thereon, situated at the Corner of Lynd- kurat Terrace and Hollywood Road. The Houses quite New, and bringing in an excellent Rental. The CROWN RENT is low-only £15 per Annum. TERMS OF SALE,-Cash in Mexican Dollars, weighed at 7.1.7. G. DUDDELL, Government Auctioneer. Hongkong, 25th April, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. A LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned HENRY RUTTER, forthwithi Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. Administrator. In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deceased. ALL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to feward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay, H. MAGNIAC, M. A. MACLEOD, Administrators, Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. on or before the Twentieth day of June next ensuing, as far as those resident within this Jurisdiction or the Empire of China, and on or before the Twenty- first day of September next ensuing, as far as those China, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims before His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG- KONG, at his Chambers in the Court House, Victoria, Hongkong; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the Twentieth day of March, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven. FREDERICK S. HUFFUM, Judge's Clerk. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies, IT late firm of MURROW, STEphenson and CompANY, now or henceforth to become payable to the be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. THE GASKELL & BROWN. Complainant's Solicitors. NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. TAIT & Co. Amby, 6th March, 1837. SURVEYOR GEnéral's OfficE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the dev Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BowRING PRAYA; in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONE, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT at this Office, an and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. ALL Persons having claim she indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. N° In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, lale Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceased, ́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL Excouture. D. LAPRÁIK, Hongkong. 11th April, 1857, NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Andebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 店昇 裕 FOR SALE, At the Office of the “ China, Mail.” BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTER PARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest orm of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Forms of—POWERS OF ATTOR Also, IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG ECCLESIASTICAL JurisdictION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr. Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship chandler, deceased. NOT OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Adm. nistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and 6. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; pay the same to the said Douglas Lapraik. ཎྞཱ་པ༷ $ Dated 13th March, 1857. 亞十已查 霖七年明師 謹日二〇以爹機 到目到張 各亞 And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by fhe Pound Avoirdupois Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-is 啟張月丁便時單數欠 19th March, 1857. ***Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, O Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-Ona half of these charges for each Repetition, THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2D MAY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 96. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGkong goverNMENT GAZETTE” vill, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 64. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Letter from thedaster of the Sarah Lucy, reporting they discover of a Coral Rock in Chino Bay, is published for the information of Masters of Vessels and others concerned. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. SIR,-The following are the Bearings of a dangerous Coral Rock in Chino Bay, discovered by me on the 29th March, 1857, while proceeding from Hongkong to Amoy, against the N.E. Monsoon, intending to anchor in Chino Bay to escape a gale of wind. I got to the anchorage, and clewed the sails up, and rounded the ship to; but before the ship's head way was stopped, she struck on a reef. The Yellow Stone bore N.W. by W. W.; East White Stone N.W. W.; extreme of Chino Point S.S.E. Easterly; a small Rocky Isle at the mouth of the Creek leading to Kieshiwei N. by E. ‡ E.; a small white Rock, a cables' length from the beach E. by N. † N., —which Bearings place the Rock 3-cables' length N.N.W. W. of the anchor laid down in the Admiralty Plan of Chino Bay. The following Soundings were taken at low-water,—the Ship's head being E. † N., and the wind East:- By the Stem, Starboard Cat Head, Fore Chains, Main Chains, 9 feet, White Coral. " "" 11 18 Stern, Port Spritsail Yard-arm, Jibboom end, 4 fathoms, Mud. 43 Coral. 7 feet, Coral. 44 fathoms, Mud, From aloft, the water appeared slightly discoloured in a N. by W. and S. by E. direction for about 20 fathoms, and very narrow in East and West direction. There seems to be some discrepancy in the Chart, for by the position of the Rock that these Bearings give, by keeping the West White Stone in a line with the Yellow Stone, would keep a vessel clear to the S.W.; but when I was on the Rock, the West White Stone was well open to the S.W. of the Yellow Stone. ; } · I would recommend vessels not to open the East White Stone to the N.E.ward of the Yellow Stone. Hoping this notice may be of service to others.—I remain, &c., (Signed) WILLIAM CATTO, Master of the" Sarah Lucy.” E. R. MICHELL, Esquire, Acting Harbour Master,-Hongkong. P.S.-The Chart referred to above is the Admiralty Coast Sheet No. 3 of the East Coast of China, September 12th, 1849. No. 65. (True Copy.) E. R. MICHELL, Acting Harbour Master. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Colonel HOPE GRAHAM, having assumed the Command of the Troops at Hongkong, has this day, by virtue of his Office, been re-sworn a Member of the Executive Council. The Honourable Colonel Hope Graliam took his Seat accordingly at the Board. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th April, 1857. Acting Colonial Secretary. 2 No. 66. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [MAY 2, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Notice from the Government of New South Wales, respecting a supply of Provisions, &c., placed on Booby Island, Torres' Straits, for the use of Shipwrecked Seamen who may seek a refuge on that Island, is published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th April, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. COLONIAL SECRETARY's Office, SYDNEY, 11th December, 1856. NOTICE TO Masters of vessels intending to pass THROUGH TÓRRES' STRAITS. The following Notice, dated the 2d of April, 1846, respecting the store of Bread, Fresh Water, Meat, and Spirits, established on Booby Island, for the use of Shipwrecked Seamen, is re-published for general information; together with a statement recently received from Lieut. Chimmo, R.N., of the Provisions on the Island on the 17th July, 1856. Towards keeping up the Stock of Provisions, a further supply of the above-mentioned articles is forwarded to Booby Island annually, by this Governmeut. HY. WATSON PARKER. COLONIAL SECretary's Office, Sydney, 2d April, 1846. NOTICE TO MASTERS of vesselS INTENDING TO PASS THROUGH TORRES' STRAITS. His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales, desires to make it known to all Masters of Vessels proceeding from Sydney to Torres' Straits, that it is intended to forward, by the Enchantress, for the purpose of being placed on Booby Island, a further quantity of Bread, Fresh Water, Meat, and Spirits, as a provision for Shipwrecked Seamen who may seek a refuge on that Island; and His Ex- cellency earnestly invites Masters who may visit Booby Island, after having successfully passed the Straits, to make, from time to time, such additions to the Store, which was originally established by Captain Blackwood, of the Royal Navy, as may suffice to keep up a constant supply of Provisions on the Island. Directions for finding the Provisions will be left at the place called "The Post-office," on Booby Island. By His Excellency's Command, ¦༔ ༄। ་ E. DEAS THOMPSON. Remains of Provisions found in Booby Island Cave, by the “ Torch,” on the 17th July, 1856 :-- 2 barrels of Beef. 2 barrels of Pork. 1 keg of Rum. 3 bags of Bread, Besides many smaller articles, such as Tea, Cigars, Onions, &c., &c. 1 cask of Bread. 8 hhds. of Water. 20 tins of Preserved Meats. 2 bottles of Rum. The Provisions sent by the Colonial Government in the Washington Irving, 1858, were in good order, and landed safely. (Signed) WILLIAM CHIMMO, Lieut. R.N. I have just learnt from the Commanding Officer of the Duroc, French War Steamer, that they passed Booby Island in great distress and did not know that there were any provisions on it. Notice should be given to this effect to all Nations. Y 2d October, 1856. No. 67. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. (Signed) W. C. The Honourable The Officer Commanding the Troops has notified that, on and after Monday next, the 4th instant, the Garrison Gun will be fired at 7 o'clock, P.M. * By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st May, 1857. No. 15. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has much satisfaction in publishing, for general informa- tion, the acompanying Extract of an official communication from Captain HAND, H. M. Steam Frigate Sampson, to the address of His Excellency Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR, K.C.B., reporting the capture or destruction of 32 Piratical Vessels to the Northward of Amoy, with 35 of their Crews. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE. Extract from Despatch, dated H. M. S. Ship" Sampson,” Amoy, 24th April, 1857, from Captain G. S. HAND, R.N., to the address of His Excellency Rear-Admiral SIR M. SEYMOUR, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief. "Pursuant to Your Excellency's orders of the 14th instant, I proceeded to sea that evening, and reached this Port on the 16th, where I found Her Majesty's Sloop Camilla. Calms, fogs, and heavy rain, coupled with the difficulty of procuring an Interpreter, prevented my leaving till the morning of the 18th, when I took the Camilla in tow and proceeded to Hoo-e-tow bay. As soon as the foggy state of the weather allowed of our being seen, on rounding the point, four small piratical-looking Junks were observed to be making off, upon which I cast off the Camilla and sent Commander Colvile with the Boats of that brig and two Cutters of the Sampson in chase, steaming slowly up the Bay to prevent them, if possible, passing up, which we succeeded in doing. Commander Colvile returned in the afternoon, having met with slight opposition, and burnt the Junks. He spoke favourably of the conduct of the officers and men employed on the occasion. "On the morning of the 20th, all the extra provisions we could spare were sent to the Camilla, and I procceded to the North East, leaving Commander Colvile to act as he thought best. A strong N.E. wind setting in, and wishing to economise my fuel as much as possible, I enchored off Tòngboo at 1 P.M. MAY 2, 1857.] The Honghong Government Gazette. 3 "At daylight on the morning of the 21st, some Piratical Junks were observed attacking a Junk in the offing. As soon as the steam was up, we weighed and gave chase. The Fleet consisted of eight Junks, two or three' of which were Lorchas. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, which very much favoured their escape, as they separated immediately upon making us out; and we only succeeded in capturing one Lorcha with a Portu- guese flag flying, and compelling another and a West Coast boat to anchor close to the shore, under Pyramid Point, from which place we towed them out and burnt them. ** Five Portuguese and nineteen Chinese were taken out of the first vessel, tho remainder of the crew were either killed or drowned, as several were seen to jump overboard. Her armament consisted of four long 9-pounders. The crews of the two other vessels escaped on shore. One West Coast Boat was seen running along shore to the Westward, and I telegraphed Camilla, which had made her appear- ance in the offing, to chase in that direction, while I steamed round Pyramid Point. Not being however able to see any of the Junks, I returned to Tongboo, and sent a letter to the Chief Magistrate of that place, requesting him to seize and send on board any of the crew who might have landed, particularly Foreigners. In the afternoon he came on board, stating that he had captured thirteen Chinese, seven of which he sent ou board. The Foreigners had got away. water At One Weighed and steered towards Rogue's Point. a West Coast Junk under Meichen Island, and several smaller ones endeavouring to escape, stood in as far as the depth of ould allow, and anchored,—sent Lieutenant Wale with the Pinnace and Cutters to search them.” At 11 AM. the Boats returned, having set fire to six Piratical Vessels, one of which was a West Coast Junk. ́ As soon as the boats were up, weighed and steamed over to the west side of Meichen Sound. Soon after noon several suspicious Junks were observed lying under the neck of land forming the east side of the S.W. part of Meichen Sound. The ship was taken in and anchored as close as the depth of water would allow, (about 2,000 yards,) and the Boats sent in manned and armed. The Junks opened fire as soon as the Boats rounded the Point. They were however soon silenced by the fire from the Boats and Ship, Seventeen Piratical Junks were captured; unfortunately the tide was so low and ebbing, that many were high and dry, and shortly the whole of them. Two Lorchas and one Junk were brought out and brought in here. The rest were completely destroyed by fire, and a great deal of Powder, Plunder, &c. #4 Left Meichen Sound on the morning of the 23d, with three prizes in tow. Anchored off this Port the same evening, and the outer anchorage this morning. I do not expect to be able to leave this place before the morning of the 28th, and as I have only 50 tons of Coal, shall be obliged to make my passage principally under sail. “I beg to enclose Lieutenant Wale's statement of the capture and destruction of the fleet of Firatical Boats in Meichen Sound ; and in justice to that officer, now of some years' standing, beg to bring the zeal to your notice which he has invariably displayed, when the like duties have called for his services.” No. 16. True Extract, W. WOODGATE. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Naval Commander-in-Chief having directed a Survey to be made for the discovery of the Sunken Rock on which H.M.S. Raleigh struck, on the 14th instant, has communicated to His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade the following Report from Captain Bate, which is published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE. H. M.'s S. Coromandel, at HONGKONG, 26th April, 1857. h the Master of SIR-In pursuance of your order of the 24th instant, I have the honour to acquaint you that I have, in company with H. M.'s S. Raleigh, examined the Rock on which that ship unfortunately struck, and establish its position to be, by Admiralty Chart, in Latitude 22° 2′ N., Longitude 113° 47′ E. When on it, the following true Bearings obtaio, viz : Gap in the centre of "South White Rock," in line with the right extreme of a small wedge-shaped Island, off the Eastern Hill of Lapsuim Island,—Ñ. 33° E. Highest part of Aichan Island,—N. 86° E. East Chuck-mun" Peak, nearly in line with a small cliff head, the Eastern extremity of a bluff Island immediately N.W. of Chuck-mun, S. 47° E. Great Ladrone Peak, seen over the Eastern slope of Pakhak Island,-S. 28}* W.; and the South extreme of the Northern Liungnib Island in one with a small knob on the north summit of Woong Island-W. 4° N. It is a small pinnacle Rock on which a moderate sea breaks at low water spring tides, and has 9 and 10 fathoms immediately off it, with 7 and 8 fathoms rocky bottom, in the vicinity to the south eastward. The danger is situate nearly in Mid Channel, between “ Pakhak Island ” and “South White Rock,” being distant from the latter 2.6 niles, and was, as far as I can ascertain, unknown. I should recommend vessels not to use this channel until the ground has been more closely examined.—I have, &c., His Excellency SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR, K.C.B., (Signed) WM. THORNTON BATE, Captain. &c., &c. &c. True Copy, W. WOODGATE. NOTICE. NOTICE. WE Partnership heretofore subsisting between BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, * Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day ★f April, 1857, WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. ́R ALFRED FINCHAM is this day-admitted a Partner in our Firm. MR China, 1st May, 1857. N° REISS & Co. SURVEYOR General's Office, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. OTICE is hereby given that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION OF In re DAVID SIMEON, deceased. THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a NEW TOTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to No and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, CODICILS of the said DAVID SIMEON, deceased, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Cafe of the city of Stockton, in the state of Califórnia,) | Pedder's Wharf, in forming the Bowring Praya ; that may be in their possession, before the Supreme in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWINgs, SpecificatIONS, and Conditions of ContRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 ▲.M. and 4 P.st.. THOS. L. Walker, Acting Surveyor General, NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND THE NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNER & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. PUBLIC AUCTION, THE undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC THE AUCTION, ON MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 1857, at 11 o'clock A.M. precisely, by order of the Executor of the Estate of the late C. W. Bowra, Esq., -INLAND LOT No. 107, with 5 ell-built Caert, on MONDAY, the \\th day of May, 1857; | the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots; hurst Terrace and Hollywood "ner of Lynd- HOUSES thereon, situated at the The Houses are quite New, and bringing in if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- tration will be granted to the Acting Registrar of the maid Court. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. | excellent Rental. The CROWN RENT is low-only £15 per Annum. TERMS OF SALE,-Cush in MEXICAN Dollars, weighed at 7.1.7. G. DUDDELL, “ Government Auchoncer. Hongkong, 25th April, 1857, 4 MA POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. The Hongkong Government Gazette, NOTICE. T JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on AILS for BOMBAY, EUROPE, &c., per !IE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr Steamer “PEKIN” will close on SATUR- DAL next, the 9th inst., at 6 P.M.; and the usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the fol- lowing morning, from 7 to past 7 o'clock. Post Office, Hongkong, 2d May, 1857. H' WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. IS Excellency The Naval Commander-in-Chief having been pleased to make the following arrangement relative to the Departure of THE MAILS, the same is hereby notified for Public in- formation, viz. : Whenever, the day for the departure of the Packets falls on a Sunday, the hour of Sailing is to be changed from 2 P.M. to 9 A.M. Post-office, Hongkong, 2d May, 1857. TH WM. CHAPMAN, Acting Post-Master. NOTICE. HER MAJESTY'S NAVAL YARD, HONGKONG, 2d May, 1857. THE 'undersigned will receive SEALED TEN- DERS until Noon of the 16th inst., for raising the Hull of Her Majesty's Ship “Raleigh," now sunk near Koho Islands, off Macao, and bringing it to Hongkong, subject to the following conditions :- The Ship and all the Stores or other articles re- maining on board to the delivered up to the Naval Authorities. During the operations Her Majesty's Ship Alligator to be left with the Raleigh, for the accommodation of the people employed, and a Ship of War stationed for their protection. | the 31st December last. Amoy, 6th March, 1857. NOTICE. THE TAIT & Co. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. MR NOTICE. [MAY 2, 1857. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. A LL Persons having claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being in, Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned HENRY RUTTER, Administrator. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in forthwith. our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION, In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, JR., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship chandler, deceased, Niration the gretate and Liffects of the OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said DOUGLAS LAPRAIK. Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. Α NOTICE, LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALL UM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 店昇裕 亞 6. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. In the Estate of GEORGE. DOWMAN, Master. Mariner, deceased. 查明 查狀到目 霖七年 明師士新 謹日二〇 釜 携 單數 LL Persons having Claims against, or being AT## AL indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned Steam Power to be provided by the Naval Com-without delay. mander-in-Chief for bringing the Ship to Hongkong, when she is raised and in a condition to be reinoved. His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief does not pledge himself to accept any of the Tenders. EDWIN HOLMES, Acting Naval Storekeeper. In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deccused. H. MAGNIAC, · Administrators. M. A. MACLEOD, Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, IT STEPHENSON v. Murrow. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, FOR SALE, 到各客數 張亞霖欠 At the Office of the “ China Mail,” LANK Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR- BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest orm of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN ; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with alt CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVeen granted to the be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Escorter the Bound Ano 14570. have undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL Į D. LAPRAIK, [ Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. Executors. Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH FROST EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. GASKELL & BROWN, Complainant's Solicitors. 19th March, Cents. PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copics, Thirty-Nz Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition, THE Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH MAY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 97. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMations, NotificaTIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 17. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary, Diplomatic Department. Sundry clerical errors having been discovered in the Copy of the Survey by Captain Bate, R.N., forming Inclo- sure in Notification No. 16, of 29th ultimo, from this Department, which appeared in the Government Gazette of the 2d instant, the same have been corrected, and an amended Copy is herewith published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th May, 1857. W. WOODGATE. No. 16. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Naval Commander-in-Chief having directed a Survey to be made for the discovery of the Sunken Rock, on which H.M.S. Raleigh struck, on the 14th instant, has communicated to His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade the following Report from Captain Bate, which is published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE, H. M.'s S. Coromandel, at Hongkong, 26th April, 1857, SIR,-In pursuance of your order of the 24th instant, I have the honour to acquaint you that I have, in company with the Master of H. M.'s S. Raleigh, examined the Rock on which that ship unfortunately struck, and establish its position to be, by Admiralty Chart, in Latitude 22° 2′ N., Longitude 113° 47′ E. When on it, the following true Bearings obtain, viz. :-- Gap in the centre of "South White Rock," in line with the right extreme of a small wedge-shaped Island, off the Eastern side of Lafsami Island,—N. 33° E. Highest part of Aichow Island,-N. 86° E. : East Chuk-wan" Peak, nearly in line with a small cliff head, the Eastern extremity of a bluff Island immediately N.W. of Chuk-wan, S. 47}° E. Great Ladrone Peak, seen over the Western slope of Pakleak Island, S. 284° W.; and the South extreme of the Northern Liungnib Island in one with a small knob on the north summit of Woong Island-W. 4° N. It is a small pinnacle Rock on which a moderate sea breaks at low water spring tides, and has 9 and 10 fathoms immediately off it, with 7 and 8 fathoms rocky bottom, in the vicinity to the south eastward. The danger is situate nearly in Mid Channel, between “ Pakleak Island” and “South White Rock,” being distant from the latter 2.6 miles, and was, as far as I can ascertain, unknown. I should recommend vessels not to use this channel until the ground has been more closely examined.—I have, &c., His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.B., · (Signed) WM. THORNTON BATE, Captain, No. 18. &c., &c., &c. True Copy, GEO. S. MORRISON. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year 1856, be published for general information, By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE. THE Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH MAY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 97. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMations, NotificaTIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 17. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary, Diplomatic Department. Sundry clerical errors having been discovered in the Copy of the Survey by Captain Bate, R.N., forming Inclo- sure in Notification No. 16, of 29th ultimo, from this Department, which appeared in the Government Gazette of the 2d instant, the same have been corrected, and an amended Copy is herewith published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th May, 1857. W. WOODGATE. No. 16. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Naval Commander-in-Chief having directed a Survey to be made for the discovery of the Sunken Rock, on which H.M.S. Raleigh struck, on the 14th instant, has communicated to His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade the following Report from Captain Bate, which is published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE, H. M.'s S. Coromandel, at Hongkong, 26th April, 1857, SIR,-In pursuance of your order of the 24th instant, I have the honour to acquaint you that I have, in company with the Master of H. M.'s S. Raleigh, examined the Rock on which that ship unfortunately struck, and establish its position to be, by Admiralty Chart, in Latitude 22° 2′ N., Longitude 113° 47′ E. When on it, the following true Bearings obtain, viz. :-- Gap in the centre of "South White Rock," in line with the right extreme of a small wedge-shaped Island, off the Eastern side of Lafsami Island,—N. 33° E. Highest part of Aichow Island,-N. 86° E. : East Chuk-wan" Peak, nearly in line with a small cliff head, the Eastern extremity of a bluff Island immediately N.W. of Chuk-wan, S. 47}° E. Great Ladrone Peak, seen over the Western slope of Pakleak Island, S. 284° W.; and the South extreme of the Northern Liungnib Island in one with a small knob on the north summit of Woong Island-W. 4° N. It is a small pinnacle Rock on which a moderate sea breaks at low water spring tides, and has 9 and 10 fathoms immediately off it, with 7 and 8 fathoms rocky bottom, in the vicinity to the south eastward. The danger is situate nearly in Mid Channel, between “ Pakleak Island” and “South White Rock,” being distant from the latter 2.6 miles, and was, as far as I can ascertain, unknown. I should recommend vessels not to use this channel until the ground has been more closely examined.—I have, &c., His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.B., · (Signed) WM. THORNTON BATE, Captain, No. 18. &c., &c., &c. True Copy, GEO. S. MORRISON. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year 1856, be published for general information, By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th April, 1857. W. WOODGATE. 2 [MAY 9, 1857. The Hongkong Government Gazettę. No. No. I.-RETURN OF BRITISH SHIPPING at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. DEPARTED. ARRIVED. SHIP'S NAME. DATE OF ENTRY. Į TONNAGE. FROM. NATURE OF Cargo. DATE OF CLEAR" ¦ TONNAGE, FUR. NATURE OF Cango. IMPORTS. ААСЬ. 1217 1203 | Africa, Kate Carnie, ... 1218 Startled Fawn, 1219 Singapore. 1220 Planet, 1228 Freak, 1230 Ellen, 1231 Lady Mary Wood (Str.), 1232 Salacia, 1234 Merchantman, ... 1235 Tinto, 1236 1237 Sarah Lucy, 1240 Melanie, Banshee,.. ... ... 1241 Pet, ... 1242 Japan, 1243 1244 1245 Duck, 1246 Antipodes, Victory, ... Edward Marquard, 1247 Red Gauntlet, 1248 Unicorn (Str.), * ... ... ... 1249 Paousan, 1250 Koh-i-noor, 1251 Coleroon, 1252 Rock City, ... 1253 Wild Wave,... ... 1254 Erin (Str.), 1255 Joseph Fletcher, 1256 Japan, ... 1257 Princess. 1258 Louisa Baillie, ... 1259 Amigos, ... 1260 Caroline Agnes, 1261 Victory, * 1262 Magnolia, 1263 Formosa (Str.), 1264 Formosa, 1265 Greta, 1266 Egmont, 1267 Lanrick, 1268 Lady Hodgkinson, 1269 Geelong, 3270 Star of the East.... 1271 Maori, 1272 Mariner's Hope,... 1273 Mencius, 1274 Hirondelle, 1275 Erin (Str.), 1276 Scindian (Str.), ... ... 1277 Adventure, ... 1278 | Japan, ... ... 1279 1280 1281 Sea Witch, Royal Lily, Nim, ... *** ... ... ... ... *** F ... ... EXPORTS. DUTIES. TONNAGE DUEL. TOTAL. January 2 515 2 549 Ningpo London Ballast Tea and Silk 3,129 6 5 0 & ... " *** 2222 12 1,329 " 28 715 421 25 245 Amoy London Melbourne Sundries Tea and Silk Tea M 3 225 Hongkong Sundries In Return for 1855 296 Silk Do. Do. Do. " 25 475 Foochow Tea and Sundries 18 " 1,018 London 11 480 Foochow " 11 450 99 Amoy 25 136 99. Whampoa 14 465 99 Amoy! February 4 January 12 277 Australia 50 Ningpo January 25 7 293 Ningpo Anioy Ballast Sundries 5 25 * February 2 293 Amoy 145 Hongkong January 19 145 Ningpo 8 419 Coals February 1 419 9 ... 919 Sydney Sundries 4 919 London " 11. 373 Amoy "9 January 13 373 .Ningpo " 14 40 Ningpo 21 46 14 840 Hongkong General February 4 840 Foochow Cotton& Re-exports Ballast 14 635 20 635 London Tea and Silk " " 15 597 Sundries 16 579 New York Tea 650 0 0 0 33 0 45 8 2 2 8 1,137 2 3 1 1,132 4 6 3 1,210 7 2 5 99 66 . 15 179 Sydney Coals 11 179 Australia " 30 .... 16 532 Hongkong Ballast January 18 532 Hongkong 18 672 Sydney Coals February 2 672 London " 20 50 Ningpo Ballast January 23 " 50 Ningpo 22 464 London General March 28 464 *** " 22 494 Amoy Sundries 23 " 360 Sydney Coals February 4 January 29 494 360 London Ningpo Hongkong 24 570 New Zealand Ballast 26 " 26 25 Ningpo 28 22 Sundries Ballast February 1 4 22 3 " 29 450 Hongkong Sundries 4 29 " 29 40 406 Port Phillip ·Coals March 29 406 450 Hongkong Australia Silk Tea 208 Hongkong Sundries February 4 208 Ningpo Ballast 29 767 New Zealand Ballast 26 767 London Tea and Silk " " 31 283 :. Hongkong Sundries 2 99 283 Hongkong » February 9 946 Sydney Coals April 16 946 London 11 392 Amoy Sundries March 5 392 400 11 1,219 Melbourne Ballast April 8 1,219 Amoy London Sundries Tea and Silk 229 7 0 7 188 8 2 0 918 5 6 5 " 11 799 New Zealand Coals 29 .799 99 11 246 Singapore Sundries March 8 246 Amoy 12 509 Liverpool General " 12 123❘ Sydney Sundries April March 14 JO 509 Liverpool Australia 123 " 12 ... 532 Hongkong February 18 532 Hongkong 16 43: Bombay Ballast 21 431 " " 19 51 Ningpo 21 51 Ningpo ... 20 50 March 50 " 22 336 Hongkong 22 464 Sydney Sundries Ballast 14 336 " Amoy Sundries 3,885 5 3 4 11. 464 "9 99 34 28 96 Hongkong Sundries 96 Hongkong 158 4 0 0 " Foochow 570 Foochow 25 Ningpo 19 Tea and Silk Re-exports Sundries Tea Ballast Re-exports Sundries Re-exports Ballast Tea and Silk Ballast Ballast Tea and Silk Re-exports Tea and Silk Sundries Ballast Re-exports Ballast Sundries Tea and Silk Tea Sundries Ballast Re-exports Taels m. c. c. 1,076 2 7 2 552 4 3 9 583 4 5 8 750 0 0 0 330 0 3 3 7 3 2 5 7,364 2 9 2 100 0 0 0 9,974 0 3 8 603 2 3 2 700 4 0.0 1,011 3 2 0 : ... 170-1 4 3 365 0 3 2 9,295 9 7 8 580 8 4.9 Tacle m c. c. 21,458 7 3 0 30,750 1 2 1 539 1 2 7 16,487 0 1 5 4,089 3 6 4 151 1 3 2 7,203 1 0 9 874 4 3 5 27,764 3 2 5 189 8 8 6 191 0 0 0 190 5 8 9 4,225 4 0 0 ... 107 0 6 4 24,308 5.6 5 1 9 8 0 ... 19,915 3 6 0 12,260 7 2 5 3,056 9 5 0 ... 16,042 2 2 5 ... 18,246 8 5 0 71 3 0 5 ... ... ... 14 3 2.8 ... 242 0 3 1 ... 539 7 8 0 10,263 0 4 4 703 2 0 0 276 7 9 2 *** ... 2,964 7 8 0 8,441 4 7 5 16,354 7 8 2 4,417 6 8 6 39,475 5 7 5 194 6 9 6 38,862 5 3 7 24,989 2 3 3 50 3 6 6 12,839 9 1 0 2,285 0 25 21 5 5 3 ... ... 188 3 0 9 309 7 2 0 27 2 2 8 Taels m, c. c. 257 5 0 0 274 5 0 0 664 5 0 0 357 5 0 0 210 5 0 0 122 5 0 0 112 5 0 0 148 0 0 0 237 5·0 0 509 0 0 0 240 0 0 0 225 0 0 0 13 6 0 0 232 5 0 0 138 5 0 0 5000 2500 146 5 0 0 14 5 0 0 209 5 0 0 459 5 0 0 186 5 0 0 400 0 420 0 0 0 317 5 0 0 298 5 0 0 89 5 0 0 336 0 0 5 0 0 0 232 0 8 0 247 0 0 0 180 0 0 9 2 5 0 0 *** 225 0 0 0 203 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 383 5 0 0 141 5 0 0 473 0 0 0 196 0 0 0 609 5 0 0 399 5 0 0 -123 0 0 0 254 5 0 0 12 3 0 0 266 0 0 0 5100 500 168 0 0 232 0 0 0 9600 Tacls m. c. C. 1,333 7 7 2 24,862 8 8 0 31,414 6 2 1 1,449 0 0 6 17,280 7 3 ·4,961 8 6 4 593 6 6 5 7,358 4 3 4 8,476 2 2 7 28,373 3 2 5 10,214 0 3 8 1,017 6 1 8 905 0 0 0 1,434 4.0 9 4,303 9 0 0 5000 2500 423 7 0 7 379 5 3 2 209 5 0 0 25,418 0 6 5 219 5 4 5 14 2 0 8 1,557 2 3 1 21,365 3 2 3 13769 9 5 0 3,146 4 5 0 16,378 2.2 5 5000 27,774 8.2 8 899 1-5 4 180 0 0 0 16 8 2 8 *** 3,431 8 1 1 8,641 7 5 333 7 0 7 16,738 2 8 2 4,748 0 0.6 39,948 5 7 5 1,309 2 6 1 39,472 0 3 7 25,388 7 3 3 713 1 4 6 23,357 4 5 4 3,000 5 2 5 564 3 4 5 5 1 0 0 500.0 4,241 8 4 3 541 7 2 0 195 2 2 8 " ... ... ... ... ... א SHIP'S NAME, 1282 1283 Jane Maria, Blenheim, 1284 Agra, ... 1285 286 Victory, Sarah Armitage, ... 1287 Ann, 1288 Terror, 1239 Formosa (Str.), ... ... 1200 Water Witch, 1201 Vivid, 1262 Paousan, Return of BRITISII SIIPPING, &c.—Continue &. #DUTIES. MAY 9, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazettę, MARRIVED. PATE OF ENTRY. TONNAGE. FROM. JESDEPARTED. NATURE OF CARGO. DATE OF CLEAR- ANCR. TONNAGE. NÄTURE of Carso, IMPORTS. EXPORTA. STONNAGE Duys. TOTAL. FOR. Taels m. c. 6. Taels m.ce. Taels m c c. ... *** February 25 204 Newcastle Coals March 24 204 Amoy Sundries Ballast 137 4 6 8 102 0 0 0 18 689 26 689 Hongkong Hongkong " 26 ... ... 99 714 London General 27 714 Foochow " 1 8 0 0 5,475 9 9.2 344 5 0 0 357 0 0 0 ... 26 25 ... ... " Ningpo Sundries 7 25 Ningpo 10 26 165 Canton 165 Re-exports Sundries Whampoa 2 5 2.0 237 2.7 8 2500 989 41'8 82 5 0 0 Taels m. c. c. 239 4 6 8 346 3 0 0 5,832 9 9 2 50 20 1,309 1 0 G " 27 800 London General 31 800 Singapore " 2,836 8 0 4 13 2 8 4 400 0 3,250 0 8.8 Tea ... ... : 27 ... 377 | Hongkong Sundries 29 377 Australia 370 2 0.0 5,901 5 5 0 188 5 6,460 2 5 0 " Silk, &c. 7 450 27 450 " Hongkong 334 9 0,5 4,490 3 4 5 225 0 0 0 5,050 2 3 0 18 March 236 Newcastle 236 Ningpa Ballast 60 0 0.0 ... ... 70❘ Ningpo 4 70 Cotton 8 40 40 Ballast " 22 " 51 Ballast Sundries 7 22 Sundries 51 " " 22 298❘ Amoy 298 Amoy , ... ... 29 Ningpo Ballast 12 29 Ningpo 17 105 10 105 ท 10 160 Glasgow General 28 160 Foochow 10 160 Auckland Ballast April 15 160 Sydney ... 11 148❘ Hongkong Sundries March 20. 148 | Whampoa Tea Sundries ¿ + 295 57 5 11 478 Liverpool General April 22 478 Amoy 15 シー 11 417 London 417 " ... 549 Sydney Coals and Iron 549 10,309 5 7.6 3,293 8 0 0 226 8 0 0 " 691 Hongkong General March 26 691 1,053 7 8 7 15 450 " Amoy Sundries April 3 450 853 5 6.3 17 29 Ningpo Ballast March 18 29 Ningpo 18 283 Hongkong Sundries 20. 283 18 50 Ningpo Ballast 24 50 " Hongkong Ningpo. ... 20 25 Sundries 25. 25 Re-exports Silk Ballast Re-exports 199 5 2 7 " ... " " 20 225❘ Hongkong April 225 " 20 40 Ningpo March 25 40 22 532 Hongkong April 7. " 25 29 Ningpo March 27. 29 532 | Hongkong Ningpo : 27 145 | Whampoa April 1 145 29 596 London General May 23 596 London April 104❘ Sydney Ballast April 15. 104 Ningpo ន 402 Liverpool General June 5. 402❘ London Sundries Silk Re-exports Ballast Tea and Silk Ballast Tea and Silk 29 Ningpo Sundries April 11 29 Ningpo 450 Hongkong 15 450 Hongkong " ... 40 Ningpo 18 40 Ningpo ... 726 Auckland Ballast June 23 726 London " 14 105 | Ningpo Sundries April 17 105 Ningpo 26. 25 14 25 99 * 17 261 Melbourne Ballast May 17 261 Australia Tea " 18 62 Ningpo 99 April 21 62 Ningpo 99 21 :.. 19 178 Hongkong Sundries May 14 178❘ Singapore Re-exports Silk Sundries Tea and Silk Re-exports Sundries Re-exports Sundries 11,142 2 8 2 212 1 2.8 3 1 3.2 24 2 5,2 ... 10 515 Ballast 21 515 44 " : 510 Liverpool General August m610 | London | Tea, Silk, &c. 23 104 Ningpo Ballast May 14 104 Ningpo $25 632 Hongkong Sundries April **26 50 Ningpo Ballast May 26 283 Hongkong April តិចនិ 532 Hongkong $50 Ningpo 30 283 Hongkong 26 180 London Coals 26 180 ་་ Ningpo 29 29 Ningpo Sundries May 29 30 56 Ballast 56 Silk Re-exports Silk Coals Re-exports Sundries 205 8 8 3 8,008 7 1 3 58 769-4 Re-exports Sundries 5940 ... 3 8 8 8 458 1 8 2 ... 1,194 0 0 0 ... 1 9 8,0 230 1 2.7 17 0 0,0 - 226 9 0 6 ... 196 1 9.7 3,304 4 4 0 21 6 0 .. 1 8 5 4 224 7 6 8 ... ... 1 9.8 0 16,192 9.5 7 ... 17,308 9 4.4 17,663 6 7 9 4 0 3 2 6,529 9 4 4 4 3 2 0 21,487 6 2 0 2376 4,730 7 2 5 118 0 0 0 700 40 5100 149 0 0 0 29 0.0 10 5 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 14 8 0 274.5 0 345 5 0 225 0 0 0 290 141 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 2500 112 5 0 0 4 0 0 266 0 0 0 2900 ... 298 0 0 0 201 0 0 0 2900 225 0 0 0 4000 363 0 0 0 10 5 0 0 25,00 130 5 0 0 € 20 0 89 0 0 0 ... 255 0 0 0 .. 265 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 ... · 10 8 4 2 831 9 5 0 2900 10 5 0 0 1,334 4 8 0 3,062 4 5 0 642 4 1 10,875 5 6 4 3,749 1 5 801 5 6 8 1,653 3 1 9 1,390 1 7 9 2 9 0 0 1,784 1 2 7 5.0 0 0 448 0 342 7 2 7 22 9 8 0 16,685 8 6 3 2900 196 197 20,911 3 8 4 ... 29,006 9 6 1 6 9 3 2 6,967 0 7 2 11 4 5 2 21,850 6 2 0 10 5 0 0 · 29 1 2 8 4,861 2 2 5 6 200 425 8 7 3 33,317 7 7 9,038 2 1 8 5 0 0 0 141-500 3,687 2 0 2 178 0 0 0 7.0 0 0 60 4 8 0 2,982 4 5 0 332 0 4 1 326 0 8 8 239 0 0 0 246 8 5 2 208 5 0 300 2-6 8 -254 0 3 2 311 6 1 1,443 1 0 0 ... 130 9 9 0 ... 30,054 0 6 2 8,734 4 2 4 3,545 780 2 سمونا 2.34 0 2.900 5 756 0 5600 5·240 113 6 0 : # 1223 | Magnolia, 1294 Adventure, 1295 Excellent, 1296 Gem, 1297 Spec, 1298 Wild Wave,... 1299 Algerine, 1300 | Tiger, 1301 Wild Flower, 1392 Eliza Moore,.. 1303 | John Bibby. 1304 Lord of the Isles, ... 1305 Sarah Lucy, 1306 Gem, 1307 Lanrick, 1368 Japan, 1309 Victory, ... 1310 Ellen, 1312 1311 F Papusan, Erin (Str.), ... 1313 Gem, 1314 Duck, 1315 Orient, 1316 Pluto (Str.),.. 1317 Wellington, 1318 Gem.... 1319 Formosa (Str.), • 1320 Paousari, 1321 Bank of England, 1322 ... Spec,... Victory, 1323 Benjamin Harper, 1325 Chusan, 1326 Minx, ... 1327 Africa, 1328 Julia, $1529 Pluto (Str.), 4330 Erin (Str.), 1331 1332 Japan, Lanrick, 1333 | Vindex, ́- 1334 | Gem, 1335 Foam, 3 No. L-RETURN OF BRITISH SHIPPING, &c.,—Continued. MAY 9, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazettę. SHIP'S NAME, DATE OF ENTET. | TONNAGE. Pluto (Str.),.. 1439 Lanrick,. *1440 | Tubal Cain, 1441 Squirrel (Str.), 1442 Liffey, 1443 Paousan, 1390 Pantaloon, 1391 Yehing, ... July • .. ... 1392 Lord Raglan, 1393 Alma & Inkermann, ... 1394 Paousan, ... 1395 Formosa (Str.), ... 1396 Victory, *** ... ... ... 1397 Cowasjee Family, 1398 Japan, ... ... 1399 Lanrick, *** 1400 Shun-loi, ... ... 1401 Rosita, ... ... 1402 Lark, ... ... ... 1403 Tamora, 1404 | Wild Wave,... ... 1405 Iris, 1406 Wild Flower, ... 1407 Abdul Medjid, ... 1408 Gem, *** 1409 Sarah Lucy, '1410 Launceston, ... 1411 John Bibby, 1412 Erin (Str.), 1413 Hamlet, ... 1414 Pluto (Str.), 1415 Foam, ... ... 1416 Lark,... 1417 Victory, ... ... 1418 Cornelia, ... 1419 Ta-shing, ... ... ... 1420-Pluto (Str.), 1421 Albert Edward, 1422 Shanghae (Str.), 1423 Vindex, ... : ... 1424 Vivid, 1425 Foam, ... ... ... 1426 Pluto (Str.), ... ... 1427 Cleopatra, ... ... 1428 Geelong, ... ... 1429 Stornoway, ... 1430 Assyrian, 1431 Annamooka, *** 1432 Saxon King,.. ... 1433 Violet, ... ... 1434 Erin (Str.), 1435 Victory, *** 1436 Great Britain, 1437 Inkerman, 1438 184 Hongkong Sundries May 10 184 Ningpo 105 Foochow Ballast August 8 105 ... 756 Singapore General July 26 756 Foochow AANMARRIVED. #DEPARTED. CADUTIES. FROM. NATURE OF Caroo. DATE OF CLEAR- ANCK. TONNAGE. Fol NATURE OF CARGO. IMPORTS. Ехролта. TONNAGE DUES. TOTAL. Ballast Taels m. c. c. 42 5 5 2 Taels m. c. 0. Taels_m. c c. 92 0 0 0 662 3 4 7 " 126 Hongkong Sundries September 20 126 Ningpo " 40 Ningpo July · 10 40 " 450 Hongkong 12 " 450 Hongkong 25 " ... Ningpo 15 25 Ningpo 327 Bombay 12 50 Ningpo 14 " 283❘ Hongkong Ballast Sundries September 3 July 327 Hongkong 19 50 Ningpo Sundries " 16 283 Hongkong Silk, &c. 432 1 2 3 14 ... ทา 77 Ballast November11 77 Ballast " " 59 223 Sundries 99 July 29 223 Sundries ... : 50 Ningpo 19 " " 50 Ningpo » ... ... " 418 London General 21 418 Foochow " " 16 ... 159 Foochow Sundries 18 159 340 9 1 4 4 6 8 0 6,778 5 9 6 33 2.9.3 " 17 106 Ningpo Ballast November14 106 Ningpo Ballast 17 478 Amoy Sundries Scptember 2 478 18 » 400 Whampoa " August 9 400 21 29 Ningpo Ballast July 24 29 Sundries 21 450 Singapore Sundries August 20 450 Re-exports : 21 640 Manila October 25 640 London Tea and Silk 21 549 Amoy August 9 549 Amoy Ballast- " 23 532 Hongkong " July 31 532 Hongkong Silk, &c. 23 420 Singapore September11 420 Amoy Sundries 24 104 Ningpo 29 " 56 " Ballast Sundries July 30 104 Ningpo 31 56. " 30 50 " " August 2 50 31 # 25 25 " " August I 408 Amoy October 408 | Amoy " 35 Ningpo Ballast August 6 35 Ningpo ... 104 6 104 " 99 " n 497 Newcastle Coals October 24 497. " 412 Hongkong Sundries August 13 412 Amoy Hongkong 179 8 179 99 " " 70 Ningpo 13 99 99 70 Ningpo 56 Ballast 12 56 " 39 11 *** " 104 14 104 "" " " 12 34 > " Rice 12 34 " "9 12 ... ... 392 Singapore Sundries October 9 392 Amoy Ballast Re-exports Sundries Silk, &c. Sundries Re-exports Ballast Re-exports Ballast Sundries 3 3 9 1 292 8 3 0 0.00 82 0 6 8 603 8 0 0 ... 10,198 0 0.9. 322 6 8 1 45 0 6 0 240 9 9.0 623 0 0 0 407 9 4 5 80 7 3 0 53 5 9 0 451 9 2 4 Re-exports Silk, &c. Re-exports Ballast 5 3 6 4 5 6 1 6 243 0 6 0 3204 168 1 3 8 ... 631 8 7 8 217.3 47 ... 22,550 6 6 2 *** 3708 4,381 8 7 1 .. 378 8 1 3 10 0 2,067.8 0 0 ... ... ... 378 0 0 0 .... 400 225 0 0 0 2500 163 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 141 5 0 0 ... ... 5. 0 0 0 209 0 0 0 *** 239 0 0 0 2900 Taels m. c. c. 134 5 5 2 1,040 3 4 7 5 3 6 4 9 6 16 23,018 7 2 2 5 7 0 4 331 6 3 8 8 7 0 8 4,955 49 4 ... 719 7 2 7 0 7 6 0 9,055 3.9 6 33 2 9 3 870 8 7 8 217 3 4 7 2900 848 0 0 0 22,006 3 4 5 355 2 3 21,278 4 0 0 225 0 0 0 320 0 0 0 274 5 0 0 266 0.0 10,517 5 9 774 6 0 5 ... 192 4 4 4 16,783 5 8 4 ... ... 13 ... " 527❘ Hongkong September 9 527 London 13 ... 555 London General October 22 555 Silk and Tea Silk, Tea, &c. 13 ... 595 Hongkong Sundries 1 595 " ท 14 19 454 Cardiff Coals 16 454 Foochow " Tea, &c. 16 561 Singapore 20 " 532 Hongkong General Sundries September10 561 " "? 6 " 532❘ Hongkong Silk, &c. 21 25 Ningpo August 30 25 Ningpo 21 492 Liverpool General October 17 492 Foochow Sundries Ballast 462 4 8 4 1,332 8 1 0 5,935 3 3 4 448 7 3 3 217 4 9 0 117 4 6 4 8 5 3 2 8,881 7 7 0 127 2 2 4 32,940 1 5 0 31,539 9 1 7 18,278 3 4 3 2,638 5 2 5 483 6 7 5 5,773 2 8 6 27 6 4 8 22 53 Ningpo Sundries August 26 22 104 Ballast October 1 53 104 Ningpo Sundries, Re-export: Ballast 11 8 9 8 ท 23. 283 Hongkong Sundries August 26 25 179 *** " November10 283 179 Hongkong Silk, &c. Sundries 384 6-4.7 " "1 25 46 Ningpo Ballast 46 27 50 "9 August 30 27 ... *** 40 Sundries September 6 50 Ningpo 40 Sundries " Sundries, Re-exports 8136 13.7 9 5 0 7 9 2 5/0/4/2 2,193 978 451 5 7 5 10 4 0 248 5 0 0 206 0 0 0 89 5 0 0 ... 10 4 0 0 266 0 0 0 250 246 0 0 5.3.0 0 141.500 89 5 0 0 50-0-0 4:00 0 737 8 2 0 ... 10 4 0 0 440 9 4 4 17,071 6 5 2 693 3 0 0 ... 10 4 0 0 785 7 0 8 34,536 4 6 0 37,752 7 5 1 19,024 5 7 6 2,865 5 2 5 981 6 6 6,156 7 5 0 38 6 8 0 9,130 7 7 0 22 2 4 0 2,335 4 7 8 925 7 2 2 ... 187 9.5 12 9 2 8 10 4 0 0 5600 5 0 0 2500 204 0 0 0 55 4 6 0 56 0 5 0 0 0 5 8 9 1 ... 196 0 0 0 263 5 0 0 277 5 0 0 297 5 0 0 227 0 0 0 280 5 0 0 5 The Hongkong Government Gazette. [MAY 9, 1857. No. 1.-RETURN OF BRITISH SHIPPING, &c.,- Continued. No. SHIP'S NAME, ARRIVED. DATE OF ENTRY. TONNAGE. FROM. NATURE OF CARGO. DATE OF CLEAR- ANCE. TONNAGE. DEPARTED. 1464 Westminster, 1444 Eliza Ann, 1445 Louisa Baillie, 1446 Zoe, 1447 Vivid, 1448 Celestial, 4449 Flavius, 1450 1451 Foam; 1452 1453 1454 1455 Remi (Str.), 1456 Banshee, 1457 Lark, ... 1458 Fazil Carrim,... 1459 Duck, 1460 Whampoa, 1461 Samuel Stoddart............ 1462 Liffey, 1463 Crisis, Victory, ... 1465 Colingsburgh, 1466 Inchinnan, 1467 Chin Chin, 1468 Paoushun, ... 1469 1470 Geelong, ... ... 1471 Paousan,.. 1472 Homer, 1473 Inkermann, 1474 Melbourne, 1475❘ Japan, 1476 John Robinson, 1477 Palmerston, 1478 Foam, 1479 Lanrick, 1480 Earl of Hardwick. ... 1481 Erin (Str.), 1432 Hellespont (Str.), 1483 Liffey, 1484 Pluto (Str.),... 1485 Venelia, 1486 Victoria, 1487 Cambalu.... 1488 Leichardt, • 1489 Challenger. ... August 28 29 241 Singapore 29 494 Sundries General October 10 241 Amoy Sundries 31 494 99 19 Hongkong " 99 29 ... 282 Amoy 28 282 Amoy 19 19 19 30 " 70 Ningpo 30 490 99 September 2 362 Amoy Hongkong Sundries General September 6 70 Ningpo 99 October 15 490 Amoy " December 15 362 " Singapore " Hellespont (Str.), Inkermann, ... Shanghae (Str.), ... Spirit of the North, 4 330 Sundries 99 99 September 9 330 Hongkong 5 56 " Ningpo 6 56 Ningpo 53 12 33 "9 +9 +9 412 "9 Hongkong October 7 412 Hongkong 99 671 London 鲣 322 99 Ilongkong General Sundries 18 671 London 99 September20 322 Amoy 465 Amoy 20 465 Ningpo "9 " 99 50 " Ningpo 18 50 " "9 12 237 95 Amoy October 3 237 39 Amoy 15 145 Canton 20 145 " " Hongkong " 15 : 376 | Amoy 30 376 "9 "" Amoy " 15 43) Siam 17 431 99 15 50 : : : Ningpo September22 50 15 401 Liverpool General November26 401 Ningpo Liverpool 15 25 " Ningpo Sundries September20 25 15 474 London General November11 474 Ningpo London 16 565 New Zealand Ballast 18 310 Bombay Sundries September 22 310 Hongkong 19 50 Ningpo October 1 50 Ningpo 22 731 New Zealand Ballast 28 731 22 455 ... Singapore General November 18 455 London ... " ... 99 .:.. " 22222 22 40 Ningpo Sundries 25 595 Amoy October November25 1 40❘ Ningpo 595 Amoy 26 53 Ningpo October 1 53 Ningpo 26 495 Singapore General 23 495 " Whanipoa 29 50 ... 29 Ningpo Ballast 18 50 ❤ Ningpo ... ... October 99 445 Shields 978 Hongkong Coals General December 26 445 London 13 978 19 621 London November20 628 " ... 99 " 283 Hongkong Sundries October 9 283 ..247 General 24 247 49 Ningpo 9 532 Sundries 14 532 Hongkong ... 99 10 330 14 330 " " * n " 11 50 " Ningpo 16 " 50 Ningpo Ballast 11 104 99 " 13 ... " 674 Hongkong Ballast Sundries 13 " 25 Ningpo 14 " 499 Liverpool General 16 589 November 20 October 28 21 December 16 12 104 " " 674 Amoy " 499- London 589 99 " 66 18 99 174❘ Hongkong Sundries " 1490 Glendaragh, 21 682 " 99 1491 Wild Wave, 23 160 Foochow November27 October 25 682 160 99 1492 Liffey, 27 50 19 Ningpo 30 " 50 Hongkong Foochow Ningpo 1493 Paousan,. 27 40 November 7 40 "7 1494 Hoeshun, 28 165 " Amoy 18 "" 165 Amoy 1495 Lady Mary Wood (Str.), 30 296 1496 Inkermann, November 3 53 Hongkong Ningpo 6 " 296 Hongkong 8 99 53 Ningpo 1497 Paoushun, 50 12 50 "2 * " + " " FOR. NATURE OF CARGO. IMPORTS. Taels m. c. c. 211 2 4 6 Hongkong 25 Ningpo 174 Ningpo Silk, &c. Ballast Sundries, Re-exports Silk, &c. Silk, Tea, &c. Sundries Ballast Re-exports Sundries Ballast Tea and Silk Re-exports Tea and Silk Ballast Re-exports Ballast Tea and Silk Re-exports Sundries Tea 體 Re-exports Tea and Silk Tea, Silk, &c. Silk and Tea Silk, &c. Ballast Silk &c. Re-exports Tea, Silk, &c. " Sundries Tea &c. Ballast Sundries Re-exports Sundries Silk &c. Re-exports Ballast 422 1 5 8 233 0 6 907 2 678 4 1 4 931 5 9 3 55 8 7 2 19 2 5 3 382 3 0 5 9,621 5 9 8 467 6 1 6 858 1 2 9 5 6 1 6 Taels m e. c. 148 7 1 0 213 7 4 1 276 7 8 1 ... น 513 8 5 0 246 2 0 6 3,891 3 1 0 *** 13 7 3 2 18,210 7 1 6 31,018 3 7 5* 665 6 0 0 116 8 0 5 410 1 7 0 147 7 9 7 509 7 2 3 328 3 1 2 273 6 7 9 566 4 16 32 0 0 0 9,068 5 5 0 10 6 2 0 3 4,533 84 0 0 0 22 4 7 8 *** 669 6 7 7 40 8 8 5 155 9 5 9 25 0 4 5 440 1 1 4 ... 831 9 6 2 8,459 1 4 6 288 6 9 0 567 1 8 4 324 3 4 7 348 7 1 9 30 4 1 4 14 4 0 0 12 2 8 0 7,747 1 3 9 11,931 5 5 8 332 6 9 7 1,388 3 1 7 38 0 3 7 7 94 9 31 4 4 4 269 0 5 0 361 8 9 2 18 9 8 5 31 2 0 2 36 0 3 6 14,006.7 0 0 22,257 8 5 6 ... *** ... 17,658 2 1 1 332 9 9 9 18 0 0 0 4,210 0 0 0 ... 13,289 3 6 9 33,846 1 7 3 21,146 6 5 0 2,188 9 4 4 ... 10,111 7 8 0 4,337 0 0 0 ... *** *** *** 18,653 9 7 5 18,011 5 1 2 15 4 6 4 2,691 8 7 5 2970 81 8 2 0 6,457 9 7 1 054 0 ... Taels m. c c. 120 5 0 0 247 0 0 Tacla m. c. Ca 480 5 5 6 882 8 9 9 7 0 0 0 245 0 0 0 181 0 0 0 165 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 5300 206 0 0 U 335 5 0 0 161 0 0 0 232 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 118 5 0 0 14 5 0 0 188 0 0 0 215 5 0 0 200 5 0 0 2 5 0 0. 237 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 227 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 297 5 0 0 5 3 0 0 247 5 0 0 5000 222 5 0 0 489 0 0 0 314 0 0 0 141 5 0 0 266 0 0 0 165 0 0 5000 337 0 0 0 2500 249 5 0 0 294 5 0 80.0 0 0 5000 4000 8250 0 148 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 509 8 4 8 16 0 7 2 1,437 2 6 4 1,358 7 9 9 4,112 1 8 2 5600 38 2 8 5 18,799 0 2 1 40,975 4 7 3 1,294 2 1 6 1,090 6 2.9 10 6 1 6 383 1 0 2 934 3 9-3 789 8 9 1 817 9 $ 2 32 0 0 0 23,275 7 3 0 13.1.20 27,048 6 9 0 239 0 0 0 22 7 8 18,535 8 8.8 44 8 8 5 786 4 5.8 48.3 4 5 4,897.6 14 5 0 0 0 13,511 8 6 9 35,167 1 3 5 29,919 7 9 6 2,619 1 34 567 1 8 4 10,702 1 2 7 4,850 7 1 9 35 4 1 4 351 4 0 0 14 7 8 0 26,650 6 1 4 30,237 5 7 0 348 1 6 1 4,080 1 9 2 118 0 3 7 15 9 19 35 4 4 4 433 3 7 0 6,967 8 6 3 24 8 2 5 36 2 0 2 + EXPORTS. DUTIES. TORNAGE Dura. TOTAL. No. 4.—RETURN OF BRITISH SHIPPING, &c.,—Continued. MAY 9, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazettq. Ne. November 10 10 236 203 Whampoa Amoy Sundries "9 " 10 25 Ningpo 10 370 London General 10 908 Singapore ... " 13 330 Hellespont (Str.), Hongkong Sundries " 14 253 Liverpool General 14 50 Ningpo Ballast " 15 532 Hongkong Sundries " ... 17 56 Ningpo " 24 40 Paousan, " " ... 24 53 * "9 26 372 London General ... : 26 437 Foochow Sundries ... 1516 Remi (Str.,) ... "1512 | Foam, 1513 | Lady Mary Wood (Str.), 1514 Formosa (Str.), 1515 Abdul Medjid, ... ... 27 56 Ningpo Ballast ... 29 296 Hongkong Sundries 29 450 " 29 399 ... December 1 322 " 50 1519 | Vivid, 1520 1517❘ Japan, 1518 Avery, ... Erin, (Str.), Ningpo 380 Honolulu Ballast ... ... 70 Ningpo 11 532 Hongkong Sundries ... 11 1521 Inkermann, 53 Ningpo ARRIVED. JUDEPARTED. U DUTIES. Ship's NamE. Date of ENTRY. | TONNAGE, FROM. NATURA OF CARGO. DATE OF CLEAR ANCE, TONNAGE. FoR. NATUKE OF CARGO. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. TONNAGE DURS. TOTAL. 1498 Water Witch, ... 1499 Woodlark, 1500 Victoria, 1501 Lady Agnes Duff, ... 1502 Spray of the Ocean, 1503 1504 Emily, 1505 Japan, ... ... 1306 Erin (Str.), ... 1507 Foam, .. . 1508 1509 Inkermann, 1510 Augusta, ... 1511 Talavera,... : ... ... - ... ... Ballast Sundries Tea, &c. Şilk Tea Ballast Silk, &c. Re-exports " 99 Ballast Re-exports Silk, &c. ท Taels m. c, C. 665 1 6 5 186 0 7 0 48 3 4 8 4,096 4 8 2 Taels m. c. G. Taels m. c. c. ... 315 6 3 3 6066 209 0 1 6 2500 185 0 0 0 ... Taels m. c. C. 665 1 6 5 301 7 0 3 56 9 1 4 4,490 49 8 ... ... 51 8 4 0 2,441 5 4 2 2,485 4 0 0 5,163 0 6.3 165 0 126 5 0 0 2,702 2 4 0 7,731 1 0 5 266 3 9 0 5,433 8 5 9 266 0 0 0 12 6 3 6 5 6 0 0 5,966 2 4 9 18 2 3 6 23 7 6 0 4 0 0 0 27 7 6 0 5 3 0 0 186 0 0 0 5.6.0 0 148 0 0.0 225 0 0 0 199 0 0 0 7000 5300 19 2 8 4 4,998 5 8 2 56 0 0 9,129 0 1 6 2,076 2 3 0 11,220 5 8 9 4,655 8 7 7 * 11,930 0 0 0 7000 November19 236 Ningpo December 3 203 Manila November19 25 Ningpo December 8 370 Foochow November14 330 Hongkong December 26 253 Montreal November14 50 Ningpo 19 532 Hongkong 19 56 Ningpo December 2 40 99 November29 53 " December 24 372 | Amoy 13 9 8 4 4,812 5 8 2 ... ... November28 56 Ningpo ... December 5 296 Hongkong 119 8 0 0 16 450 " 17 399 London Tea and Silk 332 4 6 2 5 322 Hongkong 3 50 Ningpo Silk, &c. Ballast 841 9 7 7 ... 24 380 Liverpool 10 70 | Ningpo ... December 16 53❘ Ningpo 11 1522 Vindex, 179 Hongkong 15 179 Foochow " " 99 " 1523 Hellespont (Str.), 12 ..330 27. 330 " " 12 1524 Florence Nightingale, 464❘ Geelong Ballast 1525 Uncle Tom, 13 150 Amoy General ... " 15 1526 Palmyra, " 706 Sydney ... 15 160 Foochow Ballast Sundries ... 24 December 22 464 Hongkong Foochow Tea and Silk Re-exports ... Re-exports Silk, &c. Tea ... 8,861 2 1 6 1,851 2.3.0 10,888 1-2 7 3,652 9 0 0 11,740 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 SAP! ... ... ... 1527 Wild Wave, 1528 Liffey, 15 50 Ningpo " 27 160 17 Foochow 50❘ Ningpo 15 592 1529 Princess Royal, Whampoa ... " .. 15 1530 Arrow, 252 Liverpool ... ... " 1531 Louisa, 17 273 Amoy General Sundries ... December 29 ... 1532 17 Callao 133 Ballast 99 Banner, " 20 1533 Nina, : 115 Hongkong Sundries 99 32 273 Ningpo 27 133 Hongkong 26 115 Amoy Ballast Sundries Ballast 203 2 2 1 254 6 2 5 14 5 1,121 0 0 0 267 0 0 4 3,172 6 0 0 4,990 3 2 5 89 5 0 165 0 0 0 232 0 0 0 -19-8 4 4 1,210 5 0 0 3,604 6 0 0 5,222 3 2 5 Re-exports Ballast 5 7 6 0 85 7 6.0 5 0 0 0 203 2 2 1 33 6 3 8 266 12 5 ... 80 0 0 0 5000 - 20 3 3 8 13 3 0 11 5 0 0 ... 1534 Ballarat, 20 713 " 1535 Banshee,.. 20 465 Amoy " 22 1536 Truro, 694 Sydney Ballast ... ... • 1537 Crystal Palace, 22 494 London Sundries ... 23 56 1538 Foam, Ningpo ... 23 830 1539 Clarendon, n Hongkong Ballast Sundries December 24 56 Ningpo Re-exports ... ... 5 6 0 0 5 G00 ... ... ... 24 839 1340 Forest Queen, ... 24 $55 ... Foochow 1541 Robert Small, ... ... 26 225 1542 Ellen, Amoy •..• " ... 1543 Wild Dayrell, 26 158 Hongkong December 30- 158 Hongkong Tea ... ... *** ... 778 1 0 0 39 5.0 0 817 6 0 0 ... ... 27 1544 Victoria, 25 Ningpo 1545 Wild Flower, 27 478 Hongkong ... 27 1546 Crisis, 401 Liverpool General ... ... ... ... 1547 Sir James, 646 Hongkong Sundries 1548 Inkermann, 53 Ningpo ... *** ... ... 1549 Kate Carnie, " 549❘ Singapore 1550 Emily Annina, 1551 29 149❘ Hongkong General Sundries ... ... ... ... ... Nimrod, 29 893 " : Total Taels,....................... 259,503 3 3 1,170,097 5 3 37,908 0 0 0 1,167,508 8 6 3 d. B. Robertson, Consul. The Hongkong Government Gazettę. [MAY 9, 1857. RETURN No. II. ABSTRACT OF RETURN No. 1. Exhibiting the MOVEMENTS of BRITISH SHIPPING, at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during 1856. DEPARTED. ARRIVED. NO. OF VESSELS. TONNAGE, No. of Vessels. TONNAGE. COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED. With Cargoes. In Bal last. Total. With Cargoes. COUNTRIES FOR WHICH Departed. In Ballast. Total. With Cargoes. In Bal last. With Total. İn Ballast. Total. Cargoes. Great Britain, 38 88 8,555 8,555 Great Britain, • 87 37 23,507 23,507 Australian Colonies, • 12 18 235 25 6,596 7,436 14,632 Australian Colonies, 8 2,028- 2,028 India, Straits, &c., 18 18 7,954 7,954 India, Straits, &c., 1,840 515 1,855 South America, 1 1 188 133 | U. S. America, 597 .597 Sandwich Islands, Siam, 1 380 380 Montreal, . 253 253 1 431 431 Manila, 1 1 203 203 Manila, 1 1 640 610 Hongkong, and Five Ports, 186 69 249 42,825 18,004 60,829 Hongkong and Five Ports,. 179 45 224 57,586 3,232 60,818 Total. 249 60 309 84,762 11,181 92,943 Total. 237 64 301 70,753 18,519 89,272 In 1855, • • 253 53,322 23,913 77,235 In 1855, 249 62,882 12,289 75,171 Increase in 1856,—Ships 56, Tons 15,708. Increase in 1856,-Ships 52, Tons 14,101. British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856. D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. MAY 9, 1837. The Hongkong Government Gazette, No. III.-RETURN OF TRADE in British Ships at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year 1856. NO. IN TARIFF. DENOMINATion of GoodS. IMPORTS. QUANTITIES. COUNTRIES WHENCE IM- | ESTIMated Valur in DOLLARS. TOTALA PORTED. British Manufactures and Staple Articles: Manufactures of Cotion: 13 Long Cloth, Grey, Pieces. 1,319,054 ... Do. White, 202,203 ... Dyed Cottons, 42,058 ... Fancy do. Velveteens, Cambrics, 140,095 39 15,220 ... " 4,809 • "' Velvets, 18,590 ... ... " Chintzes, 10,125 ... ... " Handkerchiefs, 61,649 ... Fustians, ... ... ... 13 1,021 " Drills and Sheetings, Woollen Manufactures: 9,585 n i 47 Long Ells, Camlets, Pieces. ... 28,638 3,170 ... 400 ... ... Lastings, ... -0 Blankets, Spanish Stripes, Habit Cloths, Miscellaneous Articles, Raw and Manu- factured: 20,371 " 320: "9 2,110,486 324,124 105,145 378,256 59,280 7,213 3,806 Tin, ... .... Iron, Lead, Do. Red, White and Yellow, Copperware, Glass, Window, Glassware, Coals, 19 ... ... Flints, Quicksilver, Products of China, India, and other countries: ... Piculs. 11,930 26,716 ... 99 18,098 ... 99 2,305 " 912 "" Cases. 2,921 ... Piculs, 502 ... Tons. Piculs. 12,778 14,760 42 " Principally from GREAT BRITAIN direct, and via CANTON and HONGKONG. 87,373 22,251 36,989 7,147 21,566 3,159,830 171,828 44,380 1,600 357,332 2,560 95,150 672,850 298,250 93,506 113,197 18,440 18,240 11,684 7,530 116,102 11,802 1,802 690,553 Alum, Picula 4,333 4,333 ... 1,559 13,251 Aniseed, Betelnut, 3,250 6,500 *** "1 Beche de Mer, -2,415 48,200 ... " 158 15,800 Birds' Nests, Do. Feathers, Cassia, Do. Buds, 99 ... 4,000 Value. Piculs: 648 3,240 ... ... ... *** 18 126 " 997 5,982 Cloves, ... 18 Fish Maws, ... Do. Skins, 20 Gambier, Ginseng, ... " 174 3,480 " 210 1,032 " 715 ... " 260 ... ... 99 Gum and Glue, 581 Fans, Horns,. ... ... No. Piculs 1,006,400 8 ... 16 Ivory, Hides, Lichees, (fruit) 107 " 2,204 Medicines, 3,085 " 32 1,165 Pepper, : " Paper, (Chinese) 1,758 786 Preserves, ... ... Prussian Blue, Indigo, ... ·D Value. Piculs. 4,224 578 33 Putchuck, ... " 527 37 Saltpetre, ... ... " Seaweed, 1,579 "} 637 39 Shark's Fins, ... 559 Shrimps, 29 Sheep's Skins, "No. 13,900 ... Rice, Silk Ribbons, .. Sugar, Brown Do. White Sugar Candy, Rattans, Sandalwood, Cases. Piculs. 591 52,801 ... ... 124,100 ... ... " 81,726 ... " Principally from PENANG, SINGAPORE, and the -FIVE PORTS of CHINA. 2,860 46,800 2,905 10,054 48 640 1,284 8,816 24,680- 9,087 21,096 3,184 7,961 ... ... " 9,298 ... ... " Woods: Piculs. 6,302 ** Sapanwood, 13,790 ... ... " ... Lakawood, Scentedwood, Mangrove Bark, ... Planks, Beams and Timbers, Sundries principally Chinese Cargo, ... unenumerated ... Sundries, Stores, Furniture, &c., 2,194 ... 861 ... 390 92,928 8,092 5,270 5,476 12,740 5,031 1,390 |118,000 [105,602 ¡372,300 ¡158,630 43,785 32,392 49,567 38,612 5,485. 8,444 23,004 Singapore, Austra- lian Colonies 27,604 120,000 and Foo-chow 45,000 Five Ports. Continent of Europe, [Great Britain, &a. 150,000 1,639,136 $6,162,369 British Consulate, Shanghae, Sist December, 1856. D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. 10 No. IN TARIFY. GazeUĘ. "The Hongkong Government Gazeur, No. IV.-RETURN of BRITISH TRADE at SHANGHAE, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. - EXPORTS. DENOMINATION or GoodS... QUANTITIES. TU T. WHAT COUNTRIES AND ESTIMATED VALUE In Dollars, PLACKS EXPORTED. Fans, Hams, ... ... Dried Fish, ... Earthenware, Wool, ... ... Gold Thread, Nankeens, ... ... Silk Raw, ... ... Àlum, • ... ... China Root, ... *** China Ware, Copper Japan, Copper Ware,... Cotton, Raw Medicines, Rhubarb, Oilcake, Seaweed, ... ... ... ... ... ** ... : : 5,452 235 18,137 4,710 700 8,710 3,445 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 921 Pieces. 282,866 Piculs. 1,676 ... Pieces. $11,500 1,246 ... ..: ... : ... Do. Coarse, Do. Refuse, Do. Thrown, › Do. Piece Goods, Do. Cocoons, Do. Worm's Eggs, ... 876 171,477 3,287 246 753,400 62,573 1,295 834 ... ... ... ... ... 8,812 1,045 279 ... Great Britain Hongkong, the Fice •uoxdnoXpuv The Straits and Great Britain. Ports, Singapore, 5,452 940. 18,137 75,360 8,400 74,025 27,560 46,050 94,288 5,028 26,000 12,000 3,000 9,000 26,296 8,900 226,020 18,771,900 207,300 29,150 3,048,952 209,000 13,950 7,097 79 Tea, Do. Do. ... *** ... : 22,934,324 Great Britain. 2,443,525 ... ... ... 2,251,429 Australia. 199,282 750,706 Halifax & Montreal. 106,70 25,936,459 100,000 Miscellaneous, : $25,803,632 British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856. @ 7/0 Exchange, £9,031,27, 14, D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. No. V.—A SYNOPTICAL Table of the IMPORT TRADE from Foreign Countries to SHANGHAE, during the Year ending 31st Decem ber, 1856, specifying the Description and Quantities of Commodities, as well as their Estimated Value, and distinguishing the National Character of the Ships in which they were Imported. Long Cloths, Grey, Do. White, Dyed Cottons, Fancy do. Velveteens, Cambrics, Velvets, Chintzes, Fustians, Handkerchiefs, Jeans Drills, Sheetings, DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITIES. Manufactures of Collon. QUANTITIES, and in what Ships ImportED. 181 British Tone 58,60%. 34 American Tons 20,142. 95 Sundries Tane 22,409. AGGREGATED QUANTI- TIES IMPORTED. ESTIMATED Valub IN SHANGHAR DOLLARS Pieces, ... 1,319,054 16.535. 7,800 ... ... 202,203 1,899 1,046 1,333.389 205.148 2,149,42° 329.9'0 ... 42,058 1.476 43.534 108.7 5 " ... ... 140,095 1,900 499 142.494 ... 15,220 546 15.766 383,711 61.44 " ... 4,809 4.809 72 3 ... ... • 18,590 864 316 19,770 86,3 " 10,125 1,180 11.305 $13.7 9 ... ** 1,021 1.021 7.1.7 ' ક 190 ... 61,649 " ... : 8,745 1.240 Cottoni, 28,(38 3, 70 *** 3,600 4.964 221.716 14,420 Total Pieces.................................................................... Estimated Value, 2,840 520 ... 733 4,000 69.249 41,5 9 4,964 12,410 ... 230,461 637,387 ... 9.400 25,060 50,120 2.106.970 ..... £1,826,328 Long Ella, Camlets, Blankets, Manufactures of Wool. Pieces, Spanish Stripes, Lastings, Habit Cloths, કકકકક ... ... ... ... 340 50 31,818 190,938 3,740 45,920 00 .... ... ... ... 20,81 871 652 400 21,756 1,600 348,096 1320 · ! 3,106 320 3.806 2,560 93,150 ... Woollens, { Total Pieces,.. Estimated Value, 61.840 £239.492 Miscellaneous Articles Raw and Manufactured. Tin, Picula, ... Iron, " ... Lead, " Do. Red, White, and Yellow, " Copperware, } 99 ... Glass, Window,: Glass Ware, Cases, Piculs, ... Coals, n ... ... ... Flints, " Quicksilver, ... 99. 13,233 528 4,480 18,241 423,150 26.798 3,779 4,510 35,087 125,020 18,098 9,168 873 28,139 175,451 2,305 428 2,171 4,904 39.232 912 204 512 1,628 32,560 : :: 2,921 502 12,778 ... 1,127 4,048 16,192 484 986 14.790 5,157 480 18,415 165,735 ... ... : 14,760 42 ... 14,760 11,802 2 44 1,892 ... Estimated Value................ £352,038 Products of China, India, and other Countries. Alum, Aniseed, Betelnut, Beche de Mer, Bird's Nests, Picula, : *** : 4,333 300 6,035 10,668 10,668 "9 ... 1,559 344 2,023 3,926 33,371 29 ... ... 4 3,250 34 1,900 5,184 10,368 " ... 2,415 61 3,271 5,747 114,940 " 158 55 219 21,900 Carried forward, $5,470,845 MAY 8, TOUT Why Yongning Governmitt wasting" No. V-SYNOPTICAL TABLE of the IMPORT TRADE, &c.,—Continued. QUANTITIES AND IN WHAT Shipa Imported. DESCRIPTION of CommeDITIES. 181 British, Tone 58,603. 34 American, Toms 20,14%. 96 Sundrier, Tons 22,409. Aggregated QUANTI- TIES IMPORTED. Estimated Value IN BHANGMAS DOLLARS. ... Brought forward.......... Products of China, India, and other Countries,—continued. Fird's Feathers, Cassia, Da. ⠀ Buds, Cloves, Value Piculs, ... ... $4,000 648 ... 4,000 17 797 1,462 $5,470,845 $4,900 7,310 18 84 31 133 931 " 977 1,945 221 685 1,903 11,418 1,414 1,080 4,439 26.604 " " M Prussian Blue, Indigo, Putchuck, Saltpetre, Seaweed, Tobacco, Ivory, Fish Maws, Do, Skins, Gambier, Ginseng, tium and Glue Fans, Įlorns, Hlider, Lichees. (fruit,) Medicines, Popper, White, Do. Black, Paper Chinese, Preserves No. Picule, 99 19 16 10 30 56 2,240 174 155 163 492 9,840 210 31 241 964 : 715 73 788 3,152 260 22 151 433 77,940 ་་ 581 510 1,482 2,573 10,292 1,006,400 100,700 2,842,560, 3,949,660 89,496 : 8 48 105 37 287 429 5,148 2,204 1,071 1,842 5,117 20,468 " ... 3,085 297 1,910 5,292 42,336 1,165 657 8,313 10,135 79,053 : 1,758 520 1,260. 3,538 42,456 786 12 779 1,577 7,855 Value, Picula, 99 $390 $1,800 $2,190 2,190 .. 4,224 1,210 7,497 12,931 284,350 ... 578 26 18 622 8,708 527 100 627 6,270 1,579 82 333 1,994 6,979 ... 637 245 716 1,598 31,960 Shark's Fins, .. No. Piculs, lo, Brown, Do. Candy, Rattans, Vermillion, 99 " Sulphur, 99 Wood, Brazil, Pieces, Do. Sandal Do. Sapan, Do. Láka, Do. Red Wood, Do. Scented, Do. Ebony, Sheep Skins, Shrimps Soip, " Silk Ribbons, Rice, Cases, Piculs, ... ... ... Sugar White, "9 99 ... 13,900 13,900 1,390 559 736 1,295 11,655 Do ΕΟ 28 #78 936 ... 591 34 86 711 142,200 62,801 43,398 9,862 106,061 212,122 $31,726 6,945 11,682 50,353 251,765 ... ... 124,100 41,465 100,362 265,927 797,781 7,961 1,262 5,573 14,796 81,378 9,298 764 8,878 18,940 69,978 : 559 16 163 738 36,900 1,000 1,350 2,850 9,400 Picula, : ... " 6,302 13,790 2,194 639 ... 8,700 248 4,769, ... 8,700 ... J 9,300 5,304 21,508 11,854 100,809 40,067 112,181 400 2.594 6,485 950 1,670 2.259 6,918 861 348 425 1,634 6,536 Do. Mangrove Bark, Do. Singapore, and Australia, Value, Do. Foochow, Ningpo, &c., Planks, Beams, Masts, &c. f Chinese Cargo, Mats, Dried Fruits, Straw Shoes, de " Miscellaneous. Value, 3,032 23,004 ... 1,584 4,616 13.848 400 9,927 33,331 39,997 ... " 40,000.. $10,000 $50,000 50,000 80,000 $3,000 $20,000 $103,000 103,000 $50,000 $10,000' $80,000 $140,000 140,000 4. Estimated Value, £1,092,553 British, American, Total Value,......... | $6.162,369 or Sterling, $782,073 Sundries, $1,657,020 $8,601,462 £2,156,829 £273,725 £579,957 £3,010,511 Norz→The Values given in this Table have been ascertained by carefully computed averages of the Prices ruling throughout the Year; the Quantities being taken principally from the Custom House printed Returns. The Picul is equal to 133) Ib avoirdupois. D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. British Consulate, Shaanghae, 31st December, 1856 No. VI-A SYNOPTICAL TABLE of the EXPORT TRADE from SHANGHAE to Foreign Countries, during the Yenr ended 31st December, 1856, specifying their Estimated Value, and distinguishing the National Character of the Ships engaged. the Descriptions and Quantities of Commodities, as well DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITIES. Alum, China Root, China Ware, Copper Japan, Do. Ware, Cotton Raw, Medicines, Rhubarb, Oilcake Seaweeds, ... .... ... .... 181 British, Tené 68,609. 5,452 235 18,137 4,710 QUANTITIES, AND IN WHAT SHIPS EXPORTED. 34 American, Time 20,143. 95 Sundries Tone 22,409. AGGREGATED QUANTI- TIES EXPORTED ESTIMATED VALUE IN SHANGHAE DOLLARS. 2,415 268 7,867 7,867 4,000 10,000 493 32,137 1,962 32,137 185 4,895 78,320 700 16 181 897 10,764 ... 8,710 50 4,913 13,673 116.112 3,445 318 2,172 5,935 47,480 : 921 190 24 1,135 56,750 Fans, ... Hams, Dried Fish, Farthenware, Wool. Gold Thread, Nankeens, Silk Raw, Coarse, Refuse, Throwns, *** 282,866 1,676 311,500 1,246 876 119,850 402,716 201,358 472 520 12,000 408,200 2,668 931,700 8,004 $6,000 169 150 886 246 2,301 23,000 1,272 4,000 171,477 3,287 246 753,400 12,906 169 77,902 549 262,285 15,000 3,906 27,335 246 8,900 ... 62,573 10,900 828 262,860 1,027,160 308,130 63,401 19,020,300 1,295 1,295 207,307 .... 843 834 ... 8,812 8,812 29,505 3,048,952 ... ... Piece Goods, Cocoons, Worm's Eggs, Tes Black, Green, 1,045 953 102 2,100 ... 279 279 $479 420,000 13.950 79 7,097 Miscellaneous, ... *** ... ... ... ... Estimated Value in...... 15,786,006 10,150,458 100,000 Brilish. 9,031,271 Total, 10,023,293 at 7/0 Exchange £10,023,003, 7s Nors.-The Values given in this Table have been ascertained, by carefully computed averages of the prices ruling throughout the Year, the Quantities being taken principally from the Custom House printed Returns. The picul is equal to 1334lb avoirdupois. D. B. ROBERTSON, 277,847 16,709,739 30,000 American, 870,999 842,817 105,531 50,000 16,905,710 25,965,723 240,000 1,394,712 3,311,039 180.000 Sundries, 121,023 $28,637,981 British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856, Consul, The Hongkong Government Gazette. MAY 9, 1857.] No. VII-RETURN OF FOREIGN SHIPPING at the PORT OF SHANGHAE during the Year ended 31st December, 1856, shewing the EXPORT, IMPORT, and Tonnage Dues. ARRIVED. DEPARTED. FLAGS TONA, VESSELS. TONS. IMPORTS. Taels m. o. c. Swedish, British,.. American, French, Hamburg, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, 809 ... ... ... ... 92,943 301 89,272 68 ... 44,071 51 30,607 259,503.3.3.1 | 1,170,097.5.3.2 24,828.5.4.6 352,684.6.4.1 24 ... *** 1,925 22 1,835 1,500.8.0.8 3,611.2.3.8 DUTIES. EXPORTS. TONNAOR DUES. Taels m. or o. Taels m. c. c. ·Taels m. c. c. 37,900.0.0.0 |1,467,508.8.6.3 390,074.9.8.7 5,571.0.4.6 TOTAL. 12,561.8.0.0 459.0.0.0 ... ... ... 39 8,491 35 7,638 8,353.6.8.9 20,831.6.6.3 1,796.2.0.0 30,081.5.5.2 20 ... ... ... 1,498 18 1,428 805.0.8.8 289.4.6.8 208.3.0.0 1,302.8.5.6 19 ... ... 4,231 17 3,906 6,859.7.6.9 10 - ... ... ... ... 4,025 8 3,258 1,632.6.2.8 12,250.9.5.2 841.7.6.2 1,273.0.0.0 20,383.7.2.1 1,399.0.0.0 3,873.3.9.0 14 ... ... ... ... 2,166 · 12 1,784 1,868.1.2.8 159.9.0.7 498.6.0.0 2,526.6.3.5 Siamese, 7 ... ... ... 3,350 8 3,870 6,889.5.7.3 1,568.3.0.6 1,535.0.0.0 9,992.8.7.9 Spanish, 3 905 3 905 956.5.0.3 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,630.8.2.8 452,5.0.0 3,039.8.3.1 Bremen, 2 842 434 316.2.2.8 ... *** ... 10,174.7.2.5 163.4.0.0 10,654.3.5.3 Prussian,... Peruvian, Oluenburg, *** ... ... 1,331 1,331 1,194.6.8.1 15,651.8.0.5 495.5.0.0 17,341.9.8.6 010 .. ... .. 3,006 7 3,006 2,906.3.5.0 3 ... 1,440 2 960 1,206.2.7.9 523.6.7.1 356.1.3.4 1,055.5.0.0 4,485.3.2.1 240.0.0.0 1,802.4.1.3 528 170,224 489 150,234 -318,821,6.0.1 |1,590,672.6.3.2 British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1857. 60,045.8.0:0 1,969,540.0.3.3 @7/0=£689.339 D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. No. VIII.—Amount of TREASUre Imported per P. § O. Co.'s Steamers, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. January 11, Erin... "" 25, Formosa February 8, Erin... 23, Formosa March 19, Erin... + ... April 9, Formosa " 23, Erin ... May 7, Formosa ... June 1, Erin July 6, Formosa 21, Erin... •• • August 3, Shanghae "" 15, Erin... September 7, Shanghae' October 8, Erin .. ... 28, Lady Mary Wood November 13, Erin... 27, Lady Mary Wood 27, Formosa 39 39 December 10, Erin ... ... ... ... ... ARRIVAL OF STEAMER. ... ... ... ... *** : TREASURE. 594,021 177,210 423,685 133,258 196,523 418,921 ... 201,781 469,283 587,334 860,544 296,438 694,573 603,042 1,403,211 1,517,757 Mexican...... 284,498 2,418,512 370,909 82,110 2,267,942 .$14,001,602 at 30 per cent discount Spanish $9,801,121.40 at 7/0 Exchange.......................... .£3,430,392.10 Treasure imported in other vessels during the year £857,598 Total,................. £4,287,990.10 D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1857. No. IX. Particulars relating to the OPIUM TRade of shaNGHAE, 1st January to 31st December, 1856. January 1, Stock of Malwa, 1,800 chests: of Patna, 950 chests. STOCKS. IMPORTE. DELIVERIES. ÁVERAGE PRICES. Malwa. Patna. Malwa January February 29,... March April May June July August 31, 30,... 31, 31,... September 30, October November 30, 31, 2,000 1,500 2,650 i Patna. 1,450 Malua. Patna. Malia. Patna. 2,450 900 400 $ 300 2,400 1,000 2,500 500 2,100 1,000 390 330 " " 31, 30,... .... 2,700 1,100 2,200 700 1,900 2,100 1,500 800 800 1,400 600 400 430 350 " 99 410 335 " " 1,550 1,000 700 500 1,250 1,000 385 305 " " 3,550 1,600 3,950 1,500 1,950 900 355 275 " " *** 2,500 1,500 1,550 900 2,600 1,000 355 280 " "9 2,600 1,550 2,700 1,050 2,600 1,000 340 280 99 2,100 1,000 1,700 400 2,200 950 340 300 " 31,... 1,600 1,000 1,100 ···1,100 1,600 1,100 390 320 " " 600 3,100 1,950 2,600 1,550 1,100 600 360 295 " December 31,... 2,400 1,200 1,500 150 2,200 950. 380 320 " 23,950 10,600 23,350 10,350 Stock 1st January, 1856 1,800 950 25,750 11,550 Less deliveries..... .23,350 Stock 1st January, 1857 2,400 Shanghae, 27th January, 1857. 10,350 1,200 chests. The above relates also to Ningpo, which market is supplied from Shanghae, and not by direct shipments from Hongkong. Therefore, from the above deliveries, about 200 chests Malwa, and 100 chests Patna, are sold in Ningpo every month. At the average prices above mentioned, the following is the · value of the Opium Trade at Shanghae for the year 1856 :— Stock 1st January, 1856....... .$1,005,000 Imported during that year.....$12,207,300 $13,212,300 at Exchange average_7/0.......£4,624,305 · or better than Four Millions and a half sterling. Estimated value of Opium in the market during the year 1856 $13,212,300=£4,624,305. Deliveries, value of, during that period.......... Value of stock 31st December, 1856............................ British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st Deceber, 1857. $11,933,000 £4,176,550. $ 1,279,300=£ 447,755. D.. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. I MAY 9, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. X.—Return of the EXPORT OF TEA at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. FOR. TEAS. TOTAL, Great Britain, United States, *** ... Australia, ... Continent, *** ... Halifax and Montreal, ... ... British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856. Black. Green. 13,743,489 277,847 9,190,835 15,709,739 2,042,517 208,912 842,217 105,531 750,706 16,905,710 fb 25,965,723 t 22,934,324 15,987,226 2,251,429 947,748 750,706 42,871,433 tb D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. No. XI-RETURN of the EXPORT of silk at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. FOR 13 TOTAL.. BILK. Great Britain and HONGKONG. UNITED STATES. Bales. Weight: Balst. Weight. Bales. Weight. p. C. Raw, Thrown, Coarse, ... ... ... 78,216 62,572 80 1,299 827 74 ... ... *** ... ... ... 10.189 8,812 48 79,515 10,189 63,400 54 8,812 48 ... 1,619 1,295 20 Refuse, 310 834 34 4 9 22 1,619 314 1,295 20 843 56 ... ... ... Total, 90,334 73,514 82 1,303 836:96 Grand Total, Cocoons, .. ... Filk Worm's Eggs, ... ... ... ... Pckgs. 287 79 278 75 :: 91,637 287 74,351 78 278 75 From information supplied at the Custom-House. British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1857. D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. No. XII.-Rates of EXCHANGE ruling at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. E. 1. Co.'s BILLS UN CALCUTTA, Pwr 100 Carolus Dollars, BANK BILLS ON London, ger Carojus Dollar. OPENING. HIGHEST. LOWEST. CLOSING, OPENING. HIGHEST. LOWEST. CLOSING, 8. 6 January February. 6 64 March 6 ... April 6 7 ... 6 9 May 7 4 June July 7 2 7 August September 7 ... 7 October November 7 100GONNNNNNNO 8. 6 d. 10 8. d. 6 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 4 6 10 10000NNNNZZZO 1762467225TOB 10000ONNNNNNG #. d. B.. B. R. B. 7 312 312 308 308 296 307 295 296 294 297 289 296 296 308 296 308 309 331 308 331 334 352 334 '345 342 352 340 340 346 352 346 350 350 357 346 346 346 350 345 345 336 340 306 326 305 306 305 305 December ... D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856. No. XIII.- Valuation of BRITISh Trade in British and other Vessels at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, from 1843-44 to 1856 inclusively. IMPORTS. DESCRIPTION of Goods. 1843-44 1845 Ex. 4/2 Ex. 4/2 1846 1847 Ex. 4/2 Ex. 4/2 1849 1818 Ex. 4/4 | Ex. 4/6 1850 Ex. 5/0 1851 1852 Ex. 5/0 Ex. 5/0 1853 Ex. 6/6 1854 Ex. 6/3 1855 Ex. 6/5 1856 Ex, 7/0 Manufactures of Cotton, Do. Wool, Bugar, Miscellaneous, 1,945 291,610 136,176 623,372 185,534 1,670,672 4,254,864 3,080,054 | 3,311,385 | 1,836,031 | 3,051,625 | 2,617,891 808,786 557,279 803,553 782,016 42,571 175,622 327,120 169,751 200,007 500,555 82,211 470,213 147,421 642,989 3,685,912 3,669,147 421,608 583,280 71,948 384,956 3,156,200 443,122 492,448 89,878 1,747,152 3,159,830 64,184 362,960 100,194 234,905 275,490 672.850 630,255 574,715 240,322 362,535 844,998 1,754,974 Total Imports, $§ | 2,521,506 | 5,194,593 | 3,888,060 | 4,311,494 ± 2,532,909 | 4,412,835 | 3,908,156 | 4,564,424 | 4,685,571 | 3,939,848 | 1,179,766 | 3,497,895 6,163,369 EXPORTS. 322,152 | 2,221,180 | 2,026,862 | 1,833,691 | 1,653,049 | 2,018,916 | 2,426,711 | 5,593,958 | 4,523,460 | 5,243,123 | 4,446,096 | 7,939,763 | 2,749,777 2,002,602 3,805,947 4,430,318 | 4,819,483 | 3,330,720 | 4,416,678 5,529.267 5,963,764 6,926,200 8,071,763 | 7,205,129 11,395,500 22,287,389 78,285 64,628 34,540 30,006 50,922 98,173 40,444 628,500 31,916 766,466 72,557 18,509 35,380 Total Exports, $' 2,360,134 ' 6,043,636 6,492,126 | 6,725,731 | 50,79,942 1 6,513,871 | 8,020,606 11,598,166 11,484,200 (13,344,892 11,702,147 19,963,763 25,803,632 Tel. Filk. Miscellaneous, British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856. True Copies, W. WOODGATE. No. 19. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. Diplomatic Department. The Earl of Clarendon having been pleased to extend the leave of absence granted to Mr Consul ALCOCK, the duties of Her Majesty's Consul for Canton will be discharged, until further orders, by Mr Consul PARKES; and Mr Acting Vice-Consul MORRISON will remain in charge of Her Majesty's Consulate at Amoy. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria; Hongkong, 4th May, 1857. W. WOODGATE. MAY 9, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. No. X.—Return of the EXPORT OF TEA at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. FOR. TEAS. TOTAL, Great Britain, United States, *** ... Australia, ... Continent, *** ... Halifax and Montreal, ... ... British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856. Black. Green. 13,743,489 277,847 9,190,835 15,709,739 2,042,517 208,912 842,217 105,531 750,706 16,905,710 fb 25,965,723 t 22,934,324 15,987,226 2,251,429 947,748 750,706 42,871,433 tb D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. No. XI-RETURN of the EXPORT of silk at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. FOR 13 TOTAL.. BILK. Great Britain and HONGKONG. UNITED STATES. Bales. Weight: Balst. Weight. Bales. Weight. p. C. Raw, Thrown, Coarse, ... ... ... 78,216 62,572 80 1,299 827 74 ... ... *** ... ... ... 10.189 8,812 48 79,515 10,189 63,400 54 8,812 48 ... 1,619 1,295 20 Refuse, 310 834 34 4 9 22 1,619 314 1,295 20 843 56 ... ... ... Total, 90,334 73,514 82 1,303 836:96 Grand Total, Cocoons, .. ... Filk Worm's Eggs, ... ... ... ... Pckgs. 287 79 278 75 :: 91,637 287 74,351 78 278 75 From information supplied at the Custom-House. British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1857. D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. No. XII.-Rates of EXCHANGE ruling at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, during the Year ended 31st December, 1856. E. 1. Co.'s BILLS UN CALCUTTA, Pwr 100 Carolus Dollars, BANK BILLS ON London, ger Carojus Dollar. OPENING. HIGHEST. LOWEST. CLOSING, OPENING. HIGHEST. LOWEST. CLOSING, 8. 6 January February. 6 64 March 6 ... April 6 7 ... 6 9 May 7 4 June July 7 2 7 August September 7 ... 7 October November 7 100GONNNNNNNO 8. 6 d. 10 8. d. 6 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 4 6 10 10000NNNNZZZO 1762467225TOB 10000ONNNNNNG #. d. B.. B. R. B. 7 312 312 308 308 296 307 295 296 294 297 289 296 296 308 296 308 309 331 308 331 334 352 334 '345 342 352 340 340 346 352 346 350 350 357 346 346 346 350 345 345 336 340 306 326 305 306 305 305 December ... D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856. No. XIII.- Valuation of BRITISh Trade in British and other Vessels at the PORT OF SHANGHAE, from 1843-44 to 1856 inclusively. IMPORTS. DESCRIPTION of Goods. 1843-44 1845 Ex. 4/2 Ex. 4/2 1846 1847 Ex. 4/2 Ex. 4/2 1849 1818 Ex. 4/4 | Ex. 4/6 1850 Ex. 5/0 1851 1852 Ex. 5/0 Ex. 5/0 1853 Ex. 6/6 1854 Ex. 6/3 1855 Ex. 6/5 1856 Ex, 7/0 Manufactures of Cotton, Do. Wool, Bugar, Miscellaneous, 1,945 291,610 136,176 623,372 185,534 1,670,672 4,254,864 3,080,054 | 3,311,385 | 1,836,031 | 3,051,625 | 2,617,891 808,786 557,279 803,553 782,016 42,571 175,622 327,120 169,751 200,007 500,555 82,211 470,213 147,421 642,989 3,685,912 3,669,147 421,608 583,280 71,948 384,956 3,156,200 443,122 492,448 89,878 1,747,152 3,159,830 64,184 362,960 100,194 234,905 275,490 672.850 630,255 574,715 240,322 362,535 844,998 1,754,974 Total Imports, $§ | 2,521,506 | 5,194,593 | 3,888,060 | 4,311,494 ± 2,532,909 | 4,412,835 | 3,908,156 | 4,564,424 | 4,685,571 | 3,939,848 | 1,179,766 | 3,497,895 6,163,369 EXPORTS. 322,152 | 2,221,180 | 2,026,862 | 1,833,691 | 1,653,049 | 2,018,916 | 2,426,711 | 5,593,958 | 4,523,460 | 5,243,123 | 4,446,096 | 7,939,763 | 2,749,777 2,002,602 3,805,947 4,430,318 | 4,819,483 | 3,330,720 | 4,416,678 5,529.267 5,963,764 6,926,200 8,071,763 | 7,205,129 11,395,500 22,287,389 78,285 64,628 34,540 30,006 50,922 98,173 40,444 628,500 31,916 766,466 72,557 18,509 35,380 Total Exports, $' 2,360,134 ' 6,043,636 6,492,126 | 6,725,731 | 50,79,942 1 6,513,871 | 8,020,606 11,598,166 11,484,200 (13,344,892 11,702,147 19,963,763 25,803,632 Tel. Filk. Miscellaneous, British Consulate, Shanghae, 31st December, 1856. True Copies, W. WOODGATE. No. 19. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. D. B. ROBERTSON, Consul. Diplomatic Department. The Earl of Clarendon having been pleased to extend the leave of absence granted to Mr Consul ALCOCK, the duties of Her Majesty's Consul for Canton will be discharged, until further orders, by Mr Consul PARKES; and Mr Acting Vice-Consul MORRISON will remain in charge of Her Majesty's Consulate at Amoy. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria; Hongkong, 4th May, 1857. W. WOODGATE. 14 No. 68. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [MAY 9, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. At a Meeting of the Executive Council held on the 4th instant, it appearing that under existing circumstances there is no necessity for retaining the Services of the Military Officers who had kindly undertaken to perform the duties of Justices of the Peace during the period of peril to the public safety :- It was Resolved, that the thanks of the Governor in Council be conveyed to Lieut.-Colonel Dunlop, Cap. tains Romer and Rotton, for the Magisterial Services they had rendered to this Government, during a time of anxiety and danger; and that, in consequence of the now changed circumstances of the Colony, they be relieved from the exercise of their functions as Justices of the Peace, from this date. In conformity with the above Resolution, His Excellency the Governor has withdrawn the names of Lieut.- Colonel Dunlop, Captains Rotton and Romer, from the Commission of the Peace. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th May, 1857. No. 69. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor having approved of the following Division of the Colony into Districts (and in the case of Victoria into Sub-districts), as made by the Registrar General, under the provisions of Section VII of Ordinance No. 6 of 1857, the same is hereby published for general information. Districts. 1. VICTORIA,-From the Stone Quarries at West Points to Hoong-heong-loo (or East Point Joss-house). SHOW-KE-WAN,—From Hoong-heong-loo to the village of Ngo-yun-wan, taking in Wong-kok-tsui, Chut- che-moey, Shui-cheang-wan, Show-ke-wan and Ngo-yun-wan 2. 3. SAI WAN,-The village of that name. 4. SHEAK O,—The village of that name, including the village called Hok-tsui. 5. TY-TAM TOOK,-The village of that name. 6. STANLEY, The village of that name, including the villages called Ty-tam, Ka-sew-wan, and Wong-ma-kok. 7. HEONG-KONG,-The village of that name. 8. ABERDEEN,-The village of that name, including Aap-le-chow. 9. POK-FOO-LUM,-The village of that name. The District of Victoria is divided into Seven Sub-districts. No. 1, Or SEI-YING-POON.-From the small village Westward, called Cowee-wan, to the end of Circular Buildings, including all the houses on Bonham Strand, West of No. 1 Police Boat Station. No. 2, Or SHEONG-WAN. From the Police Boat Station opposite Circular Buildings, to Gibb's Wharf at the Cross Roads, including all the houses on the North side of the Queen's Road between these two points, and also all the houses on the South side, and facing the Queen's Road, from Gough Street steps to the Cross Roads. No 3, Or TAI-PING-SHAN From the end of Hollywood Road near Circular Buildings, to Gough Street steps, including all the houses on the South side of the Queen's Road between these two points. No. 4, Or CHOONG-WAN,-From the Cross Roads to the Murray Barracks, including both sides of the Queen's Road, and also all the Streets and Roads South of the Queen's Road between these two points. No. 5, Or HA-WAN.-From Murray Barracks to Observation Point. No. 6, Or the village of WONG-nei-Choong. No. 7, Or Soo-KOAN-POO.-From Observation Point to the large Rock beyond Soo-koan-poo Village.' A By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th May, 1857. No. 70. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. It having been reported by the Treasury Department, that a large amount still remains unpaid on account of Crown Rents due on or before December 24th, 1856,– Notice is hereby given, that on the expiration of Seven Days from this date, the Crown Solicitor will be directed to institute proceedings against all Defaulters in such respect. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1857. No. 71. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. In accordance with a Communication of the 1st instant, received from the Manager of the Oriental Bank Corporation, it is hereby notified that, in consequence of the resignation of Mr SAMUEL GRAY, the Court of Direc tors of the said Corporation have made the following appointments of Officers in China, namely:- Manager at Hongkong, and Principal Officer of the Corporation in China,-MR PATRICK CAMPBELL. Sub-Manager at Hongkong and Canton,-MR WILLIAM LAMOND. Agent at Shanghai,-MR JOHN SKINNER. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. MAY 9, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. HONGKONG. ་ ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINE. No. 6 of 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for Registration and Regulation of the Chinese People, and for the Population Census, and for other Purposes of Police. [5th May, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say:- Title. Preamble. 15 1. Ordinances No. 13 of 1844, No. 7 of 1846, and No. 3 of 1853, and so much of Ordinance No. 12 Repeal of Ordinan- of 1844 as relates to the charging or investing the Chief Magistrate of Police with any direction or super-ces and part of an Or- intendence of, or control over, the Police Force thereby established, other than such control as any other dinance. Magistrate or Justice of the Peace may in his Magisterial capacity exercise, are hereby repealed. 11. The Census and Registration Office presently existing in Victoria shall, for the purposes of this Census and Regis- Ordinance, be continued and established; together with the Registrar General and other the Officers and Assistants by whom the duties and business thereof have been hitherto performed. ration Officer estab- shed. Appointments of Of- III. The several persons now being the Registrar General, Officers and Assistants of the said Office, shall i continue to discharge the said duties and business at their present Salaries during His Excellency's pleasure;ficers and upon any vacancy, His Excellency may from time to time nominate and appoint such Person or Persons to be such Registrar General, Officers, and Assistants respectively, and at such Salary and Salaries as to His Excellency shall seem meet, and also remove him or them at His Excellency's discretion from time to time, and nominate and appoint another or others in his or their room; yet so as that Her Majesty's pleasure shall be taken as to every nomination, appointment, and removal of a Registrar General, and as to every new limitation of Salary under the provisions of this section. Powers and Duties IV. The Registrar General is, by virtue of his Office, and for the execution of this Ordinance, and not otherwise, a Justice of the Peace, a joint Superintendent of Police, and the Protector of Chinese of the Registrar Gen- Inhabitants within this Colony, and as such is bounden to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission eral. of crime, and, if committed, to discover and apprehend the parties guilty thereof, and generally to watch over and protect the said Chinese Inhabitants; and for the purposes aforesaid he is empowered and required to use and exercise all the authorities of a Justice and Superintendent of Police, and also to enter at any time or times, as he shall find meet, any Building soever within this Colony, or Vessel or Boat soever within the Waters of the same or adjacent thereto, if such Building, Vessel, or Boat shall then have any Chinaman within or on board of the same. V. The other Officers and Assistants in the said Census and Registration Office shall be obedient and Duties of the other assisting unto the said Registrar General in the execution of this Ordinance. trar General. Officersand Assistants. VI. The Powers and Authorities which by the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 were vested in the Chief The Chief Magis- Magistrate of Police, are from henceforth vested in and shall be exercised by the Superintendent of Police trate's authority to de for the time being constituted under the said Ordinance, in all matters wherein any of the provisions for the yolve upon the Super- Census Registration and Protection of Chinese People are not concerned, and by the Registrar General in intendent and Regis- all matters wherein any of the said provisions are concerned; and the same obedience shall be rendered by the Police Force of this Colony to the orders of the said Superintendent of Police and Registrar General respectively, and to all Rules and Regulations to be by them respectively made under Section Three of the Raid Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 and this Section, with the approbation of the Governor; due regard being had to the respective matters to which such l'owers and Authorities, Rules and Regulations, respectively- shall relate. VII. The Registrar General, with the approbation of the Governor, shall divide this Colony into Division into Dis- Districts, and cause every House therein, whether occupied by a Chinaman or by an European, to be tricts, and Numbering. numbered, and Tickets to be prepared and issued for the purposes of Section Eight; and it shall be the duty of every Chinese Occupier or Inmate of a House, or of a Boat or Vessel having a Certificate or License under this Ordinance, to procure and retain in his possession one such Ticket from the said Registrar General for the purposes of this Ordinance; and every Chinaman not so procuring, or not so retaining such Ticket, or not producing the same whensoever required, shall, unless he shall make proof of some reasonable justifi- cation or excuse, be deemed a vagrant. Numbers to be livered to them. VIII. Every Chinaman occupying a House, or any Boat or Vessel as aforesaid, shall cause the Number thereof to be painted and affixed to such House, Boat or Vessel in such wise as the Registrar General shall painted, Lists of In- direct, and shall cause to be inscribed in such wise as he shall direct, upon a board exhibited in some mates to be exhibited, conspicuous part of such House, Boat or Vessel, a true and full List of all the inmates thereof, distinguishing and Tickets to be de- in the case of a House the Inmates of the upper and lower floors thereof, for the time being; and shall deliver to every such inmate a Ticket, stamped by the Registrar General, and containing such particulars, and in such form, as he shall also direct; and every such Ticket shall from time to time, and when the holder thereof shall cease to be such Inmate, be obtained back from him by the said Occupier and cancelled. IX. Possession by a Chinaman of any of the Tickets mentioned in Sections Seven and Eight shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery thereof to him as an Inmate by the Chinaman therein mentioned as Occupier. Possession of Tickets be prima facie proof of delivery. to X. Every Chinese Occupier shall be held responsible as Surety for the good conduct of every Inmate The Occupier to be to whom he shall have delivered any such Ticket unless the said Occupier shall show some matter of justi- responsible for the in- fcation or excuse. mates. XI. Every such Occupier is hereby commanded to furnish at all times to the Registrar General what- Statistical informa soever information the said Registrar General shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, require of him; and tion to be furnished every Occupier of a House is further commanded, upon the occurrence of any Marriage, Birth, Death, by occupiers. Arrival, or Departure of Inmates within his House, forthwith to report the same to the proper Chinese Officer of his District. XII, Within Ten Days next after the commencement of any future hiring by an European of a China- Registration Tickets man as a Servant to reside within the Hirer's house or place of business, or (in case of any such hiring which in case of Chinese Ser hath already commenced) within Ten Days from the passing of this Ordinance, such Chinaman shall apply vants resident with Europeans. to the said Registrar General for a Registration Ticket, and shall at the same time produce unto the said Registrar General a Certificate of his Hiring under the hand of the said Hirer, and (if so required by the latter) satisfy the said Registrar General that he hath obtained sufficient Security after Chinese custom for the indemnity of the said hirer against his acts and defaults; and thereupon it shall be the duty of the said Registrar General to make out under his Hand the said Registration Ticket, inserting therein such parti- culars as to him shall seem meet, and to deliver the same unto the said Chinaman. 16 Chinese Tithings or Käp. Duties of Káp. Duties of the Káp- cheong. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [MAY 9, 1857. XIII. All Chinese Houses shall be divided into Tithings or Káp of Ten Houses each, wherein every Occupier of a House shall answer to Her Majesty for the good conduct of the occupiers of the other nine; and over every Tithing or Káp one of the occupiers of the Houses comprised in the same shall be Kapclieong or Tithingman, to be elected by common vote of the said Tithing or Káp to that office, subject to the approval of this Government, and he shall be the proper Representative of the said Tithing or Kap, and be distinguished by some Badge to be appointed by His Excellency, and he shall hold his said office during one year; and no other person shall assume the title or badge of Kápcheong of such Tithing or Kap. XIV. It shall be the duty of every such Occupier of a House to report to his Kápcheong without delay, to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, all Cases, or Suspicions of Crime, committed or to be committed, and generally, for all the purposes of this Ordinance, to be aiding and assisting to the said Kápcheong in the exccution of the same; and further, to do his utmost to prevent all crimes, felonies, and misdemeanours, and to apprehend all persons whom he shall find in the actual commission of the same.. XV. It shall be the duty of the Kapcheong to communicate forthwith to the Registrar General all such reports as in Section Fourteen are mentioned, when and as the same are received by him; and likewise to report to him to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, and without delay, all such Cases, or Suspicions, whether so reported from the Káp or not; and in all other respects to discharge the duties and exercise the powers of a Constable of the Police Force of Hongkong, save so far as the same are altered by this Ordinance. The medium of ex- XVI. The Kápcheong, as the proper representative of his Káp, shall be aiding and assisting unto the ecuting process, &c, Civil, Naval, and Military authorities of this Colony, in the execution of Warrants, Writs, and Process, and in a Káp. the making of Searches, Inquiries, and Arrests, within any house of his Káp; and the said authorities are authorized to communicate with the said Kápcheong, for the purposes of this Section. Power to elect and appoint Tepos. XVII. His Excellency in Council shall have power to approve for, and appoint to, the office of Tepo in cach Town, Village, Hamlet, and District, of this Colony, a proper person to be presented unto him by the occupiers of Chinese houses therein, or (in default of such presentment) to be nominated by His Excellency in Council for that purpose. Powers and Duties of the Tepo. TheTepos and Káp. XIX. All Tepos and Kápcheongs shall be immediately subordinate unto the Registrar General, and cheongs shall be regu-shall conform to his orders, and obey and enforce whatsoever Rules and Regulations he shall, with the lated by the Registrar approbation of His Excellency, frame and issue for the better execution of their respective duties under XVIII. Every Tepo shall have, throughout his Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, the same powers and authorities, and perform the same duties, as are hereinbefore conferred and imposed on a Kápcheong, with respect to his Káp. General. this Ordinance. Salary of the Tepo. XX. The amount of the Salary of each Tepo shall be fixed by His Excellency in Council, and shall be raised by way of levy, at the same time with the Police Tax of his Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, upon the Annual Value of the Chinese Houses within the same, according to the Assessment thereof to the said Tax, and at a rate per cent sufficient to raise the said amount; and it shall be the duty of the Registrar General to ascertain the said rate, and to receive the amount of the said levy when made, and to pay thereout to the Tepo his said Salary, and to account with the Government, and also with the said Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, for the remainder, if any, of the amount levied; and the provisions of all Ordinances for the enforcement of the payment of Police Taxes, shall be extended to the enforcement of the said levy. Power of Arbitration. Unlicensed Hawking prohibited. Conditions and Fees XXI. A Tepo shall be permitted to act as Arbitrator in disputes of a Civil nature only, arising between Chinamen, willing to submit the same to his arbitrament; and his award being reduced to writing, and approved by the Registrar General, shall be received in evidence, and may be carried into effect by any Court wherein the same shall come in question. XXII. The Hawking of Goods or Wares in the Streets or Roads of this Colony without a License from the Registrar General is hereby prohibited. XXIII. No License for such Hawking shall be granted by the Registrar General to any person except of Hawking Licenses. after proper enquiry into the Character of the Applicant, and upon due and ample Security for his good conduct, and subject to forfeiture on his conviction of any offence before any Justice of the Peace. And every applicant, on receiving his said License, shall pay therefor to the Registrar General, to the use of the Crown, the Fee in that behalf mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed. taker's Licenses. The Registrar Ge- XXIV. The Registrar General shall grant to such fit and proper persons, being Chinamen, as shall neral to grant Under-make application unto him in that behalf, Licenses to undertake and perform the Burials of Chinese Dead in the Cemeteries, and after the manner prescribed by law; and every such License shall be limited in duration to One Year, but renewable at the expiration of each Year; and there shall be paid to him to the use of the Crown for every such grant or renewal the Fee in that behalf specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed. XXV. No Person, not being an Undertaker licensed under Section Twenty-four, shall henceforward Undertakers to bury undertake or perform any Burials of Chinese Dead, or dig any Grave within any such Cemetery as aforesaid. or dig Graves. XXVI. Every Licensed Undertaker is hereby required to use his best skill and endeavour, to prevent The Undertakers are required to prevent repress all Offences against, and violations of, the Laws for regulating Chinese Burials, and to apprehend, and repress Offences or cause to be apprehended, all persons accused thereof, and from time to time to report every such offence against Burial Laws. or violation to the Registrar General with all reasonable speed. None but Licensed Licensing of China Boats, &c. Power to grant tection Tickets. Pro- · and XXVII. It shall be lawful for the Registrar General to grant to such persons, upon such Security and in such Form as he shall think fit, and upon payment to him made to the use of the Crown of such Fee there- for according to size as in the said Schedule hereunto annexed is in that behalf specified, Certificates of License of Chinese Boats or Vessels plying for hire within the waters of this Colony, or carrying passengers between this Colony and the Ports on the Chinese Main (other than Chinese Boats or Vessels visiting this Colony merely for Trading purposes;) and every such Boat or Vessel shall carry on cach of her bows and on her stern, legibly painted upon Wood or Tin, the true Number of her Certificate aforesaid, which Number shall be supplied by the Registrar General for that purpose; and no such Certificate or Number shall be trans- ferred or lent unto any other Boat or Vessel, or the persons on board of the same, nor shall any Certificate or Number other than such as the said Registrar General shall have granted under this Section be assumed or exhibited by any such Boat or Vessel, or the Persons on board of the same. And every person having charge of any such Boat or Vessel is hereby commanded, whensoever thereunto required, to exhibit the Certificate granted in respect thereof under this Section. And all Persons having charge of Chinese Boats or Vessels, and not having obtained or not having on board such Certificate as aforesaid (other than as aforesaid) are hereby forbidden to employ their said Boats or Vessels in plying here within the said waters, or in carry- ing passengers between this Colony and the said Ports, or to cause, suffer, or connive at their said employ- ment. XXVIII. Upon Security given to the Registrar General and to his satisfaction for the character and conduct of the persons concerned, and upon payment made to him by them of such Fee therefor as in the said Schedule hereunto annexed is in that behalf specified, the Registrar General, when thereunto requested by the said persons, may make out in such form as he shall think fit, and deliver unto the said persons, a Ticket under his hand, entitling any Chinese Boat or Vessel having such certificate as aforesaid to the pro- tection of Her Majesty's Naval Forces against Pirates. And it is hereby required, that no such Person shall lend any such Protection Ticket to any other Person, and that no Person shall use or borrow any Protection Ticket whereof he is not the grantee. ཅག་གྲགས་ག་་་ MAY 9, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette. i 37 XXIX. Scales of Fares for all Licensed Boats and Vessels within the said waters, and also Scales for Scale of Boat Fares the Hi of all Coolies and Labourers by the Day, Hour, or Job, with all proper Regulations for excep- and Coolie Hire. tional cases, shall be prepared and fixed, and, if expedient, from time to time altered and varied, by the Registrar General, subject to the approval of His Excellency the Governor in Council; and every such Scale and Variation thereof shall, when and as approved, be notified in the Government Gazette, and shall be evidence of the right of the parties concerned to the Fares or Hires therein mentioned. And a correct and complete copy of every Scale of Fares for the time being in force shall be furnished by the Registrar General to every such Boat or Vessel, which copy the persons owning or having charge of the said Boat or Vessel shall cause to be fixed and exhibited in some conspicuous part thereof. And no Person owning or having charge of any such Boat or Vessel, or being such Coolie or Labourer, shall demand or receive a greater fare or hire than by the Scale for the time being in force and relating thereto is sanctioned; and no such Person sball refuse, without reasonable and sufficient cause, to accept employment according to his Scale, when- Person soever offered in conformity with this Ordinance, or use any abusive or insolent language to any soever, to employing or offering him such employment. Licenses to receive XXX. No Person soever, Chinaman or European, shall lodge, receive, or keep any Chinese Labourers or Coolies, (not being Persons in his actual employment as such, or bond fide inmates of his Tenement, Boat, or and lodge Coolies, &e. Vessel), nor any Chinese Emigrants, or intending Emigrants, in or upon any tenement within this Colony, or on board of any Boat or Vessel lying within the same or the waters thereof, and not being at the time actually and bond fide engaged in or for the lawful voyage of the Labourers, Coolies or Emigrants then on board thereof, unless such Person shall have first obtained from the said Registrar General his License in writing in that behalf, which License the said Registrar General is hereby empowered to grant for such term and upon such conditions as he shall think fit, upon proof first made of the fitness of such Person to receive the said License, and upon payment by him to the said Registrar General advanced and made for the same of such yearly or other Fee, as in the Schedule hereto is expressed, and he may from time to time call in and revoke or alter the same so often as he shall deem expedient. XXXI. The Registrar General is charged especially for the purposes of this Ordinance to visit, inspect, Visitation, inspee- and approve of any Tenement, Boat, or Vessel, in respect whereof application shall be made to him for a tion, and approval of License, under Section Thirty, before he shall grant or renew the same; and it shall be at all times during the Tenements, &c., for continuance of any License by him so granted or renewed, his duty to enforce the observance of good order, the purpose and pre- decency, and morality, and the prevention or punishment of nuisances and other abuses ainong the Inmates vention of abuse. thereof, and whether by them or by any other Person committed, and to secure to the said Inmates the enjoyment of their personal rights, as British Subjects whether permanently or for the time being. XXXII. No Private Person shall occupy or erect any Building or other thing soever upon Land not Residing or Build- being under Lease from the Crown, without the Licence of the Registrar General, nor with such License, if ing, &c., on Crown the same could not have been lawfully occupied or erected before the passing of this Ordinance. Security to appear reasonable Security for his appearance in any Court for any purpose and at any time within Twelve Months, within Twelve Months. and every adjudication to that effect shall be reported forthwith to His Excellency; and such Chinese not finding such Security shall be deemed a Person dangerous to the Peace of the Colony, within the meaning of Ordinance No. 2 of 1857. XXXIII. Any Stipendiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace may cause any Chinese Person to find and. XXXIV. Written Licenses under the hand of the Governor or Registrar General, for the holding of Licenses for Publie Meetings to consider in a lawful way the redress of supposed Grievances, or for Religious or Theatrical Meetings. Entertainments, or for any other purposes of Public Interest, may be granted to any Chinese occupiers apply- ing for the same; and without such Licenses, no Chinese people shall hold or be present at any Meetings soever of a public nature, not convened by the Governor or Sheriff, and not being solely for the purposes of Religious Worship. XXXV. Mendicancy in the public Highways or Streets is hereby forbidden. Mendicancy forbidden within VI. The Governor in Council is empowered to direct the Census of Population to be taken The Power to direct this Colony from time to time as to His said Excellency in Council shall seem meet, and every direction may be addressed to the Registrar General. Census. such XXXVII. Upon receiving any such direction, the Registrar General shall prepare and cause to be Blank Returns to be delivered at every Dwelling and Place of Business throughout this Colony, a Blank Return, to be filled up prepared and deliver before a certain day to be therein named with the Names and Number of the Occupiers and Inmates ofed, every such Dwelling or Place of Business, and the persons in their employment or residing with them or within their tenements according to their several Names, Sexes, Occupations, and Countries. XXXVIII. Every such Blank Return shall, according to its tenor and the truth of the case, be filled up The Blanks to be by the Occupier of the Dwelling or Place of Business where the same shall have been left; and he shall filled up and returned. upon demand, within Five Days after the day on which the same was so left, return, or deliver it, so filled up as aforesaid, to the Registrar General. } XXXIX. Persons violating, or disobeying, or failing to comply with, the several Provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon summary conviction of such offence before the Registrar General, or (if the said person shall so demand) before a Stipendiary Magistrate, or any Two Justices of the Peace, incur, and pay, or suffer the several Penalties and forfeitures hereinafter respectively made applicable to the same, that is lo say :— Penalties. 1. For every offence of vagrancy, (being a first offence), within the meaning of Section Seven, the 1. Against Sec. 7. penalty of exposure in the stocks for a period not exceeding Three Hours, nor less than Half-an- hour; or (being a second or subsequent offence) the like penalty together with the public in- fliction of not more than Thirty-six Blows, nor less than Five Blows with a Rattan; and also together with deportation if His Execellency in Council shall think fit. . For every offence against Section Eight, a Sum not exceeding Forty Dollars, nor less than Two. 3. For every offence against Section Eleven, or Section Twelve, a Sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 4. For every offence against Section Thirteen, Section Fourteen, Section Fifteen, Section Eighteen or Section Nineteen, a Sum not exceeding Fifteen Dollars, nor less than One Dollar. 5. For every offence against Section Twenty-two, a Sum not exceeding Ten Dollars, nor less than Fifty Cents. 2. Against Sect. 8. 3. Against Sects. 31. and 12. 4. Against Sects. 13, 14, 15, 18 and 19. 6. For every offence against Section Twenty-five, a Sum not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, nor less 6. Against Sect. 25. than One Dollar. 7. Against Sect. 26. than One Dollar. 7. For every offence against Section Twenty-six, a Sum not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, nor less 8. For every offence against Section Twenty-seven, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five, or the forfeiture of the Boat or Vessel. 9. For every offence against Section Twenty-eight, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five, or if the Court shall so think fit the forfeiture of the Boat or Vessel, either in lieu of, or in addition to, the said Sum. : 8. Against Sect. 27. 9. Against Sect. 28. 10. For every offence against Section Twenty-nine, a Sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars, nor less 10. Against Sect. 29. than Fifty Cents. IS 11. Against Sects. 30 and 31. 12. Against Sect. 32. · 13. Against Sect. 33. 14. Against Sect. 30. 15. Against Sect. 35. 16. Against Sect. 38. 17. For every of- fence not specifically provided for. Enforcement of Pe- nalties. The Hongkong Government Gazette, [MAY 9, 1857. 11. For every offence against Section Thirty or Section Thirty-one, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars. nor less than Five Dollars. 12. For every offence against Section Thirty-two, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five, (besides the Expenses of the Removal of the Building or thing occupied or crected). 13. For every offence against Section Thirty-three, (unless the same shall be dealt with under the Ordinance therein mentioned,) a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five. 14. For every offence against Section Thirty-four, a Sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, nor less than Five. 15. For every offence against Section Thirty-five, a Sum not exceeding Five Dollars, nor less than Twenty Cents; or the offender shall, at the discretion of the Court. receive not more than Thirty-six Blows, nor less than five Blows, with a Rattan; and he shall also, if His Excellency in Council shall so decide, be deported to any place in the Chinese Empire. 16. For every offence against Section Thirty-eight, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less. than One Dollar. 17. And for every such Disobedience, Violation, or Default, for which no specific penalty is hereinbefore provided, such Sum, not exceeding in any case Twenty-five Dollars, as the Court shall think fit. XL. In case of nonpayment of any of the said pecuniary Penalties, the same may be recovered by any of the ways and means whereby, on any summary proceedings before Justices, penalties are or shall be recover- able; yet so as that no offender against Section Thirty-eight shall be liable to be imprisoned in such case. XLI. Over and above the pecuniary Penalties appointed by Section Thirty-nine, Chinese offenders, if Licensees offending li-holding the office of Kápcheong or Tepo, shall be liable to ignominious Removal or Dismissal by His able to ignominious Excellency in Council after the methods and usages of the Chinese, and, if holding any License herein specified, shall be liable to the forfeiture thereof. Chinese Officers or + Dismissal. In case of Security, XLII. Where, upon the conviction of any offender, it shall appear that, before the commission of the the amount of penalty offence, he had given security to the Registrar General under this Ordinance, and that by such offence the same is become forfeited, the amount of such security shall be deemed to be the penalty actually incurred by him, and it shall not be lawful for the Court to impose any penalty for his said offence, save and except the amount of his said security. to be that of the Secu- rity. Certiorari. Construction of words. Occupier.' 'House or Building." Europeans." And 'Chinese :' Exception. Retrospective. XLIII. Every tnudication under this Ordinance shall be final, unless Certiorari for removing the proceedings, either before or after judgment, shall be obtained, by the Crown or by the Defendant, as the case may be, within Ten Days from the first commencement of the said proceedings, and unless the pro- ceedings upon the said Certiorari shall be prosecuted, with effect, in the Supreme Court, within Six Weeks And the Costs of such Certiorari and Proceedings shall be paid to or by the after the obtaining thereof. Crown according to the event thereof. XLIV. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following Terms and Words shall be severally taken, not only in their received sense, but also to extend to and include the meanings hereinafter specified, that is to say :- . or "of a Boat or Vessel," "Occupier," "Person occupying," and "Master of a House or Tenement shall include every Person acting as Master thereof, Occupant of the Groundfloor thereof (it a House or Tenement) at a rent, and (in the event of a vacant House, Tenement, Boat or Vessel or of no other Occupier thereof being to be found) Owner thereof, or his Agent. And " House," "Tenement,” or “ Building" shall include any Shop, Outhouse, Shed, or Roof: And "European" shall include all Persons other than Asiatics, and also all such Asiatics (not bejng Chi- nese) as owe or shall owe permanent allegiance unto Her Majesty: And "Chinese" shall include Natives of Hongkong and other places out of the Empire of China, being of Chinese blood or following Chinese usages: Save only and except where by the express letter of this Ordinance a more limited meaning hath been attributed to any or either of the said Terms and Words. XLV. All Acts done before the passing of this Ordinance which, if done after the passing thereof, would have been legal and valid, shall be deemed legal and valid for all purposes soever. SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS Ordinance REFERS :- Fee for Hawkers, 1st Class Boats plying for hire, 2d do. do. do, 3d do. do. do., 4th do. do. do., Trading and Fishing Boats, Undertakers' Licenses, • Licenses of Tenements and Boats or Boats for Coolies (for every Tea Inmates) if by the Year, And if by a lesser term (for every Ten Inmates,) Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of May, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, TO CONTRACTORS. Clerk of Councils. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, $ 0.50 Quarterly. " 10.00 Anuually. " 5.00 " " 8.00 " # 0.50 " » 10.00 " » 10.00 5.00 " 0.10 per diem. JOHN BOWRING. NOTICE. SURVEYOR General's Oprich. VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 9th May, 1857. TOTICE-SEALED TENDERS will be receiv- ed at this office until Noon of the 25th instant, from persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXE- CUTION of the undermentioned WORKS, viz:---- in constructing a NкW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road known as the Plazza; and Westward, from Marine Lot No.101. to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BuWRING Praya; in filling in the ground bẹ- tween such New Road and the present Sea-front of the several Marine Lots; and in the continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c. DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT, may be seen at this Office daily, be- tween the hours of 11 a.x. and 3 r.M. THOR L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOT VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. "OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION or THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a New SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Fastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRING PRAYA ; in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots ; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and Conditions of ConTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 AM. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. | WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said James BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857, WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. NOTICE. MR + ́R ALFRED FINCHAM is this day admitted a Partner in our Firm. China, 1st May, 1857. NOTICE. REISS & Co. THE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last, Amoy, 6th March, 1857. TAIT & Co IS 11. Against Sects. 30 and 31. 12. Against Sect. 32. · 13. Against Sect. 33. 14. Against Sect. 30. 15. Against Sect. 35. 16. Against Sect. 38. 17. For every of- fence not specifically provided for. Enforcement of Pe- nalties. The Hongkong Government Gazette, [MAY 9, 1857. 11. For every offence against Section Thirty or Section Thirty-one, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars. nor less than Five Dollars. 12. For every offence against Section Thirty-two, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five, (besides the Expenses of the Removal of the Building or thing occupied or crected). 13. For every offence against Section Thirty-three, (unless the same shall be dealt with under the Ordinance therein mentioned,) a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five. 14. For every offence against Section Thirty-four, a Sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, nor less than Five. 15. For every offence against Section Thirty-five, a Sum not exceeding Five Dollars, nor less than Twenty Cents; or the offender shall, at the discretion of the Court. receive not more than Thirty-six Blows, nor less than five Blows, with a Rattan; and he shall also, if His Excellency in Council shall so decide, be deported to any place in the Chinese Empire. 16. For every offence against Section Thirty-eight, a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, nor less. than One Dollar. 17. And for every such Disobedience, Violation, or Default, for which no specific penalty is hereinbefore provided, such Sum, not exceeding in any case Twenty-five Dollars, as the Court shall think fit. XL. In case of nonpayment of any of the said pecuniary Penalties, the same may be recovered by any of the ways and means whereby, on any summary proceedings before Justices, penalties are or shall be recover- able; yet so as that no offender against Section Thirty-eight shall be liable to be imprisoned in such case. XLI. Over and above the pecuniary Penalties appointed by Section Thirty-nine, Chinese offenders, if Licensees offending li-holding the office of Kápcheong or Tepo, shall be liable to ignominious Removal or Dismissal by His able to ignominious Excellency in Council after the methods and usages of the Chinese, and, if holding any License herein specified, shall be liable to the forfeiture thereof. Chinese Officers or + Dismissal. In case of Security, XLII. Where, upon the conviction of any offender, it shall appear that, before the commission of the the amount of penalty offence, he had given security to the Registrar General under this Ordinance, and that by such offence the same is become forfeited, the amount of such security shall be deemed to be the penalty actually incurred by him, and it shall not be lawful for the Court to impose any penalty for his said offence, save and except the amount of his said security. to be that of the Secu- rity. Certiorari. Construction of words. Occupier.' 'House or Building." Europeans." And 'Chinese :' Exception. Retrospective. XLIII. Every tnudication under this Ordinance shall be final, unless Certiorari for removing the proceedings, either before or after judgment, shall be obtained, by the Crown or by the Defendant, as the case may be, within Ten Days from the first commencement of the said proceedings, and unless the pro- ceedings upon the said Certiorari shall be prosecuted, with effect, in the Supreme Court, within Six Weeks And the Costs of such Certiorari and Proceedings shall be paid to or by the after the obtaining thereof. Crown according to the event thereof. XLIV. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following Terms and Words shall be severally taken, not only in their received sense, but also to extend to and include the meanings hereinafter specified, that is to say :- . or "of a Boat or Vessel," "Occupier," "Person occupying," and "Master of a House or Tenement shall include every Person acting as Master thereof, Occupant of the Groundfloor thereof (it a House or Tenement) at a rent, and (in the event of a vacant House, Tenement, Boat or Vessel or of no other Occupier thereof being to be found) Owner thereof, or his Agent. And " House," "Tenement,” or “ Building" shall include any Shop, Outhouse, Shed, or Roof: And "European" shall include all Persons other than Asiatics, and also all such Asiatics (not bejng Chi- nese) as owe or shall owe permanent allegiance unto Her Majesty: And "Chinese" shall include Natives of Hongkong and other places out of the Empire of China, being of Chinese blood or following Chinese usages: Save only and except where by the express letter of this Ordinance a more limited meaning hath been attributed to any or either of the said Terms and Words. XLV. All Acts done before the passing of this Ordinance which, if done after the passing thereof, would have been legal and valid, shall be deemed legal and valid for all purposes soever. SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS Ordinance REFERS :- Fee for Hawkers, 1st Class Boats plying for hire, 2d do. do. do, 3d do. do. do., 4th do. do. do., Trading and Fishing Boats, Undertakers' Licenses, • Licenses of Tenements and Boats or Boats for Coolies (for every Tea Inmates) if by the Year, And if by a lesser term (for every Ten Inmates,) Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of May, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, TO CONTRACTORS. Clerk of Councils. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, $ 0.50 Quarterly. " 10.00 Anuually. " 5.00 " " 8.00 " # 0.50 " » 10.00 " » 10.00 5.00 " 0.10 per diem. JOHN BOWRING. NOTICE. SURVEYOR General's Oprich. VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 9th May, 1857. TOTICE-SEALED TENDERS will be receiv- ed at this office until Noon of the 25th instant, from persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXE- CUTION of the undermentioned WORKS, viz:---- in constructing a NкW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road known as the Plazza; and Westward, from Marine Lot No.101. to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BuWRING Praya; in filling in the ground bẹ- tween such New Road and the present Sea-front of the several Marine Lots; and in the continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c. DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT, may be seen at this Office daily, be- tween the hours of 11 a.x. and 3 r.M. THOR L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, NOT VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 5th February, 1857. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. "OTICE is hereby given, that Persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXECUTION or THE SEVERAL WORKS-in constructing a New SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Fastward, to join the Coast Road along the Parade, and Westward, from Marine Lot No. 101 to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRING PRAYA ; in Filling in the Ground between such New Road and the present Sea-front of the Several Marine Lots ; and in continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c., &c., may inspect the DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and Conditions of ConTRACT at this Office, on and after Monday, the 16th instant, between the hours of 10 AM. and 4 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. | WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said James BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857, WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. NOTICE. MR + ́R ALFRED FINCHAM is this day admitted a Partner in our Firm. China, 1st May, 1857. NOTICE. REISS & Co. THE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last, Amoy, 6th March, 1857. TAIT & Co MAY 9, 1857.] THE NOTICE. The Henghong Government Gazette. NOTICE. Her Majesty's NAVAL YARD, Hongkono, 2d May, 1857. E undersigned will receive SEALED TEN- | DERS until Noon of the 16th inst., for raising A Hull of Her Majesty's Ship “Raleigh,” now sunk car Koho Islands, off Macao, and bringing it to Hongkong, subject to the following conditions :-- The Ship and all the Stores or other articles re- msining on board to be delivered up to the Naval Authorities. During the operations, Her Majesty's Ship Alliyator to be left with the Raleigh, for the accommodation of t'ie people employed, and a Ship of War stationed for their protection. Steam Power to be provided by the Naval Com- pander-in-Chief for bringing the Ship to Hongkong, hen she is raised and in a condition to be removed. His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief Les not pledge himself to accept any of the Tenders. EDWIN HOLMES, Acting Naval Storekeeper. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND T NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last, Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and Robert FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNEK & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria,deceased. N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must I sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. Executors. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. IL Persons having claims against, or being A indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrulor. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. | TH THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. MR NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICal JurisdicTION, In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, JR. Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. N° [OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the ahove named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said DOUGLAS Lapraik, (4. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Aindebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. II. MAGNIAC, M. A. MACLEOD, Administrators. Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. In Equity, IT Stephenson v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED),—that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of Murrow, Stephenson and CompANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this flanque uble Court; the receipts of the said JusKPH Frost EDGER being alone good discharges for such nionies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. "AGASKELL & BROWN, Complainant's Solicitors, | 19 In the Estute of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. ALL debted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. A NOTICE. Administrator. LL Persons' having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 店昇裕 亞霖謹啟 十七日張 已年二月 啟張月 查狀到目 釜機 到各客數 張亞霖欠 時單數欠 FOR SALE, At the Office of the“ China Mail.” Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR- BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest orm of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN ; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pounú Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong. PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirtysiz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH MAY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 98. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that "THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMAtions, Notifications, and Public Papers, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. ERRATUM in last Gazette.-For “ tņudication," at the commencement of Section XLIII of "Ordinance No. 6 of 1857, read " adjudication.” No. 72.. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint, subject to Her Majesty's approval, ANDREW LYSAGHT INGLIS, Esquire, Governor of the Gaol at Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th May, 1857. No. 73. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. It is hereby notified that, at a Meeting of the Executive Council held on the 7th instant, ANDREW LYSAGHT INGLIS, Esquire, took the necessary Oaths, and was declared a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies. By Order, Mdy. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th May, 1857. No. 74. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. FREDERICK HEnry AlexandeR FORTH, Esquire, having reported his arrival in the Colony, is, by virtue of a Warrant under Her Majesty's Signet and Sign Manual, appointed Colonial Treasurer of Hongkong, in the place of ROBERT RIENAECKER, Esquire, resigned. Mr FORTH has been sworn in as Colonial Treasurer, and will assume charge of his Department from this date. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th May, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, 2 No. 75. The Hongkong Government Gazette: [MAY 16, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint JULIUS CHARLES POWER, Esquire, to be a Registrar of Marriages in the Colony of Hongkong, under Ordinance No. 1 of 1852, in the place of ROBERT RIENAECKER, Esquire, resigned. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th May, 1857. No. 76. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. In accordance with Instructions from the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Esquire, to be Post-Master of Hong- kong, in the place of THOMAS HYLAND, Esquire, retired. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th May, 1857. Νο. 77. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, It is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint, subject to Her Majesty's approval, FREDERICK HENRY ALEXANDER FORTH, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer HENRY TUDOR DAVIES, Esquire, Chief Magistrate; and GEORGE LYALI., Esquire,-to be Members of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. The Oaths of Office having been administered to them, The Honourables FREDERICK HENRY ALEXANDER FORTH, HENRY TUDOR DAVIES, and GEORGE LYALL, Esquires, took their Seats accordingly, at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th May, 1857. No. 78. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands at Aberdeen, for the construction of Docks, will be held at the Surveyor General's Office on Monday, the First day of June next; the sale to commence at Three o'clock in the Afternoon. After which, one Lot on the Queen's Road, near the Old Protestant Burial Ground, will be sold on the ground. Plans of the Lots to be sold and the Conditions of sale, which, with regard to the Docks are very special, may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered at the sale is published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th May, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES. Acting Colonial Secretury. Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold. BOUNDARY MEASUREMENTS. ORDER CONTENT IN OF LOCALITY. SALE. N. S. E. W. SQUARE FEET. FIXED ANNUAL RENT. Marine. ABERDEEN. £* s. d. 12 Inland. (For Docks.) (id.) VICTORIA. 600 600 840 840 600 600 840 840 11 Acres 111 100 * 0:0 100 0 0 Queen's Road East. 40 40 100 100 4,000 10 0 THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. No. 20. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, has been pleased to appoint, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government, Dr WILLIAM KANE to the Office of British Consular Agent in Macao, vacant by the death of the late Patrick Stewart, Esquire. By Order, } Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th May, 1857. W. WOODGATE. • MAY 16, 1857.] Steam for The Hongkong Government Gazette. POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. THE Next GENERAL M. ILS, per Steamer SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, NORNA" will close on Sunday, the 24th ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, TH & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship “NORNA,” Capt. ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pussen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on MONDAY, the 25th May, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until Noon on the 23d; SPECIE until Noon on the 24th; and PARCELS until 4 P.M. on the 24th. 66 instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usi al SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL will be made up the following Morning. LET- TERS received from 9 to 11 o'lock A.M., for a late fce of 6d.; and from 11 o'clock A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12'0C.oc., must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Putt-Master. Hongkong, 13th April, 1857. NOTICE. CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREMF For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE,COURT, will be held on MONDAY, the 25th apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1857. In re DAVID SIMEON, deceased, must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR before the 13th day of November, A.D. 1857, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division. All paren quested to to the said ¡Estate are re- Payment to- NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar-Official Administrator. day of May, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock Noon. By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. NOTICE. HE next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, in its SUMMARY Jurisdiction, will be held on FRIDAY, the 5th day of June, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock Noon. By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting-Registrar. SALE OF DECEASED SEAMEN'S EFFECTS. Harbour Master's Department. THE THE undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, ON WEDNESDAY, the 20th instant, at noon precisely, at the Victoria Exchange, the EFFECTS of the late W. H. DOLLER, J. Mac- KELLY and A. MacLAREN, comprising NAUTI- CAL INSTRUMENTS, Bocks, Charts, Sea CheSTS, WHARING APPAREL, and One HUNTING WATCH. G. DUDDELL. Hongkong, 15th May, 1857, MR NOTICE "R ALFRED FINCHAM is this day admitted a Partner in our Firms. REISS & Co. China, 1st May, 1857. | | N° TO CONTRACTORS. 9 SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE. VICTORIA, Honokong, 9th May, 1857. ́OTICE,—SEALED TENDERS will be receiv- ed at this office until Noon of the 25th instant, from persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXE- CUTION of the undermentioned WORKS, viz:— in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road known as the Plazza; and Westward, from Marine Lot No.101, to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BOWRING Praya; in filling in the ground be- tween such New Road and the present Sea-front of the several Marine Lots; and in the continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c. DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS of Contract, may be seen at this Office daily, be- tween the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General. FOR SALE, At the Office of the “ China Mail." LANK Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR- BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest orm of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN ; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES--Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. Hongkong THE Government NEW SERIES. GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23D MAY, 1857. GOVERNMENT, NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 99. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 79. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. It is hereby notified, that The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve the appointment of D. R. CALDWELL, Esquire, as Registrar General and Protector of Chinese at Hongkong. His duties as General Interpreter to the Government will, except in urgent and important cases, cease from this date. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st May, 1857. No, 80. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The subjoined Notice, issued from the Harbour Master's Office, is published for the information of Masters of Merchant Vessels resorting to the Port of Victoria, Hongkong. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st May, 1857. It is hereby notified to Masters and others in charge of Merchant Vessels, that all Ships in Port, and those arriving on or after the 1st June next, until 30th September, will be required to keep their Top Gallant Masts and Yards on deck, Flying Jib-boom in, and that particular attention must be paid to keep their Hawse clear. Any person neglecting these precautionary measures will be subject to the full penalty in all cases.~ Vide Harbour Regulations-Sec. VIII, Ord. 11 of 1845. Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1857. E. R. MICHEll, Acting Harbour Master, No. 81. 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, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d May, 1857. Account of the average Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, for the Month ending 30th April, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NOTES ISSUED,.....$233,987, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. iental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 4th May, 1857. P. CAMPBELL, Manager. his day inspected the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the Specie shewn me to wond in amount with the Terms of the Royal Charter. Hongkong, 22d May, 1857. FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer. 2 No. 82. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [MAY 23, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified that, on and after Monday, the 25th instant, the Garrison Gun will be fired at .8 o'clock P.M. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d May, 1857. No. 83. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. JOHN BOWRING. PROCLAMATION. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China. Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN have been received through The Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, disallowing Ordinance No. 15 of 1856, entitled- "An Ordinance for amending the Law of Evidence and Trial by Jury”: Notice is hereby given of the same, and the provisions of the Ordinance aforesaid are declared to be null and void, and of no effect. By His Excellency's Command,. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, GOD SAVE The Queen. Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 23d Day of May, 1857. No. 78. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands at Aberdeen, for the Construction of Docks, will be held at the Surveyor General's Office on Monday, the First day of June next; the sale to commence at Three o'clock in the Afternoon. After which, one Lot on the Queen's Road, near the Old Protestant Burial Ground, will be sold on the ground. Plans of the Lots to be sold and the Conditions of Sale, which, with regard to the Docks are very special, may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered at the sale is published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES. Acting Colonial Secretory. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th May, 1857. Schedule of Lots of Land proposed in de Sold. B CANONIMENTS. CONTENT ORDER LOCALITY. OF SALE. אן N. W. SQUARE FEET. Fixed ANNUAL RENT. £ s. d. Marine. ABERDEEN. - 1 (For Docks.) (id.) 600 600 940 600 600 SIO 114 Acres 114 100 0 0 100 0 » Inland. VICTORIA. Queen's Road East. 40 40 100 4,000 10 0 T5% L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, MAY 23, 1857.] PUBLIC SALE OF The Hongkong Government Gazette. VALUABLE LANDED PROPERTY, &c. ANE, CRAWFORD & Co. have been instructed by the Administrator to the Estate of the late A. CROSBY, Jr., to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,— The whole of the STOCK-IN-TRADE appertaining the SHIPCHANDLERY business of the deceased, sting of an Extensive assortment of Russian od Manila Rore, Flax and Cotton SAILCLOTH and NE, BLOCKS, NAILS, Tar, Pitch, PainTS, OIL, ¡ORPENTINE, Bunting, Beef, Pork, BRANDY, WANK, VINEGAR FLOUR, CANDles, Soap, and a great variety of other valuable Goods. Afterwards, The HOUSEHOLD and COUNTING-HOUSE FURNITURE, viz.,-Dining, Toilet, and Side Tanums, CorcheS, CHAIRS, Bedsteads, WaRD- * 7K8 Pictures, Curtains, &c., complete KITCHEN KASTE, a very large patent iron TREASURE-CHEST, Diska, Tables, Counters, &c., &c., &c. And, ↑ WATER-BOAT, with FORCE-PUMP, SAILS, and FITTINGS. The Goods will be put up in Lots to suit Purchasers. Also, Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Атво, TH BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. HE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY's Steam-ship “NORNA,” Capt. ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passen- gers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on MONDAY, the 25th May, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until Noon on the 23d; SPECIE until Noon on the 24th; and PARCELS until 4 P.M. on the 24th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. A 3 LL Persons having claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. Νο In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceased. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate G. DUDDELL, Executors. D. LAPRAIK, payment to • Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. In the Estate of GEORGE DOWMAN, Master Mariner, deceased. 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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. ► ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1857. Er order of the Mortgagee, will be sold,-All that PIECE or PARCEL of GROUND, situate, lying, and being in Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, shutting on the North side thereof on the Sea at gh-water mark, and measuring thereon SEVENTY- TREE feet; on the South side thereof, on the Queen's Road, and measuring thereon EIGHTY- HT feet; on the East side thereof, on a close stered in the Land Office, at Victoria aforesaid, * Marine Lot number Seven, in the name of HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY TDAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the Thomas Braine, and measuring thereon ONE HUNDRED AND TEN FEET; and on the West side thereof, on a close registered in the said Land Office, as Marine Lot number Sixty-two, in the name of Douglas Lapraik, and measuring thereon OSK HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN FEET,-which said Fce or Parcel of Ground contains in the whole ASS SQUARE FEET; and is registered in the Lt Office as MARINE LOT NUMBER SINTE-SLY, YEARLY RENT £68.13.2,---with * MESSUAGES, DWELLING-HOUSES, and BUILDINGS thereon erected. - For l'articulars, apply to G. C. TURNER, Esq., or de Auctioneers. 22d Instant. NOTICE. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned without delay. H. MAGNIAC, Hongkong, 24th March, 1857. · Administrators. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Hongkong, 17th March, 1857: Administrator. `R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. our Firm. MR W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. NOTICE. IT In Equity, STEPHENSON v. MURROW. T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED,—that all Monies, now or henceforth to become payable to the late firm of MURROW, STEPHENSON AND COMPANY, be paid to JOSEPH FROST EDGER, Esq., (or his "R ALFRED FINCHAM is this day admitted Deputy,) he having been lawfully appointed Receiver The Sale of the Ground and Landed Property MR . take place on Mr CROSBY's premises, on MONDAY, the 1st day of June, 1857, * No precisely; and that of the Stock-in-Trade and Household Furniture on FRIDAY, the 5th bay of June, 1857, emmencing at 11 o'clock A.M.-it being understood, that the Transfer of the former need not be effected mer than the 12th June, thus affording sufficient tene for the delivery of the Goods. Terms of Sale.—One-third the Purchase-money tile paid, if required, on the fall of the Hammer; and The Balance on the completion of the Transfer. The and Rest, from the 25th December, 1856, to be ply the Purchaser. liongkong, 21st May, 1857. NOTICE. ME Firm of BUYERS & Co., SHIPWRIGHTS, Business will in future be carried on by the under- *zed in his own name. Hangkong, 20th May, 1857. J. C. COWPER. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICAl Jurisdiction. In De Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- Handler, deceased. ́UTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the tare named have been granted to DOUGLAS APRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, bare indebted, are requested to send in and Pay the same to the said DOUGLAS Lapraik. (1. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator, Dated 13th March, 1857. In re DAVID SIMEON, deceased, ▼OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estate, must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- *TRATOR before the 13th day of November, A.D. 47, otherwise they will not be included in the teme of Division. All persons indebted to the said Estate are re- vested to make immediate Payment to---- NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar--Official Administrator. a Partner in our Finn. China, 1st May, 1857. THEM REISS & Co. NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857, WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. TH NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. Amoy, 6th March, 1857. NOTICE. THE TAIT & Co. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceused on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WELLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. TURNER & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. N° TO CONTRACTORS. SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE. VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 9th May, 1857. ́OTICE,—SEALED TENDERS will be receiv- ed at this office until Noon of the 25th instant, from persons willing to CONTRACT for the EXE- CUTION of the undermentioned WORKS, viz:— in constructing a NEW SEA WALL, from Marine Lot No. 104 Eastward, to join the Coast Road known as the Plazza; and Westward, from Marine Lot No.101, to join the Sea Wall of Pedder's Wharf; in forming the BoWRING PRAYA; in filling in the ground be- tween such New Road and the present Sea-front of the several Marine Lots; and in the continuing the several Culverts and Drains, &c. DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT, may be seen at this Office daily, be- tween the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General, in the said suit, by virtue of an Order of this Honour- able Court; the receipts of the said JOSEPH Frost EDGER being alone good discharges for such monies. Dated the 13th day of November, 1856. A GASKELL & BROWN, Complainant's Solicitors. NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 昇裕 店昇 亞十 已查狀到目到 謹 啟張 BLAN 已年二月 丁便時單數 FOR SALE, At the Office of the “ China Mail.” 張亞霖欠 LANK Forms of-POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.-- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents--One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong LA DIVY Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH MAY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 100. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28 July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Na 81. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Major General SIR ROBERT GARRETT, K.C.B., having assumed the Command of the Troops at Hongkong, has this day, by virtue of his Office, been sworn in a Member of the Executive Council. The Honourable Major General SIR ROBERT GARRETT, K.C.B., took his Seat accordingly at the Council Board. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th May, 1857. No. 85. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Scales of Fares for all Licensed Boats in the Harbour of this Colony, and for the Hire of Coolies and Labourers, have been drawn up by the Registrar General, and having been sanctioned by his Excellency the Governor in Council, are published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th May, 1857. SCALE OF BOAT FARES. Ist Class, or Cargo Boats, per Day, Do., $2.25 1.50 Do., 99 Trip, Do Do., Do., or Hakows, Trip, Day, Do.. Do., " " Trip, not exceeding One Hour, • Do., Do. Da. Do., Trip, not exceeding One Hour, Do., Do.. 4th Class, or Sampans, per Day, Do., Do., " 2d Class, or Cargo Boats, per Day, 3d Class, or Pulling Boats, per Day, -Trip, from Shore to Ship, or vice versa, not to exceed an Hour, Night Trip, Trip, not exceeding One Hour, 1.25 .75 1.25 .25 1.00 .25 .12 .25 " .50 • · Cents 10, or 140 Copper Cash. Do., Do., Do., Do., -Trip, from Shore to Ship, or vice versa, not exceeding an Hour, Night Trip, not exceeding an Hour, 6, or 90 39 10, or 140 SCALE OF COOLIE HIRE. Chair Coolie, Do., per Day each, Cents 33, or 450 Copper Cash. -Day each, 99 Trip, not exceeding One Hour, Do., Street Coolie, or Labourer, per Day, Do., Do., Do., Do., -Day, Job, not exceeding One Hour, NOTE.-The Day is not to exceed 12 Hours, ending at 6 P.M. ** 99 17, or 225 6, or 90 S 20, or 300 10, or 150 "> 4, or 60 " -Day 1-Day " n 6 " D. R. CALDWELL, Registrar General, THE Hongkong LA DIVY Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH MAY, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 100. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28 July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Na 81. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Major General SIR ROBERT GARRETT, K.C.B., having assumed the Command of the Troops at Hongkong, has this day, by virtue of his Office, been sworn in a Member of the Executive Council. The Honourable Major General SIR ROBERT GARRETT, K.C.B., took his Seat accordingly at the Council Board. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th May, 1857. No. 85. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The following Scales of Fares for all Licensed Boats in the Harbour of this Colony, and for the Hire of Coolies and Labourers, have been drawn up by the Registrar General, and having been sanctioned by his Excellency the Governor in Council, are published for general information. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th May, 1857. SCALE OF BOAT FARES. Ist Class, or Cargo Boats, per Day, Do., $2.25 1.50 Do., 99 Trip, Do Do., Do., or Hakows, Trip, Day, Do.. Do., " " Trip, not exceeding One Hour, • Do., Do. Da. Do., Trip, not exceeding One Hour, Do., Do.. 4th Class, or Sampans, per Day, Do., Do., " 2d Class, or Cargo Boats, per Day, 3d Class, or Pulling Boats, per Day, -Trip, from Shore to Ship, or vice versa, not to exceed an Hour, Night Trip, Trip, not exceeding One Hour, 1.25 .75 1.25 .25 1.00 .25 .12 .25 " .50 • · Cents 10, or 140 Copper Cash. Do., Do., Do., Do., -Trip, from Shore to Ship, or vice versa, not exceeding an Hour, Night Trip, not exceeding an Hour, 6, or 90 39 10, or 140 SCALE OF COOLIE HIRE. Chair Coolie, Do., per Day each, Cents 33, or 450 Copper Cash. -Day each, 99 Trip, not exceeding One Hour, Do., Street Coolie, or Labourer, per Day, Do., Do., Do., Do., -Day, Job, not exceeding One Hour, NOTE.-The Day is not to exceed 12 Hours, ending at 6 P.M. ** 99 17, or 225 6, or 90 S 20, or 300 10, or 150 "> 4, or 60 " -Day 1-Day " n 6 " D. R. CALDWELL, Registrar General, [May 30, 1857. The Hongkong Government Gazette. 蝦狗艇每日準收艇費銀 或開或埋每次限一点鐘久準收銀 散工或開或埋每次限一點鐘久准收銀 散工或開或埋每次限半點鐘久准收銀 夜間或開或埋每次限半點鐘久准收銀 香港安撫華民政務司擬定 大小船艇載貨送客開埋工費限價程式 總憲准行頒示通諭知悉 價程式 奉 總憲准行頒示通諭知悉遵照 香港安撫華民政務司名韩君老 凡僱工挑夫轎役等每日自早晨六點鐘起至午後六點鐘止計十二點 爲一日若當役六點鐘箕爲半日若當役三點鐘箕爲四份一日 第一號大盤艇每日准收載費銀 散工每貨一艇准收載費銀 二元十五先士 一元五十先士 凡轎夫每名每日准收工銀 第二號中盤艇每日准收載費銀 散工每貨一艇准收載費銀 一元十五先士 七十五先士 名每次當役半日准收工銀 卅三先士 或收錢四百五十 十七先士 或收錢二百二十 每名每次當役一點鐘久准收工銀,六個先士 或收錢九十 第三號三扒三板艇每日准收工銀 一元十五先士 二十五先士 五個先士 十二個先士 卄五個先士 五十個先士 凡桃夫每名每日准收工銀 遵此例式凡夫役人等不得額外勒取多收 其僱用夫役之主家亦不得擅行減刻 · 二十先士 或收錢三百 每名每次當役半日准收工銀 每名每次當役一點鐘准收工銀 十個先士 或收錢一百五 四個先士 或收錢六十 第四號小艇每日准收艇工銀 倘有異樣工程役事准其兩下當面另議工價 十個先士 或錢百四十文 散工或開或埋每次限一點鐘久准收銀 散工或開或埋每次限半點鐘久准收銀 夜間或開或埋每次限半鐘准收銀 十個先士 或錢百四十文 六個先士 或錢九十文 此例式凡各各艇戶人等不得額外勒取多收 其僱用船艇之主家亦不得擅行減 倘有別樣僱用准該船戶與主家當面另議工價 丁一 千 月 八百五十 七E 初三 日給發, 千八百五十 年 月 初三 三十 日給 2 MAY 30, 1857.] No. 86. The Hongkong Government Gazette. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that a Despatch has been received from Her Majesty's Government, stating that the Hanoverian Government has withdrawn the Exequatur from FRANZ KNOOP, Esquire, their Consul at Hongkong. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th May, 1857. No. 87. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. With reference to Government Notification No. 6, of 7th January, last, it is hereby made known, that Her Majesty's Exequatur has been duly granted to T. LAMBARRI, Esquire, as Consul at Hongkong for the Republic of Chili. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th May, 1857. No. 88. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The attention of Heads of Departments of the Colonial Government is called to the Instructions of the Lorde Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, Article No. 30, which provides, that to each Requisition upon the Colonial Treasury, under the letter L, should be attached a Memorandum at the foot of the Requisition, shewing- "What farther Sums may be required during the current year for the same work or service ;" and reference is also to be made on the Requisition-" to any Correspondence which may have taken place relative to any Item of Expenditure "estimated for, in order that the Governor may have before him the means of judging of the propriety of incurring the expense." 44 “to By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th May, 1857. No. 89. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. WILLIAM MANUEL ROBINET, Esquire, having been appointed Consul, in this Colony for the Republic of the Equator, is authorized to exercise his Consular functions pending reference to Her Majesty the Queen. + By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th May, 1857. No. 90. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. CHARLES MAY, Esquire, has been appointed Acting Assistant Magistrate, Sheriff, and Marshal of the Vice- Admiralty Court, in the place of WILLIAM H. MITCHELL, Esquire, who has obtained Six Months' leave of absence, on Medical Certificate. ALEXANDER GRAND-PRE, Esquire, has been appointed Acting Superintendent of Police. These Acting Appointments will date from the 1st Proximo. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th May, 1857. No. 78. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, ▸ Acting Colonial Secretary. Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands at Aberdeen, for the Construction of Docks, will be held at the Surveyor General's Office on Monday, the First day of June next; the Sale to commence at Three o'clock in the Afternoon. After which, one Lot on the Queen's Road, near the Old Protestant Burial Ground, will be sold on the ground. Plans of the Lots to be sold and the Conditions of Sale, which, with regard to the Docks are very special, may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office. The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered at the sale is published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th May, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES. Acting Colonial Secretary. Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold. BOUNDARY MEASUREMENTS. CONTENT ORDER IN OF LOCALITY. SALE. *N. S. E. W. SQUARE FEET. FIXED ANNUAL RENT. Marine. s. d. ABERDEEN, -2 1. (For Docks.) (id.) 600 600 840 840 600 600 840 840 11 Acres 114 100 0 0 0 100 # Inland. VICTORIA. 3 Queen's Road East. 40 40 100 100. 4,000 10 0 Tuós. L. WALKER, · Acting Surveyor General. 4 No. 23. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [MAY 30, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. It being the wish of Her Majesty's Government to be provided, without delay, with as correct a Statement as it may be possible to furnish, of the Losses recently sustained by British Subjects in consequence of the events which have taken place at Canto!!, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary has to call the attention of those who have hitherto not presented any Accounts, to the necessity of their speedily doing so; and in cases where the Statements rendered require Corrections, such corrections should be promptly made, and the Returns and Amendments forwarded in as full and complete a form as practicable, to the Office of the Canton Consulate. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th May, 1857. Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA.. AIE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- 且 GATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship “ADEN," | Captain BERNARD, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas- sengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th June, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 8th; SPECIE until Noon on the 9th; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 9th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Öriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness oll such declaration. Peninsular & Oriental ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 23d May, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of THOMAS WILLIAM | PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE LANDED PROPERTY, &c. ANE, CRAWFORD & Co. have been instructed by the Administrator to the Estate of the late N. CROSBY, Jr., to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,—— The whole of the STOCK-IN-TRADE appertaining to the SHIPCHANDLERY business of the deceased, consisting of an Extensive assortment of Russian and Manila Rope, Flax and Cotton SAILCLOTH and TWINE, BLOCKS, Ñails, Tar, PITCH, PAINTS, OIL, TURPENTINE, BUNTING, BEEF, PORK, Brandy, WINE, VINEGAR FLOUR, CANDLES, Soap, and a great variety of other valuable Goods. Afterwards, The HOUSEHOLD and COUNTING-HOUSE FURNITURE, viz.,-Dining, Toilet, and Side TABLES, COUCHES, CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, WARD- robes, Pictures, Curtains, &c., complete KITCHEN RANGE, a very large patent iron TREASURE-Chest, DESKS, TABLES, COUNTERS, &c., &c., &C. And, 1 WATER-BOAT, with FORCE-PUMP, SAILS, and FITTINGS. The Goods will be put up in Lots to suit Purchasers. Also, by order of the Mortgagec, will be sold,-All that PIECE or PARCEL of GROUND, situate, lying, and being in Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, -abutting on the North side thereof on the Sea at high-water mark, and measuring thereon SEVENTY- THREE feet; on the South side thereof, on the Queen's Road, and measuring thereon EIGHTY- a close EIGHT feet; on the East side thereof, on | THE W. WOODGATE. NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND NEWMAN SNÓW in our Firm, ceased on 31st December last. Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, WILLIAM HUTCHISON, JOHN SCARTH, and ROBERT FORRESTER THORBURN. In TURNER & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. N the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceased. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted arc requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL, { D. LAPRAIK, J Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. Executors. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. A LL Persons having claims against, or being- indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned. forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. Claims against, or RIDDLE, Lute of Cumsingmoon, Master Mu- registered in the Land Office, at Victoria aforesaid. A debted to, the above Estate, are requestedin riner, deceased. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that all Per- sons who are indebted to the said Estate are to pay the Amounts due by them to the undersigned forthwith; and all Persons having Claims on the same, are requested to send them in for liquidation, on or before the 1st day of September next, to C. T. WILLSON, Administrator, at Mr Dixson's, Hollywood Road. Hongkong, 30th May, 1857. THE NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY❘ DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. MR W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. THE NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857, WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. TUE NOTICE. IIE Interest and Responsibility of the late Mr JOHN CONNOLLY in our Firm, ceased on the 31st December last. Amoy, 6th March, 1857. TAIT & Co. forthwith... HENRY RUTTER, Administrator. Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. 匪 as Marine Lot number Seven, in the name of forward particulars of the same to the undersigned George Thomas Braine, and measuring thereon ONE HUNDRED AND TEN FEET; and on the West side thereof, on a close registered in the said Land Office, as Marine Lot number Sixty-two, in the name of Douglas Lapraik, and measuring thereon ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN FEET,-which said Piece or Parcel of Ground contains in the whole 8,855 SQUARE FEET; and is registered in the Land Office as MARINE LOT NUMBER SIXTY-SIX, YEARLY RENT £68.13.2,—with the MESSUAGES, DWELLING-HOUSES, and BUILDINGS thereon erected. - For Particulars, apply to G. C. TURNER, Esq., or the Auctioneers. The Sale of the Ground and Landed Property will take place on Mr CROSBY's premises, on MONDAY, · the 1st day of June, 1857, at Noon precisely; and that of the Stock-in-Trade and Household Furniture on FRIDAY, the 5th day of June, 1857, commencing at 11 o'clock A.M.—it being understood, that the Transfer of the former need not be effected NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 店昇裕 亞十 霖七年 明師士新 查狀到目 到張 客 霖 sooner than the 12th June, thus affording sufficient ATO # 數欠 time for the delivery of the Goods. TERMS OF SALE-One-third the Purchase-money to be paid, if required, on the fall of the Hammer; and the Balance on the completion of the Transfer. The GROUND RENT, from the 25th December, 1856, to be paid by the Purchaser. Hongkong, 21st May, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICal JurisdictION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. N OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS NOTICE. LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and THE Firm of BUYERS & Co., SHIPWRIGHTS, that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, &c., ceases to exist from this date; and the or who are indebted, are requested to send in and Business will in future be carried on by the under-pay the same to the said Douglas Lapraik, signed in his own name. J. C. COWPER. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. (. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. FOR SALE, At the Office of the “ China Mail.” BLANK LANK Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest | form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN ; And, • A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. + 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.— PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERNS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Linos and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH JUNE, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 101. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No: 24. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, publishes for general information a Regu- Iation issued by Her Majesty's Officiating Consul in Bangkok, prohibiting the throwing Ballast into the River or Outer Anchorage of that Port. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st June, 1857. REGULATION W. WOODGATE. For the Port of Bangkok, Siam. H.B.M. CONSULate, Bangkok, 15th April, 1857. The throwing of Stone and other descriptions of Ballast into the River, or at the Anchorage outside the Bar, within Seven (7) Fathomus depth of Water, is positively prohibited. Masters of Vessels under British Colours, convicted of a breach of this Rule, will subject themselves to a Fine of not less than Ten Pounds (£10), and not exceeding Twenty-five Pounds (£25), according to the circumstances of the case. No. 25. True Copy, GEO. 8. MORRISON. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. RAYMOND Gingell, H.B.M. Acting Consul. Diplomatic Department. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, publishes for general information a Notification of Her Majesty's Officiating Consul for Bangkok, announcing the establishment of a Custom-house in that Port, and the Regulations which are there to be observed by British Shipping. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st June, 1857. NOTIFICATION. W. WOODGATE, H.B.M. Acting Consul begs to notify to the British residents at Bangkok, that on and after Monday next, the 27th day of April, a Custom-house will be opened within the Dockyard of H. E. Somdet Ong-noi (about 200 yards South of the new site for the British Con- sclate), where all Business will be transacted in conformity with the General Regulations under which Trade is to be conducted at Siam. The following additional Rules have likewise been entered into by the undersigned and the Siamese Authorities. Every English Merchant having Cargo to load or discharge, must give due intimation thereof to the Custom-house, where a Pass, if for Export Cargo, will be granted on application, for each Lighter proceeding to deliver cargo at the Bar. On arrival at Paknam, this Pass must be delivered to the chief Authority there. II. Both Import and Export Duties must de paid at the Custom-bouse; and upon a vessel being ready to proceed to sea, the Master Consignee, on application at the Custom-house, will receive two Certificates, the one for the payment of Import the other for Export Daties. These being obtained, the Master will proceed to the British Consulate, and deliver in to the Consul a true Manifest of outward Cargo, together with the said Certificates. The Ship's Papers will then be returned to the Master, and the vessel allowed to leave. W. RAYMOND GINGELL, H.B.M. Acting Consul, British Consulate, Bangkok, 25th April, 1857. True Copy, GEO. S. MORRISON. 2 No. 26. The Hongkong Government Gazette. [JUNE 6, 1857, GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. SUC- His Excellency The Naval Commander-in-Chief has communicated to Her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary, a Despatch from the Honourable Charles G. J. B. Elliot, of Her Majesty's Ship Sybille, reporting the complete cess of an Expedition against a l'leet of Imperial Junks in Escape Creek. The following Extracts from Cominodore Elliot's Despatch, are published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th June, 1857. W. WOODGATE. Extracts from a Despatch from Commodore the Honourable C. G. J. B. ELLIOT, dated 29th May, 1857, to the address of His Excellency Rear-Admiral SIR MICHAEL SEYMour, K.C.B. Sybille, 2D BAR, CANTON RIVER, 29th May, 1857. I. I had the honour to report to you yesterday, that Her Majesty's Gunboats, Tenders, and Ships' Boats, captured or destroyed about 40 Mandarin Junks (Snake boats) on the 25th and 27th Instant. I beg now to report the nature of the operations in detail. • moro 2. The Fleet of Junks which formerly remained near the main branch of the River had moved to a position about five or six miles up the Creek. As it was very doubtful whether our small Steamers could get up to them, it was necessary to have a sufficient Boat force to follow up the Creek, independent of Gunboat support. 3. At daylight on the 25th, our Force was in the Creek, and soon afterwards a Mandarin Fleet of about 40 Junks was observed moored in good order across the stream. The tide was a strong ebb, which rendered it less easy for the Junks to escape, and although it made our progress slow, it enabled us the better to thread the way amongst the shoals. 4. A heavy fire from the Junks opened upon the leading Steamers as they approached, but at too great a distance to tell with effect. Shortly afterwards, as the Hongkong got within good range, she opened fire, and was soon supported by the Bustard and Starling-the others being at distant range. The fire from the Junks then slackened, and they got underweigh; some were soon afterwards abandoned and the rest plying their oars endeavoured to escape up the Creek. 5. The Steamers followed, though very slowly on account of the shoal water; the Sir Charles Forbes and Staunch grounded early, then the Starling, and eventually the Hongkong ran ashore. The signal was immediately made for the Boats to go ahead, and a general chase took place. The Junk force divided, the main body of about 15 continuing up the main channel were followed by the Boats, led by Captain Edgell, who detached four Pinnaces up a Creek to the left to follow the smaller division; Commander Forsyth accompanied these Pinnaces, which succeeded in capturing them all (ten in number). Commander Forsyth speaks highly of the gallant way the Hornet's Pinnace, under Mr R. A. Brown, Acting Mate, dashed in, unsupported by the other Boats, which she had distanced, against three of these heavily-armed Junks which struck to her. 6. The main body, followed by Captain Edgell, were soon beyond range of all, except the Hornet's Rocket Boat and Sybille's Pinnace, which kept within reach of them for a long time; and Captain Edgell brings to my notice the behaviour and most accurate fire kept up by Lieutenant Brock in the former boat, and by Mr Hudson, Acting Mate, in the latter. The chase was continued by this division, which I accompanied, for 12 or 14 miles above the place where the Steamers had grounded, when, the work for the men at the oars having been excessive, I decided to turn back, but with the view of getting at the Junks which we still had in sight, at a future time by another passage. 7. Near the point at which we turned, at the village of Tseen Tsune, we found the Lorcha Anonymą, which was captured last December, while in tow of the steamer Thistle. I burnt her. 8. On getting back to the Gunboats at night, I found that Commander Corbett, who had very properly remained with the Staunch on her grounding, the other Commanders having gone on,-had sent the Inflexible's paddle-box Boat after a Junk that tried to escape down a Creek to the right, and captured her. Commander Forsyth had returned with his party, and Lieutenant Dent, assisted by the Officers of the other Gunboats, had secured or destroyed all the prizes. The Chinese having returned to one of the Junks below, she was recap- tured by Mr Molloy, second Master, with the Starling's and Hongkong's Boats. Lieutenant Dent brought to my notice the conduct of that Officer. This 9. In all, 27 heavily-armed Snake Boats (belonging to the Admiral Su Hoy,) were captured or destroyed. Their Armament consists of one heavy Guu in the Bow, generally a long 32 or 24-Pounder, with from 4 to 6 lighter Guns; each Vessel pulls about 40 oars. service was fortunately accomplished with the loss of two men only wounded. The day was excessively hot, and I cannot speak too highly of the spirit with which the men stuck to their oars, through a harder day's work than I have ever before witnessed under a tropical One or two cases (but not severe) of sun stroke occurred in the Gunboats. sun. 10. At daylight next morning the Steamers proceeded down the Creeks with the Boats and ten prizes in tow, and attached with the Sybille, at the Second Bar. 11. Further arrangements were now made to follow up the War Boats that had got away. I had already, the previous day, stationed the Tribune off Sawshee Channel, and I now moored the Inflexible abreast of the Second Bar Creek, down which her Guns could then range. From the knowledge I now possessed respecting the various Creeks from Escape Creek downwards, 1 considered it possible to guard all the outlets to the River, and with a rce of Boats to scour the Inland Creeks and compel any Junks there either to meet that force or retire towards the main River. Commander Forsyth with his division took up his station in Escape Creek in the evening. 12. At daylight on the 27th I proceeded up the Sawshee Channel as previously arranged, the Boats being towed by the Steamers for 10 or 12 miles. I then sent the Bustard to strengthen Commander Forsyth's division, and desired Lieutenant Dent in the Hongkong to take with him the Inflexible's Pinnace, and go a short distance up the Second Bar Creek; (he succeeded in passing completely through into Escape Creek, and met Commander Forsyth.) Casting off from the Steamers, the Boats pulled up the Sawshee Channel, and we snou heard from the natives (who showed us every good feeling) that four of Su Hoy's retreating Squadron had on the 25th gone up to Toung Kouan, and that there were other Mandarin Junks there. (I beg here to mention the very great assistance I have received from the Rev. Samuel Beal, Chaplain of this ship, who was good enough at my request to accompany me each day as Chinese Interpreter; to his aid the successes of the expedition are in a great degree due, as I had failed to obtain an interpreter from Hongkong.) 13. About 10 miles from where the Steamers were left, we opened the City of Toung Konan, and observed the mastheads of the War Junks. The Boats now gave way with a will; and though the Junks were in sight fully two miles off, they succeeded in taking them com pletely by surprise the Boats, as they dashed in, firing into a small Battery which commanded the River, and into the War Junks, caused them to be immediately abandoned. The Junks lay scattered along the whole length of the Town, through which the River runs, and preparations were now made to destroy them with the exception of one, the finest and heaviest armed War Junk I have seen in China, which I hoped to be able to take away. 14. It soon became apparent that the Chinese Troops were not going quietly to submit to this proceeding without further resistance, and the Creek being narrow, with Houses on either side, they had every facility to pick off our men. gingalls and matchlocks opened; these increasing in number, presently gave considerable annoyance, and it was necessary to keep up a As we first passed up, only a few continued fire with some of the Boat's Guns, from musketry, and from the Tribune's Rocket Boat, which did good service, while other arti es were employed destroying the Junks, which occupied some time, as it was necessary to burn those at the upper end of the Town first, and so on in succession, to enable our Boats to get back. 15. The chief attacks from the shore took place towards our rear, at the Battery at the lower end of the Town, where most of the casualties occurred. Commander Turnour was there most active and useful, and on two occasions landed in a very gallant manner with smail parties of Marines, under Lieutenant G. L. Blake, R.M., charged some two hundred well-armed men, and drove them beyond the embankments. 16. An attempt was made to tow down the fine War Junk already noticed, but she accidentally caught fire, and she was therefore destroyed with the others. That being accomplished the Boats returned down the Creek. -d er a je zh he re JUNE 6, 1857.] 17. The Hongkong Government Gazettę. 3 This again was a severe day's work; officers and men behaved admirably, and with the greatest spirit. I beg to report to you the able assistance I received from Captain Edgell, and from Commanders Forsyth, Corbett, and Turnour, during the two days' operations. Their zeal and activity the last day (as before) was emulated by the Officers' of all ranks under them, from Lieutenant Nares, the Senior Lieutenant, to the Junior Cadet. 18. Captain Edgell brings to my notice the active share taken by Lieutenant Staniforth in the Tribune's Barge; and the services of Mr Hudson, Acting Mate of this Ship, I beg particularly to notice. Lieutenant Rd. Cox, of the 38th Regiment Madras Rifles, accompanied the expedition cach day as a Volunteer, and made himself very useful. True Extracts, GEO. S. MORRISON. Signed, C. ELLIOT, Commodore. Return of the Force engaged in the Escape Creek, on the 25th of May, at the Capture and Destruction of Chinese War Vessels. Steam Tender Hongkong, Gunboat Lieut. Edward T. Dent. Bustard, Collinson. " Steam Tender Sir Charles Forbes, Gunboat " Viscount Gilford. Starling, Villiers. " Staunch, Wildman. " " Sybille. Launch,-Lieut. E. Nares; Lieut. Blake, R.M. ; Mr Price, Midshipman. Barge, Mr A. T. Brooke, Midshipman. Pinnace, Mr T. K. Hudson, Acting Mate; Lieut. Swale, R.M. Cutter, Mr W. H. De Burgh, Midshipman. Raleigh. Cutter,-Commander Turnour; Mr J. Forbes, Assistant Surgeon; Mr Pilkington, Midshipman. Launch,-Lieut. Goodenough; Lord Charles Scott, Midshipman. Pinnace, Lieut. Graham; Mr Dupries, Midshipman. Tribune. Gig, Capt. Edgell; Mr F. Elwyn, Naval Cadet; Mr Childers, Mid- shipman. Barge, Lieut. Staniforth; Lieut. Boyle; Mr Harvey, Surgeon; Lieut. A. Ozzard, R.M.; Volunteer, Lieut. Richard Cox, 38th Regi- ment M.N.I. l'innace,—Lieut. Norman; Mr Barker, Midshipman; Mr Rowe, As- sistant Paymaster; Mr Hawkins, Naval Cadet. Cutter,-Mr Yeatman, Midshipman ; Mr R. Verry, Gunner. ? : Gig,-Commander Forsyth. Hornet. l'innace,—Mr R. A. Brown, Acting Mate. Cutter,-Lieut. Brock; Honourable A. Denison, Acting Mate. Gig,--Commander Corbett. Inflexible. Starboard Paddle-Box Boat,-Lieut. Hanson; Mr C. Buckle, Mid- shipman. Fort Paddle-Box Boat, Mr J. Stokes, Midshipman; Mr Magrath, Assistant Surgeon. Pinnace, Lieut. Bacon; Mr Trefusis, Midshipman. Fury. Paddle-Box Boat,-Lieut. Smith; Mr Moysey, Assistant Surgeon ; Mr Hayes, Midshipman. Pinnace, Mr Smith, Acting Mate. Total Force of Boats with guns-13 Cutters and Gigs 7. Return of the Force engaged on the 27th May, at the Destruction of Chinese War Boats at Toung-Kouan. Sybille. Barge, Lieut. Nares; Mr Brooke, Midshipman ; Lieut. Blake, B.M. l'innace, Mr Hudson, Acting Mate; Lieut. Swale, R.M. Cutler, Mr De Burgh, Midshipman. Raleigh. Catter, Commander Turnour; Mr Forbes, Assistant Surgeon; Mr Pilkington, Midshipman. Pinnace, Lieut. Graham; Mr Dupries, Midshipman. Tribune. Gig Capt. Edgell; Mr W. Elwyn, Naval Cadet; Mr J. Phillipps, Acting 2d Master. Barge-Lieut. Staniforth; Lieut. Ozzard, R.M.; Mr Burnett, Acting Assistant Surgeon; Volunteer, Lieut. Cox, 38th Kegiment M.N.I. Finpace, Lieut. Norman; Mr Barker, Midshipman; Mr Hawkins,, Naval Cadet. Catter,-Lieut. Slowtherd; Mr Mangan, Midshipman ; Mr Verry, Gunner. Inflexible. Gig,-Commander Corbett; Mr W. Burney. Starboard Paddle-Box Boat,-Lieut. Bacon; Mr Buckle, Midshipman ; Mr Magrath, Assistant Surgeon. Port Paddle-Box Boat,-Mr J. E. Stokes, Midshipman; Mr R. A. Turton, Midshipman. Fury. Paddle-Box Boat,-Lieut. Smith; Mr Moysey, Assistant Surgeon; Mr Hayes, Midshipman. Pinnace, Mr Smith, Acting Mate. Total Force of Boats with guns-9 Cutters and Gigs 5. Return of Casualties in the Force engaged in the Capture and Destruction of Chinese War Boats in Escape Creek, on the 25th May, 1857. Hornet's--Pinnace 2. Richard Warren, Edward Roche, A.B., A.B., Severely. Slightly. (Signed) J. TERNAN, M.D., Surgeon. Casualties on the 27th May at Toung-Kouan. Sybille's-Boats 3. Private R.M., A.B., (Signed) Henry Mathews, Thomas McDonald, Richard Hannaford, Seriously. Severely. Private K.M., Slightly, JOSIAH AUSTEN, Assistant Surgeon. Raleigh's-Boats 8. Midshipman, Severely. Slightly. Dangerously. Severely. Severely. Severely. Severely. A.B., Slightly. (Signed) J. T. C. FORBES, Assistant Surgeon. Tribune's-Boats 8. Mr A. Dupries, Pilkington, William Trewin, James Mansell, Edward Pepper, William Drew, Luke Sharp, William Fogwell, Lieutenant Norman, A.B., Leading Seaman, A.B., Leading Seaman, Private R.M., Bullet through right cheek. William Lanpidge, A.B., Bullet lodged in left cheek (dangerous.) William Nelson, Leading Seaman, Benfield Howe, Private, Edward Strickland, Robert Groves, Thomas Clack, Henry Halfyer, Lieutenant Bacon, Mr Magrath, William Yeo, Colin Grant, Thomas Farmer, James Carry, George Grogan, Charles O'Donnell, William Keechee, James Gibson, 99 Sail Mate, Private, Bullet wound, right shoulder. Bullet wound, right hand. Inflexible's--Boats 5. Assistant Surgeon, Boatswain's Mate, upper lip. left hand and leg. spine (dangerous.) left thigh, (Signed) JAS. HARVEY, Surgeon. Slightly. Slightly. Severely. / A.B., A.B., Severely. Slightly. (Signed) M. MAGRATH, Assistant Surgeon. Slightly. Severely. Severely. Severely. Severely. (Signed) N. MOISSEY, Assistant Surgeon. Total Wounded 31. Fury's-Boats 5. Gunner's Mate, Corporal R.M., Private, A.B., Leading Seaman, True Copies, Gro, S. MORRISON. Extends 15 & 16 The Hongkong Government Gazette. HONGKONG. ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIA REGINE. No. 7 of 1857. [JUNE 6, 1857. By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. An Ordinance for amending the Laws relating to Juries and Evidence. [1st June, 1857.] Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say: I. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, there are hereby extended to this Colony the Twenty- Viet., c. 86, s. 22, and second Section of the Act of Parliament passed in the Sixteenth Year of Her present Majesty, Chapter 18 & 19 Vict., c. 42, Eighty-six, relating to the Court of Chancery; and also the whole of the Act of Parliament passed in the with certain excep Nineteenth Year of Her Majesty, Chapter Forty-two, relating to Oaths and Notarial Acts, except Section tions, to this Colony. Four of the last mentioned Act: And also except so much of Section Five of the said lastmentioned Act as doth not relate to the Impounding or Custody of Documents, or the tendering in evidence Documents with false or counterfeit Seals or Signatures thereto. False Affidavits, Af- firmations and Acts. + Foreign Documents. II. Any Person tendering in evidence within this Colony any false Affidavits, Affirmations, or Notarial Acts within the meaning of Section Four of the said lastmentioned Act, knowing the same to be false, shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer the Penalties of Perjury. III. All Documents whatsoever, legally and properly filed or recorded in any Foreign Court of Justice or Consulate, according to the Law and Practice of such Court or Consulate, and all Copies of such Docu- ments, shall be admissible in evidence within this Colony, upon being proved in like manner as any Docu- ments filed or recorded in any Foreign Court are proveable under this or any other Ordinance; and all Documents whatsoever so filed or recorded in any Foreign Court or Consulate, and all Copies of such Documents, shall, when so proved and admitted, be holden as authentic and effectual for all purposes of evidence as the same would be holden in such Court or Consulate. Depositions may be IV. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court, or of the Court of Petty read at Trial when the Sessions, that the Person conducting a Criminal Prosecution on behalf of the Crown is merely, by reason Witnes is absent, or of the illness or absence from the Colony of, or the impracticability of serving process on, a Person whose too ill to be produced. Deposition shall have been duly taken in the matter, before or on the Committal of the Prisoner to take his Trial upon such Prosecution, unable to produce the said Person as a Witness upon the said Trial, then and in such case the said Deposition may be read at the said Trial as Evidence against the said Prisoner, if the said Court shall think fit. Heathen Witnesses order of the Court. same. .: V. A Heathen Witness, in any Court or before any Person empowered to administer an Oath, shall not to be sworn, but by not be sworn either before or upon giving his Testimony, unless the said Court or Person shall think fit so to direct;, in which case the said Witness shall be sworn according to his Conscience. But every Heathen Witness shall, before the taking of his said Evidence, be by, or by the order of, the said Court or Person, duly warned to speak the Truth, and informed of the Penalties to which, in case he shall not speak the Truth, he will become liable; it being hereby declared and enacted, that the Penalties of Perjury shall be deemed and taken to apply to False Testimony given by any such Witness, whether sworn or unsworn, in any case where, if he had given the same upon Oath, he would by Law have thereby become liable to the Contradictory State- VI. Where two or more contradictory Statements of Fact or alleged Fact, material to the issue or ments by the same matter in question, have been wilfully and knowingly made by one and the same Witness, before any Court Witness may be pun- or Person empowered as aforesaid, either at the same Examination or at two or more Examinations, and ished as Perjury, if material to the issue. whether before the same Court or Person, or before any other Court or Person, and whether the respective truth or falsehood of the said statements can be ascertained or not, an Indictment or Information may be presented or exhibited against him, charging him with having, on the Day or Days of his said Examina- tion or Examinations, wilfully and knowingly made the said conflicting or contradictory Statements, and setting forth the short material purport or effect thereof respectively; and if such Witness shall be thereof convicted in whole or in part, he shall suffer the Penalties of Perjury. marily, unless a Pro- Or (if before the VII. If the Court before which any false Document within the meaning of Section Two shall Supreme Court or have been tendered, or before which the Statements in Section Six mentioned, or the last of them, shall Petty Sessious) sum- have been so made, shall happen to be the Supreme Court, or the Court of Petty Sessions, such Court may, secution be directed, if it shall think fit, either direct a Prosecution of the same offence for Perjury, and commit the Offender, unless and the like in case of he shall give bail, for trial at the next Sessions of the Court so committing, or treat the same as a Contempt tendering false Docu- of Court, and forthwith proceed summarily to punish the same, either by Fine not exceeding for every such offence Two Hundred Dollars, or by Imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding for every such offence Six Calendar Months, which Punishment shall be in lieu of all other Penalties hereby provided. ments. Shortening the form of Indictments and In- formations for Per- jury,'&c. Ordinances No. 4 of VIII. Matters of Inducement, and Averments, whether Affirmative or Negative, shall no longer be introduced into Indictments or Informations for Perjury, False Witness, or False Declaration; and it shall be sufficient to charge therein, according to the facts, that the Defendant, on the day or days named, falsely, knowingly, and wilfully stated or tendered before the Court or Person empowered as aforesaid, the matters alleged to be false, setting forth the same shortly, and according to the substantial effect thereof. 1851,(§§ 5,6, & 7,) and IX. Section Five of Ordinance No. Four of 1851 is hereby amended, by substituting the word No. 14 of 1856, § 2, 'February' for the word 'January'-Sections Six and Seven of the same Ordinance are hereby revived amended and confirm and confirmed;-Section Two of Ordinance No. Fourteen of 1856, is hereby amended by inserting the word ed; and Ordinances First' before the word 'Schedule';—And Ordinances No. One of 1851 and No. Four of 1854, are hereby No. 1 of 1851, and No. 4 of 1854 repealed. repealed. • Witness' défined. Retrospective. X. The word Witness' in this Ordinance shall extend to every person whose Acknowledgment, Answer, Plea, Deposition, Affidavit, or other Declaration upon Oath, either vivá voce, in writing, or upon record, may be taken or might have been taken but for this Ordinance. XI. All acts heretofore done, which if done after the passing of this Ordinance, or during the time when the Ordinance No. Fifteen of 1856 was in force, would have been legally done, or which were legally done during the time last aforesaid, are hereby made legal and valid for all purposes soever. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 1st Day of June, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils. JOHN BOWRING. JUNE 6, 1857.] NOTICE. The Hongkong Government Gazette. NSTRUCTIONS have been received from the Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, Governor General of the PhillippiNES, under date 10th May last, to give Notice, for Public Information, that from 1st July next, all the AC- COUNTS in that Government's Offices shall be kept in Dollars and Cents, in compliance with Her Catholic Majesty's Decree, dated 17th JanuaryHE ultimo. Thus, all the Old Spanish and Republican 100 Cents each. Dollars will be reckoned there at, Half-dollars Quarters of a Dollar · • Eighths of a Dollar, or One Real Sixteenths of a Dollar, or Half-Reals 50 " 25 12 6 " " The New Spanish Dollars (the value of which is 20 Reals vellon) will be divided there as follows.- One Dollar, • • Half-dollars, or 10 Reals vellon, 4 Reals vellon pieces, or One-fifth of a Dollar, · 2 Reals vellon pieces, or One-tenth of a Dollar, 1 Real vellon, 100 Cents each. 50 20 • 10 99 • • · L. J. GUTIERREZ, Consul for Spain. Hongkong, 6th June, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of THOMAS WILLIAM RIDDLES, lute of Cumsingmoon, Master Ma- riner, deceased. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—that all Per- NOTICE sons who are indebted to the said Estate arc to pay the Amounts due by them to the undersigned forthwith; and all Persons having Claims on the same, are requested to send them in for liquidation, on or before the 1st day of September nexi, to C. T. WILLSON, Administrator, at Mr Dixson's, Hollywood Road. Hongkong, 30th May, 1857. THE NOTICE. HE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857, WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceased. ́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—that Letters N of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. Executors. THE BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY's Steam-ship “ADEN,” Captain BERNARD, with Her Majesty's Mails, Pas- sengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th June, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 8th; SPECIE until Noon on the 9th ; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 9th. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. ALL having 5 indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICal JurisdicTION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, Jr., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation NOT Company's Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARR 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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. Peninsular & Oriental ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 23d May, 1857. MR NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. THE NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. ПHE Firm of BUYERS & Co., SHIPWRIGHTS, Business will in future be carried on by the under- signed in his own name. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. NOTICE. J. C. COWPER. NEWMAN SNOW in our Firm, ceased on HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr EDMUND 31st December last. OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said Douglas LaprAIK. G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, decensed. Persons having Claims against, or being in- Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to forthwith. undersigned HENRY RUTTER, Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. NOTICE. Administrator. Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 店昇裕 查到 查明〇丁 已年二月 十七日張 亞霖謹啟 啟張月 携客 便時單數 張亞霖欠 Our Firm now consists of WILLIAM WALKINSHAW, | Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- WILLIAM HUTchison, John Scarth, and Robert FORRESTER THORBUBN, TURNER & Co. Hongkong, 12th January, 1857. PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Coples, Thirty-sia Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Centa-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH JUNE, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 102. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 91. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, is publissted for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857. L D'ALMADA ® CASTRO, for the Acting 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 Sist May, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NOTES ISSUED.............$283,987,* SPECIE IN reserve, 200,000, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st June, 1857. 99 P. CAMPBELL, Manager. I have this day inspected the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the Specie shown me to correspond in amount with the Terms of the Royal Charter. J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant. Victoria, Hongkong, 5th June, 1857. No. 92. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. fred. forth, Colonial Treasurer, It is hereby notified, that The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the pointment of The Honourable WILLIAM THOMAS BRIDGES, Esquire, D.C.L., as Acting Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, during the absence of The Honourable WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, from the Colony. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th June, 1857. No. 93. L. D'ALMADA » CASTRO, for the Acting Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Commission, issued by His Excellency The Governor, for the purpose of inquiring into the state of certain Public Accounts of this Colony, and that of the local Audit of the same, is hereby published for general information. By Order, L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Acting Colonial Secretary. of the Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong; 11th June, 1857. same, Whereas it is expedient to institute an Enquiry into the state of the Public Accounts of this Colony, and into that of the local Audit from the date of the last authenticated Audit received from England down to the 31st Day of May 1857: Now know ye, therefore, that I, Sir John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this Colony of Hongkong 4 i Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, under my Hand and the Public Seal of the said Colony, appoint you the lisourable Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine, Lieutenant-Governor, to be President,-and the Honourable Frederick Henry Alexander THE Hongkong NEW SERIES. Government GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH JUNE, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 102. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. No. 91. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong, is publissted for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857. L D'ALMADA ® CASTRO, for the Acting 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 Sist May, 1857, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation. NOTES ISSUED.............$283,987,* SPECIE IN reserve, 200,000, exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st June, 1857. 99 P. CAMPBELL, Manager. I have this day inspected the Books and Treasure Vault of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the Specie shown me to correspond in amount with the Terms of the Royal Charter. J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant. Victoria, Hongkong, 5th June, 1857. No. 92. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. fred. forth, Colonial Treasurer, It is hereby notified, that The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the pointment of The Honourable WILLIAM THOMAS BRIDGES, Esquire, D.C.L., as Acting Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, during the absence of The Honourable WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, from the Colony. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th June, 1857. No. 93. L. D'ALMADA » CASTRO, for the Acting Colonial Secretary. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Commission, issued by His Excellency The Governor, for the purpose of inquiring into the state of certain Public Accounts of this Colony, and that of the local Audit of the same, is hereby published for general information. By Order, L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Acting Colonial Secretary. of the Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong; 11th June, 1857. same, Whereas it is expedient to institute an Enquiry into the state of the Public Accounts of this Colony, and into that of the local Audit from the date of the last authenticated Audit received from England down to the 31st Day of May 1857: Now know ye, therefore, that I, Sir John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this Colony of Hongkong 4 i Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, under my Hand and the Public Seal of the said Colony, appoint you the lisourable Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine, Lieutenant-Governor, to be President,-and the Honourable Frederick Henry Alexander 2 મે The Hongkong Government Gazette. [JUNE 13, 1857. Forth, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer,—the Honourable Henry Tudor Davies, Esquire, Chief Magistrate,-and Fitzjames Edward Wat Esquire, Assistant Commissary General, to be Members, of a Commission, for the purpose of making inquiry into the state of the sai Accounts, and of the local Audit; and any Three of you, whereof the Lieutenant-Governor shall be one, shäll form a Quorum of the sai Commission. And such enquiry shall embrace the subjects specified in the Instructions addressed to the President of the present Commission. And I do hereby enjoin you, without any loss of time, to institute a proper investigation in the premises, and to take, but not upo Oath, Evidence therein. The result thereof, and your opinions thereon, whether unanimous or dissenting, you will report to me with a reasonable completeness and dispatch. And I do authorize you to have access to all Records, Papers, and Documents, relating to th subject matter of this Commission, in the custody or control of the Public Departments in this Colony ; and to call before you and examin all persons belonging to any of the said Departments; and I hereby charge all persons to aid and assist you herein. Given under my Hand, and the Public Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this 10th Day ‹ June, A.D. 1857. JOHN BOWRING, Governor, &c. [L.S.] No. 94. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency Lieutenant-General The Honourable THOMAS ASHBURNHAM, C.B., having assumed the Com mand of the Troops at Hongkong, was this day, by virtue of his Office, sworn a Member of the Executive Counci and took his Seat at the Board accordingly. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th June, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Acting Colonial Secretary, No. 27. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. The following Notice to Mariners for facilitating the Navigation of the Woosung River, has been received | His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade, and is published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857. NOTICE TO MARINERS. W. WOODGATE. Office of Maritime Customs, Shanghae, 25th May, 1857. Notice is hereby given that Two Buoys have been laid down to mark the deepest Channel on the Bar above Woosung, by Mr G L. Carr, Master, H.B.M.'s Ship Pique, with the assistance of Mr W. E. Ayer, Pilot, in the following positions :- The Black Buoy lies in 14 feet at low-water spring tides, on the Western extremity of a Shoal spit which makes off from Eastern shore. It is 1 cable's-length from the Shore. The White House in Mr Henderson's Garden bears from it S. 20° E.; Mes Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Coal Godowns, S. 21° W.; and the Woosung Joss Poles, N. 25° W. The Red Buoy lies, in 12 feet at low-water spring tides, on the Northern extremity of the Lower Middle Ground. The W House in Mr Henderson's Garden bears from it S. 18° 30′ W.; Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Coal Godowns, S. 77° ́ W.; and Upper Bar Creek open N. 88° E., dist. 5 cables. This Buoy is 21 cables from the nearest part of the Eastern shore, and betwee and the Receiving Ships, which lie on the Western side, the ground is very uneven, and in several places very shoal, many spoťs hav as little as 9 feet at low water. It is recommended that vessels proceeding up the River should pass close to the BLACK Buoy, leaving it on the Port Hand, and a passing it steer for the RED BUOY, leaving it well on the Starboard Hand, and gradually approach the Eastern shore to a ship's length the Upper Bar Creek. The Red Buoy should not be brought to the Eastward of S. 60° E. The Buoys bear from each other S. 52° E. and N. 52° ' dist. 44 cables ; lowest depth of water between them, 13 feet, at low-water spring tides." GEO. L. CARR, Master, R.N., H.M.S. “ Pique,” True Copy, GEO. S. MORRISON. No. 28. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, has directed that the foll ing Letter from His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Siam, respecting Irregularities in the Paym of Duties on Rice, and the Notification issued in consequence by Her Majesty's Officiating Consul at Bangk be published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857. NOTIFICATION. W. WOODGATE. Copy. The annexed copy of Letter is circulated for the information of British Merchants resident at Bangkok, and H.B.M.'s Acting Co begs to draw particular attention to the same, as also to the printed Notification.* Copy. British Consulate, Bangkok, 15th May, 1857. (Signed) W. RAYMONnd gingell, H.B.M. Acting Consul (* This Notification was published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 6th instant.—W.W.) Despatch from Chau Phya P'raklang Senabudi, to Mr GINGELL, the Acting British Consul. Every day the Rice merchants bring large quantities of Rice to the market, and their_business is irregularly conducted. Of Merchants who buy Rico to load ships with, some inform the Collector of Duties, and others do not,—it is consequently very difficul collect the Duties. I pray you to cause those merchants who wish to ship Rice to give previous notice, once to the Collector of Du at the Custom-house, the Collector will then order a man to supervise the shipments. 2 મે The Hongkong Government Gazette. [JUNE 13, 1857. Forth, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer,—the Honourable Henry Tudor Davies, Esquire, Chief Magistrate,-and Fitzjames Edward Wat Esquire, Assistant Commissary General, to be Members, of a Commission, for the purpose of making inquiry into the state of the sai Accounts, and of the local Audit; and any Three of you, whereof the Lieutenant-Governor shall be one, shäll form a Quorum of the sai Commission. And such enquiry shall embrace the subjects specified in the Instructions addressed to the President of the present Commission. And I do hereby enjoin you, without any loss of time, to institute a proper investigation in the premises, and to take, but not upo Oath, Evidence therein. The result thereof, and your opinions thereon, whether unanimous or dissenting, you will report to me with a reasonable completeness and dispatch. And I do authorize you to have access to all Records, Papers, and Documents, relating to th subject matter of this Commission, in the custody or control of the Public Departments in this Colony ; and to call before you and examin all persons belonging to any of the said Departments; and I hereby charge all persons to aid and assist you herein. Given under my Hand, and the Public Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this 10th Day ‹ June, A.D. 1857. JOHN BOWRING, Governor, &c. [L.S.] No. 94. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency Lieutenant-General The Honourable THOMAS ASHBURNHAM, C.B., having assumed the Com mand of the Troops at Hongkong, was this day, by virtue of his Office, sworn a Member of the Executive Counci and took his Seat at the Board accordingly. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th June, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Acting Colonial Secretary, No. 27. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. The following Notice to Mariners for facilitating the Navigation of the Woosung River, has been received | His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade, and is published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857. NOTICE TO MARINERS. W. WOODGATE. Office of Maritime Customs, Shanghae, 25th May, 1857. Notice is hereby given that Two Buoys have been laid down to mark the deepest Channel on the Bar above Woosung, by Mr G L. Carr, Master, H.B.M.'s Ship Pique, with the assistance of Mr W. E. Ayer, Pilot, in the following positions :- The Black Buoy lies in 14 feet at low-water spring tides, on the Western extremity of a Shoal spit which makes off from Eastern shore. It is 1 cable's-length from the Shore. The White House in Mr Henderson's Garden bears from it S. 20° E.; Mes Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Coal Godowns, S. 21° W.; and the Woosung Joss Poles, N. 25° W. The Red Buoy lies, in 12 feet at low-water spring tides, on the Northern extremity of the Lower Middle Ground. The W House in Mr Henderson's Garden bears from it S. 18° 30′ W.; Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Coal Godowns, S. 77° ́ W.; and Upper Bar Creek open N. 88° E., dist. 5 cables. This Buoy is 21 cables from the nearest part of the Eastern shore, and betwee and the Receiving Ships, which lie on the Western side, the ground is very uneven, and in several places very shoal, many spoťs hav as little as 9 feet at low water. It is recommended that vessels proceeding up the River should pass close to the BLACK Buoy, leaving it on the Port Hand, and a passing it steer for the RED BUOY, leaving it well on the Starboard Hand, and gradually approach the Eastern shore to a ship's length the Upper Bar Creek. The Red Buoy should not be brought to the Eastward of S. 60° E. The Buoys bear from each other S. 52° E. and N. 52° ' dist. 44 cables ; lowest depth of water between them, 13 feet, at low-water spring tides." GEO. L. CARR, Master, R.N., H.M.S. “ Pique,” True Copy, GEO. S. MORRISON. No. 28. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, has directed that the foll ing Letter from His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Siam, respecting Irregularities in the Paym of Duties on Rice, and the Notification issued in consequence by Her Majesty's Officiating Consul at Bangk be published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857. NOTIFICATION. W. WOODGATE. Copy. The annexed copy of Letter is circulated for the information of British Merchants resident at Bangkok, and H.B.M.'s Acting Co begs to draw particular attention to the same, as also to the printed Notification.* Copy. British Consulate, Bangkok, 15th May, 1857. (Signed) W. RAYMONnd gingell, H.B.M. Acting Consul (* This Notification was published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 6th instant.—W.W.) Despatch from Chau Phya P'raklang Senabudi, to Mr GINGELL, the Acting British Consul. Every day the Rice merchants bring large quantities of Rice to the market, and their_business is irregularly conducted. Of Merchants who buy Rico to load ships with, some inform the Collector of Duties, and others do not,—it is consequently very difficul collect the Duties. I pray you to cause those merchants who wish to ship Rice to give previous notice, once to the Collector of Du at the Custom-house, the Collector will then order a man to supervise the shipments. 2 મે The Hongkong Government Gazette. [JUNE 13, 1857. Forth, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer,—the Honourable Henry Tudor Davies, Esquire, Chief Magistrate,-and Fitzjames Edward Wat Esquire, Assistant Commissary General, to be Members, of a Commission, for the purpose of making inquiry into the state of the sai Accounts, and of the local Audit; and any Three of you, whereof the Lieutenant-Governor shall be one, shäll form a Quorum of the sai Commission. And such enquiry shall embrace the subjects specified in the Instructions addressed to the President of the present Commission. And I do hereby enjoin you, without any loss of time, to institute a proper investigation in the premises, and to take, but not upo Oath, Evidence therein. The result thereof, and your opinions thereon, whether unanimous or dissenting, you will report to me with a reasonable completeness and dispatch. And I do authorize you to have access to all Records, Papers, and Documents, relating to th subject matter of this Commission, in the custody or control of the Public Departments in this Colony ; and to call before you and examin all persons belonging to any of the said Departments; and I hereby charge all persons to aid and assist you herein. Given under my Hand, and the Public Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this 10th Day ‹ June, A.D. 1857. JOHN BOWRING, Governor, &c. [L.S.] No. 94. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency Lieutenant-General The Honourable THOMAS ASHBURNHAM, C.B., having assumed the Com mand of the Troops at Hongkong, was this day, by virtue of his Office, sworn a Member of the Executive Counci and took his Seat at the Board accordingly. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th June, 1857. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Acting Colonial Secretary, No. 27. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. The following Notice to Mariners for facilitating the Navigation of the Woosung River, has been received | His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade, and is published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857. NOTICE TO MARINERS. W. WOODGATE. Office of Maritime Customs, Shanghae, 25th May, 1857. Notice is hereby given that Two Buoys have been laid down to mark the deepest Channel on the Bar above Woosung, by Mr G L. Carr, Master, H.B.M.'s Ship Pique, with the assistance of Mr W. E. Ayer, Pilot, in the following positions :- The Black Buoy lies in 14 feet at low-water spring tides, on the Western extremity of a Shoal spit which makes off from Eastern shore. It is 1 cable's-length from the Shore. The White House in Mr Henderson's Garden bears from it S. 20° E.; Mes Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Coal Godowns, S. 21° W.; and the Woosung Joss Poles, N. 25° W. The Red Buoy lies, in 12 feet at low-water spring tides, on the Northern extremity of the Lower Middle Ground. The W House in Mr Henderson's Garden bears from it S. 18° 30′ W.; Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Coal Godowns, S. 77° ́ W.; and Upper Bar Creek open N. 88° E., dist. 5 cables. This Buoy is 21 cables from the nearest part of the Eastern shore, and betwee and the Receiving Ships, which lie on the Western side, the ground is very uneven, and in several places very shoal, many spoťs hav as little as 9 feet at low water. It is recommended that vessels proceeding up the River should pass close to the BLACK Buoy, leaving it on the Port Hand, and a passing it steer for the RED BUOY, leaving it well on the Starboard Hand, and gradually approach the Eastern shore to a ship's length the Upper Bar Creek. The Red Buoy should not be brought to the Eastward of S. 60° E. The Buoys bear from each other S. 52° E. and N. 52° ' dist. 44 cables ; lowest depth of water between them, 13 feet, at low-water spring tides." GEO. L. CARR, Master, R.N., H.M.S. “ Pique,” True Copy, GEO. S. MORRISON. No. 28. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, has directed that the foll ing Letter from His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Siam, respecting Irregularities in the Paym of Duties on Rice, and the Notification issued in consequence by Her Majesty's Officiating Consul at Bangk be published for general information. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th June, 1857. NOTIFICATION. W. WOODGATE. Copy. The annexed copy of Letter is circulated for the information of British Merchants resident at Bangkok, and H.B.M.'s Acting Co begs to draw particular attention to the same, as also to the printed Notification.* Copy. British Consulate, Bangkok, 15th May, 1857. (Signed) W. RAYMONnd gingell, H.B.M. Acting Consul (* This Notification was published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 6th instant.—W.W.) Despatch from Chau Phya P'raklang Senabudi, to Mr GINGELL, the Acting British Consul. Every day the Rice merchants bring large quantities of Rice to the market, and their_business is irregularly conducted. Of Merchants who buy Rico to load ships with, some inform the Collector of Duties, and others do not,—it is consequently very difficul collect the Duties. I pray you to cause those merchants who wish to ship Rice to give previous notice, once to the Collector of Du at the Custom-house, the Collector will then order a man to supervise the shipments. ht , sul he to ies JUNE 13, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette, 3 There is another point, also, concerning the Receipts given by the Collectors of Rice Duties at Petchabŭri and Panatsănikom (near Petriu), to the Traders who go there to buy Rice and Paddy for sale elsewhere. Having obtained the Receipts for Duties from the Collector, they take the Rice and sell it to vessels on the Coast, afterwards taking the Receipts to Bangkok, and selling them to people there. There are many people who buy numbers of these Receipts, and deduct their amounts from any Duties they may have to pay on Rice which they export. These transactions seem therefore suspicious; and I beg you to issue a Notification enjoining the Merchants who are under your jurisdiction, if they buy Rice from any boat which has a Receipt, to demand it from the Owner of the Rice, and take it to shew to the Officer who is supervising the shipment. If it agrees with the Quantity of Rice received on that date (the date of the Receipt) according to his accounts, the amounts will be deducted from the Duties. I pray you also to prevent Merchants from purchasing Receipts for Duties for Rice which they have not bought, and which has been sold to other people. Again, on another point, please to issue a Proclamation to all Merchants, Traders, Captains, and Supercargoes, to inform them that when they have completed the loading of a Ship with Rice, and the vessel is about to drop down, when they go to obtain a Receipt for the Duties on the Rice they must take the necessary Cash with them, and settle for the Duties at the Custom-house. In the case where Lighters are employed to go down to complete the loading of a vessel, and Merchants, Captains, &c., do not wish to pay Duty on their Cargoes till the Ship is laden, they must give a Certificate of its being due, and then a Pass will be granted. When the Ship has finished loading, all these Certificates will be presented for payment, so that there will be no dispute. Merchants of all nations and languages come here to trade, and cause great confusion; should there be any dispute, the said Certificates will be laid before the Consul, Thursday, 6 Month, 14th Day, of the Waxing Moon, Year Maseny. [7th May, 1857.] No. 29. True Copies, GEO. S. Morrison. A True Translation, (Signed) E. F. J. FORREST. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency The Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., publishes for general information, the following Extracts from a Despatch to his address from H. E. the Naval Commander-in-Chief, dated 12th June, 1857, reporting the Destruction of a Fleet of Imperial War Junks in the Fatshan Creek. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th June, 1857. W. WOODGATE, I have the honor to inform your Excellency, that I embarked on board the Coromandel, Tender, on the 29th ultimo, and on the 1st instant, with the Gunboats and Boats of the Squadron, attacked the Junk Fleet which has been stationed since the early part of the year in the Fatshan Creek. A Division of the Force first landed to capture a Fort of 19 Guns, on an emineuce commanding the approach to the anchorage where the Junks were moored, which being quickly effected without loss, the whole force of Gunboats, &c., in charge of Commodore the Honourable H. Keppel, joined by Commodore the Honourable C. Elliot, and the Boats under his orders, immediately he bad performed the above service, advanced to the attack, and after a smart canuonade, during which one or two Junks blew up, the enemy deserted the nearest Division of the Junk Fleet. Leaving a portion of the force to take possession of the Prizes, the remainder pushed about 3 miles further up the Creek, and having Fat to flight another Division of 20 vessels, pursued them as far as Fatshan, a distance of 7 miles, capturing in the chase 17 of them. The remaining three, by passing through the Creek on which Fatshan is built, escaped, as I had given directions not to molest that large commercial City. The result of the expedition was the capture of between 70 and 80 War Junks, mounting on an average from 10 to 14 Guns of large calibre, mostly of European manufacture. As no object would have been gained by removing the Prizes, I caused them, with 5 exceptions, to be burnt, and the flames and numerous heavy explosions as they blew up, must have been seen and heard far and wide. I deeply regret to report the death of Major Kearney, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master Geucral to the China Expeditionary Force. This Officer was on duty in the Canton River, and having gallantly volunteered his Services in the Boats, was killed in the attack on the Second Division of the Junks. The force remained for the night of the 1st June in the position before occupied by the Junk Fleet, and on the following morning dropped down to the main River. (Signed) M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. · True Extracts, : GEO. S. Morrison, Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, TH BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY'S Steam-ship “SINGAPORE,” Arptain GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, mengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the alore Places, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th June, #12 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., the 22d; SPECIE until Noon on the 23d; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 23d. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, | POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS, per Steamer THE SINGAPORE, will close on Tuesday the NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES 23d instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLE | BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, MENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following | and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 o'clock A.M., | of April, 1857, to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 12th June, 1857. Try at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation MR Company'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 y the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do bold themselves responsible for any Detention or jadice which may happen from incorrectness on ROBŤ. S. WALKER, Superintendent. ach declaration. Peninsular & Oriental Se Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 11th June, 1857. NOTICE [R JOHN DARLING, and Mr FREDERICK WILLIAM COARE, are empowered to sign our Firm. 29th March, 1857. NOTICE. MOUL & Co. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. FOR SALE. YOMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TH EDITION; COM Williams's DICTIONARY in the CANTON DIALECT; also William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in CHINESE. Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON'S, Gough Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. PUBLIC AUCTION, COMMISSARIAt Department. ́R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in HE undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC MR our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. THEB NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. + DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1837. THE AUCTION, on FRIDAY, the 19th instant, at 11 o'clock A.M., at the Commissariat YARD, Queen's Road, Victoria, the undermentioned ARMY and NAVY STORES,—viz., Rum, Tea, Candles, FLOUR, BISCUIT-DUST, SLUSH, EMPTY CASKS, Cooper's Tools, &c., &c., &c. ! Hongkong, 13th June, 1857. G. DUDDELL, Auctioneer. ht , sul he to ies JUNE 13, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette, 3 There is another point, also, concerning the Receipts given by the Collectors of Rice Duties at Petchabŭri and Panatsănikom (near Petriu), to the Traders who go there to buy Rice and Paddy for sale elsewhere. Having obtained the Receipts for Duties from the Collector, they take the Rice and sell it to vessels on the Coast, afterwards taking the Receipts to Bangkok, and selling them to people there. There are many people who buy numbers of these Receipts, and deduct their amounts from any Duties they may have to pay on Rice which they export. These transactions seem therefore suspicious; and I beg you to issue a Notification enjoining the Merchants who are under your jurisdiction, if they buy Rice from any boat which has a Receipt, to demand it from the Owner of the Rice, and take it to shew to the Officer who is supervising the shipment. If it agrees with the Quantity of Rice received on that date (the date of the Receipt) according to his accounts, the amounts will be deducted from the Duties. I pray you also to prevent Merchants from purchasing Receipts for Duties for Rice which they have not bought, and which has been sold to other people. Again, on another point, please to issue a Proclamation to all Merchants, Traders, Captains, and Supercargoes, to inform them that when they have completed the loading of a Ship with Rice, and the vessel is about to drop down, when they go to obtain a Receipt for the Duties on the Rice they must take the necessary Cash with them, and settle for the Duties at the Custom-house. In the case where Lighters are employed to go down to complete the loading of a vessel, and Merchants, Captains, &c., do not wish to pay Duty on their Cargoes till the Ship is laden, they must give a Certificate of its being due, and then a Pass will be granted. When the Ship has finished loading, all these Certificates will be presented for payment, so that there will be no dispute. Merchants of all nations and languages come here to trade, and cause great confusion; should there be any dispute, the said Certificates will be laid before the Consul, Thursday, 6 Month, 14th Day, of the Waxing Moon, Year Maseny. [7th May, 1857.] No. 29. True Copies, GEO. S. Morrison. A True Translation, (Signed) E. F. J. FORREST. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency The Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., publishes for general information, the following Extracts from a Despatch to his address from H. E. the Naval Commander-in-Chief, dated 12th June, 1857, reporting the Destruction of a Fleet of Imperial War Junks in the Fatshan Creek. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th June, 1857. W. WOODGATE, I have the honor to inform your Excellency, that I embarked on board the Coromandel, Tender, on the 29th ultimo, and on the 1st instant, with the Gunboats and Boats of the Squadron, attacked the Junk Fleet which has been stationed since the early part of the year in the Fatshan Creek. A Division of the Force first landed to capture a Fort of 19 Guns, on an emineuce commanding the approach to the anchorage where the Junks were moored, which being quickly effected without loss, the whole force of Gunboats, &c., in charge of Commodore the Honourable H. Keppel, joined by Commodore the Honourable C. Elliot, and the Boats under his orders, immediately he bad performed the above service, advanced to the attack, and after a smart canuonade, during which one or two Junks blew up, the enemy deserted the nearest Division of the Junk Fleet. Leaving a portion of the force to take possession of the Prizes, the remainder pushed about 3 miles further up the Creek, and having Fat to flight another Division of 20 vessels, pursued them as far as Fatshan, a distance of 7 miles, capturing in the chase 17 of them. The remaining three, by passing through the Creek on which Fatshan is built, escaped, as I had given directions not to molest that large commercial City. The result of the expedition was the capture of between 70 and 80 War Junks, mounting on an average from 10 to 14 Guns of large calibre, mostly of European manufacture. As no object would have been gained by removing the Prizes, I caused them, with 5 exceptions, to be burnt, and the flames and numerous heavy explosions as they blew up, must have been seen and heard far and wide. I deeply regret to report the death of Major Kearney, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master Geucral to the China Expeditionary Force. This Officer was on duty in the Canton River, and having gallantly volunteered his Services in the Boats, was killed in the attack on the Second Division of the Junks. The force remained for the night of the 1st June in the position before occupied by the Junk Fleet, and on the following morning dropped down to the main River. (Signed) M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. · True Extracts, : GEO. S. Morrison, Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, TH BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY'S Steam-ship “SINGAPORE,” Arptain GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, mengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the alore Places, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th June, #12 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., the 22d; SPECIE until Noon on the 23d; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 23d. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, | POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS, per Steamer THE SINGAPORE, will close on Tuesday the NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES 23d instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLE | BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, MENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following | and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 o'clock A.M., | of April, 1857, to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 12th June, 1857. Try at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation MR Company'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 y the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do bold themselves responsible for any Detention or jadice which may happen from incorrectness on ROBŤ. S. WALKER, Superintendent. ach declaration. Peninsular & Oriental Se Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 11th June, 1857. NOTICE [R JOHN DARLING, and Mr FREDERICK WILLIAM COARE, are empowered to sign our Firm. 29th March, 1857. NOTICE. MOUL & Co. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. FOR SALE. YOMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TH EDITION; COM Williams's DICTIONARY in the CANTON DIALECT; also William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in CHINESE. Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON'S, Gough Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. PUBLIC AUCTION, COMMISSARIAt Department. ́R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in HE undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC MR our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. THEB NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. + DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1837. THE AUCTION, on FRIDAY, the 19th instant, at 11 o'clock A.M., at the Commissariat YARD, Queen's Road, Victoria, the undermentioned ARMY and NAVY STORES,—viz., Rum, Tea, Candles, FLOUR, BISCUIT-DUST, SLUSH, EMPTY CASKS, Cooper's Tools, &c., &c., &c. ! Hongkong, 13th June, 1857. G. DUDDELL, Auctioneer. ht , sul he to ies JUNE 13, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette, 3 There is another point, also, concerning the Receipts given by the Collectors of Rice Duties at Petchabŭri and Panatsănikom (near Petriu), to the Traders who go there to buy Rice and Paddy for sale elsewhere. Having obtained the Receipts for Duties from the Collector, they take the Rice and sell it to vessels on the Coast, afterwards taking the Receipts to Bangkok, and selling them to people there. There are many people who buy numbers of these Receipts, and deduct their amounts from any Duties they may have to pay on Rice which they export. These transactions seem therefore suspicious; and I beg you to issue a Notification enjoining the Merchants who are under your jurisdiction, if they buy Rice from any boat which has a Receipt, to demand it from the Owner of the Rice, and take it to shew to the Officer who is supervising the shipment. If it agrees with the Quantity of Rice received on that date (the date of the Receipt) according to his accounts, the amounts will be deducted from the Duties. I pray you also to prevent Merchants from purchasing Receipts for Duties for Rice which they have not bought, and which has been sold to other people. Again, on another point, please to issue a Proclamation to all Merchants, Traders, Captains, and Supercargoes, to inform them that when they have completed the loading of a Ship with Rice, and the vessel is about to drop down, when they go to obtain a Receipt for the Duties on the Rice they must take the necessary Cash with them, and settle for the Duties at the Custom-house. In the case where Lighters are employed to go down to complete the loading of a vessel, and Merchants, Captains, &c., do not wish to pay Duty on their Cargoes till the Ship is laden, they must give a Certificate of its being due, and then a Pass will be granted. When the Ship has finished loading, all these Certificates will be presented for payment, so that there will be no dispute. Merchants of all nations and languages come here to trade, and cause great confusion; should there be any dispute, the said Certificates will be laid before the Consul, Thursday, 6 Month, 14th Day, of the Waxing Moon, Year Maseny. [7th May, 1857.] No. 29. True Copies, GEO. S. Morrison. A True Translation, (Signed) E. F. J. FORREST. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Diplomatic Department. His Excellency The Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., publishes for general information, the following Extracts from a Despatch to his address from H. E. the Naval Commander-in-Chief, dated 12th June, 1857, reporting the Destruction of a Fleet of Imperial War Junks in the Fatshan Creek. By Order, Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th June, 1857. W. WOODGATE, I have the honor to inform your Excellency, that I embarked on board the Coromandel, Tender, on the 29th ultimo, and on the 1st instant, with the Gunboats and Boats of the Squadron, attacked the Junk Fleet which has been stationed since the early part of the year in the Fatshan Creek. A Division of the Force first landed to capture a Fort of 19 Guns, on an emineuce commanding the approach to the anchorage where the Junks were moored, which being quickly effected without loss, the whole force of Gunboats, &c., in charge of Commodore the Honourable H. Keppel, joined by Commodore the Honourable C. Elliot, and the Boats under his orders, immediately he bad performed the above service, advanced to the attack, and after a smart canuonade, during which one or two Junks blew up, the enemy deserted the nearest Division of the Junk Fleet. Leaving a portion of the force to take possession of the Prizes, the remainder pushed about 3 miles further up the Creek, and having Fat to flight another Division of 20 vessels, pursued them as far as Fatshan, a distance of 7 miles, capturing in the chase 17 of them. The remaining three, by passing through the Creek on which Fatshan is built, escaped, as I had given directions not to molest that large commercial City. The result of the expedition was the capture of between 70 and 80 War Junks, mounting on an average from 10 to 14 Guns of large calibre, mostly of European manufacture. As no object would have been gained by removing the Prizes, I caused them, with 5 exceptions, to be burnt, and the flames and numerous heavy explosions as they blew up, must have been seen and heard far and wide. I deeply regret to report the death of Major Kearney, Deputy Assistant Quarter Master Geucral to the China Expeditionary Force. This Officer was on duty in the Canton River, and having gallantly volunteered his Services in the Boats, was killed in the attack on the Second Division of the Junks. The force remained for the night of the 1st June in the position before occupied by the Junk Fleet, and on the following morning dropped down to the main River. (Signed) M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. · True Extracts, : GEO. S. Morrison, Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, TH BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY'S Steam-ship “SINGAPORE,” Arptain GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, mengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the alore Places, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th June, #12 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., the 22d; SPECIE until Noon on the 23d; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 23d. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, | POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. HE Next GENERAL MAILS, per Steamer THE SINGAPORE, will close on Tuesday the NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES 23d instant, at 6 o'clock P.M. The usual SUPPLE | BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, MENTARY MAIL will be made up on the following | and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 o'clock A.M., | of April, 1857, to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s. Letters posted between the hours of 11 and Half- past 12 o'clock must be prepaid. WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master. Hongkong, 12th June, 1857. Try at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation MR Company'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 y the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do bold themselves responsible for any Detention or jadice which may happen from incorrectness on ROBŤ. S. WALKER, Superintendent. ach declaration. Peninsular & Oriental Se Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 11th June, 1857. NOTICE [R JOHN DARLING, and Mr FREDERICK WILLIAM COARE, are empowered to sign our Firm. 29th March, 1857. NOTICE. MOUL & Co. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. FOR SALE. YOMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TH EDITION; COM Williams's DICTIONARY in the CANTON DIALECT; also William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in CHINESE. Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON'S, Gough Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. PUBLIC AUCTION, COMMISSARIAt Department. ́R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in HE undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC MR our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. THEB NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. + DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1837. THE AUCTION, on FRIDAY, the 19th instant, at 11 o'clock A.M., at the Commissariat YARD, Queen's Road, Victoria, the undermentioned ARMY and NAVY STORES,—viz., Rum, Tea, Candles, FLOUR, BISCUIT-DUST, SLUSH, EMPTY CASKS, Cooper's Tools, &c., &c., &c. ! Hongkong, 13th June, 1857. G. DUDDELL, Auctioneer. 4 N The Hongkong Government Gazettę. SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that the HULL of Her Majesty's Ship RALEIGHI,” as it now lies sunk to the Main Deck, off Kono Island, near Macao, with all STORES remaining on board on the day of Sale, will be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the NavaL YARD, on MONDAY, the 29th June, 1857, at 12 o'clock, unless previously disposed of by Private Agreement, for which TENDERS are now invited. A full description of the SHIP, her AGE, and the CONDITIONS OF SALs—in English and Chinese-may be seen at the Office of the undersigned. EDWIN HOLMES, Acting Naval Storekeeper. Naval Yard, Hongkong, 12th June, 1857. 丁 已寫 之水八方 字長師 年樓 船無 處新料 已年五月廿二日 有舊局 唐與內 月番及將者 銀該 於 各 連是 欵船日投者 鐐章上正 日 明程 以在 便水 水 方碰沉連船上什物招人投票承買如到閏五月初 糧局官 照得大英國戰船名劇團者現在九澳山近澳門地 局此本月門 示 官船港初地 篇 ¦ In the matter of the Estate of THOMAS WILLIAM RIDDLES, late of Cumsingmoon, Master Ma- riner, deccased. NOT OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that all Per- sons who are indebted to the said Estate are to pay the Amounts due by them to the undersigned forthwith; and all Persons having Claims on the same, are requested to send them in for liquidation, on or before the 1st day of September next, to C. T. WILLSON, Administrator, at Mr Dixson's, Hollywood Road. Hongkong, 30th May, 1857. In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, Auctioneer, of Victoria, deceused, No late "OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the Ist day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELL Į D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. [JUNE 13, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceused. Α LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Administralor。 Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. Α' NOTICE. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 昇裕 店昇 Executors. 亞十 霖七年 查狀到目到 士新 謹日 客 In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. 查明〇丁 LL Persons having claims against, or being 啟張月丁便時單數 ALL indebted to, the above Estate, are requested To forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG⋅ ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION, In the Estute of NATHANIEL CROSBY, JR., Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship- chandler, deceased. NOTICE is that lettere of admi OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- FOR SALE, At the Office of the “ China Muil." 張亞霖欠 BLANK Forms of----POWERS OF ATTOR- BLANEY WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK | BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. and above named have been granted to, DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said DOUGLAS Lapraik, 1. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator. Dated 13th March, 1857. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.- PRICE, $12 per Aunum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ons ·Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One- half of these charges for each Repetition. ཆམ་བཀས་ གཏག་ནམ་ THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 20TH JUNE, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 103. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a New SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 95. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified that, in consequence of the intended Transfer of the Police Force from the West Point Hilk Station, the Acting Surveyor General will have to dispose of the Buildings of the said Station; and as it is in contem- plation to remove the Hill on which they stand, Contractors and others will be allowed to take ground from this Hill, on permission being obtained from the Surveyor General's Department. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES.. Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th June, 1857. No. 96. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION, The following Return of two Marine Lots for Docks at Aberdeen, and one Inland Lot in Victoria, sold o the 1st Instant, is published for general information. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th June, 1857. RETURN OF LAND SALE, at Public Auction, on the 1st June, 1857. "NO. OF LOT. Marine. 12 D. Lapraik,... J. Lamont,..... Inland. 617 J. Williams, Purchaser. Aberdeen. For Docks. VICTORIA. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary, Fixed Annual Rent. PREMIUM. £ s. do Dollars. 100 100 0 0 1: 1 10 0 0- 425 Total,.............. £210 0 0 $427 THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General 2 NOTICE. The Hongkong Government Gazette. Steam for ПE next CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME | SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT de Galle, THE DOSE CRIMINAL SKON on TUESDAY, the 30th (instead of THURSDAY, the 25th) day of June, a‚D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. THE By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. NOTICE. E next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, in its SUMMARY Jurisdiction, will be held on FRIDAY, the 3d day of July, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. • By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON. Acting Registrar, In re THOMAS WILLIAM RIDDLES, deceased. TOTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF Kin, N and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS or CODICILS of the said THOMAS WILLIAM RIDDLES, deceased, (late of Cumsingmoon, within China, Master Mariner.) that may be in their pos- session, before the Supreme Court, on FRIDAY, the 26th day of June, a.d. 1857; or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Administration will be granted to CHARLES THOMAS WILLSON. By the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that the HULL of Her Majesty's Ship "RALEIGH,” as it now lies sunk to the Main Deck, off Koнo Island, near Macao, with all STORES remaining on board on the day of Sale, will be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the NAVAL YARD, on MONDAY, the 29th June, 1857, at 12 o'clock, unless previously disposed of by Private Agreement, for which TENDERS are now invited. A full description of the SHIP, her AGE, and the CONDITIONS OF SALE-in English and Chinese--may be seen at the Office of the undersigned. EDWIN HOLMES, Acting Naval Storekeeper. Naval Yard, Hongkong, 12th June, 1857. T 已 寫之水八方 唐與內 及 單期 將者什 寫字樓處有唐番字單一一錄明以便觀覽 年五月* # 11 日 該 船於 各 連是人 欵 船 方碰沉船上什物招人投票承買如到閏五月初 照得大英國戰船名刺厘者現在九澳山近澳門地 日投者 物+ 切點 軍出鐘閏 糧投在五澳 局 此本月門 官船港初地 香港水師軍糧局官出示 | | ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; Also, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA. THE PENINSUlar & Oriental STEAM NAVIGA- TH TION COMPANY's Steam-ship “SINGAPORE," Captain GRAINGER, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th June, at 2 P.M. CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 22d; SPECIE until Noon on the 23d; and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 23d. For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Öriental Steam Navigation Company'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 themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration. Peninsular & Oriental ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent. Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongl ong, 11th June, 1857. MR NOTICE. R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. TH NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the 22d Instant. DAVIS & LAWRENCE. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between TH WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. Dated WILLIAM GASKELL. this 29th day of April, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deceased. LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- Adebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. NOTICE. Administrator. LL Persons having Claims against, or being Indebted to, CHEONG ALLUM, late of the ESSING Shop, Victoria, Hongkong, are requested to forward particulars to Mr E. K. STACE, Solicitor, &c., Queen's Road. CHEONG ALLUM. 亞 篇 Victoria, Hongkong, March, 1857. 裕昇店 到目到張 啟張 月丁便時單數欠 [JUNE 20, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of THOMAS WILLIAM RIDDLES, late of Cumsingmoon, Master Ma- riner, deceased. N° ́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,--that all Per- sons who are indebted to the said Estate are to pay the Amounts due by them to the undersigned forthwith; and all Persons having Claims on the same, are requested to send them in for liquidation, on or before the let day of September next, to C. T. WILLSON, Administrator, at Mr Dixson's, Hollywood Road. Hongkong, 30th May, 1857. In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria, deccased. ་ NOTICE IS HEREBY to of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted are requested to make immediate payment to G. DUDDELK,} D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. Executors. In the Estate of TSOO-AMING, of Victoria, Carpenter, deceased. A1 LL Persons having claims against, or being indebted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. TSOO-ATUCK, Administrator. Hongkong, 18th February, 1857. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. ECCLESIASTICal JurisdicTION. In the Estate of NATHANIEL CROSBY, JR. Esquire, late of the Queen's Road, Victoria, Ship chandler, deceased. N° OTICE is hereby given, that Letters of Admi- nistration of the Estate and Effects of the above named have been granted to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK, of Victoria aforesaid, Merchant; and that all persons having any Claims to the said Estate, or who are indebted, are requested to send in and pay the same to the said Douglas Lapraik. G. COOPER TURNER, Proctor for the Administrator, Dated 13th March, 1857. FOR SALE. YOMMERCIAL GUIDE, 4TH EDITION; Williams's DICTIONARY in the CANTON DIALECT; also William's MAP OF CHINA, in ENGLISH and in CHINESE. Apply at the Rev. J. W. JOHNSON's, Gough Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 20th May, 1857. FOR SALE, At the Office of the “ China Mail.” Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR- BLANEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest form of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN; And, A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES--Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong. PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-sis Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents--One- half of these charges for each Repetition. THE Hongkong Government GAZETTE. NEW SERIES. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27TH JUNE, 1857. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. VOL. II. No. 104. The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that “THE HÔNGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLamations, NotifICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855. · W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. No. 97. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. : It has been determined by His Excellency The Governor in Council, under the authority of Ordinance No. 5 of 1845, Section VII, that, from and after the 27th day of June Instant, the Fee upon Auctioneer's Licenses shall be Three Hundred Dollars per Annum, payable in advance. By Order, W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th June, 1857. No. 98. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified that, at a Meeting of the Executive Council held this day, the following Gentlemen took the necessary Oaths, and were declared Justices of the Peace for the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies :—–— THOMAS LARKINS WALKER, Esquire;. JOHN DENT, Esquire; PATRICK CAMPBELL, Esquire. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th June, 1857. No. 99. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. The following Letter, from the Master of the Ship Lord Warriston, is published for general information. The Position as marked down must, however, be considered as yet doubtful. The numerous Islands in the cality in question are not published in the Charts with the desired accuracy, and there might possibly be an Error in the Ship's Longitude. By Order, Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th June, 1857. W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary. SHIP Lord Warriston, Hongkong, 22d June, 1857. TO THE HARBOUR Master anD AUTHORITIES OF THE PORT. GENTLEMEN,—Having sailed from the Port of Sydney, (Australia,) on 18th April, 1857, for this Port, on the 27th May, at 6 A.M., covered a small Flat Island, extending from N.W. to S.E., of about 3 or 4 miles dimensions, distant about 15 miles, bearing 8. § E. At .., the said Island, just dipping, bore S. by E. about 20 to 25 miles, and by good observations by Chronometer and Meridiau Altitude places the said Island in about 0° 55′ S. and Long. 169° 25′ E. Having no Island mentioned in any such near position on any Chart possessed by myself, I avail myself of giving you the earliest formation.—With kind respect, I beg to remain, Gentlemen, yours very respectfully, W. LOCK, Master. 2 N The Hongkong Government Gazette. SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that the HULL of Her Majesty's Ship “RALEIGH,” as it now lies sunk to the Main Deck, off Kouo Island, near Macao, with all STORES remaining on board an the day of Sale, will be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, of the NAVAL YARD, on MONDAY, the 29th June, 1857, at 12 o'clock, unless previously disposed of by Private Agreement, for which TENDERS are now invited. A full description of the Sur, her AGE, and the CONDITIONS OF SALE-in English and Chinese--may| be seen at the Office of the undersigned. EDWIN HOLMES, 12th June, 1857. 之水八方 Acting Naval Storekeeper. Naval Yard, Hongkong, T 学長師 日 年樓 處新料 五有 唐與內 月番及將者什 字銀該即 期船於 各連是 欵船 於招刺 年五月廿 二 錄章上正 日明程 #K 便水 出鐘 糧投在 香港水師軍糧局官出示 方碰沉船上什物招人投票承買如到閏五月初 照得大英國戰船名刺厘者現在九澳山近澳門地 | NOTICE. TCOURT, be held on TUESDAY, the THE DEX CRIMINAL SESSIONS of the SUPREME 30th (instead of THURSDAY, the 25th) day of June,*A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. TH By Order of the Court, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar. NOTICE. HЕ next SESSIONS of the SUPREME COURT, in its SUMMARY JURISDICTION, will be held on FRIDAY, the 3d day of July, A.D. 1857, at 12 o'clock at Noon. By Order of the Court, THE NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON. Acting Registrar. NOTICE. HE Interest and Responsibility of Mr HENRY DAVIS in our Firm, ceased by his death on the DAVIS & LAWRENCE. 22d Instant. Hongkong, 28th February, 1857. NOTICE. `R ALFRED JAMES HOW is a Partner in MR our Firm. W. H. WARDLEY & Co. Hongkong, 1st December, 1856. NOTICE. THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM GASKELL and JAMES TH BROWN, as Attorneys, Solicitors, Notaries Public, and Proctors, at Hongkong, was dissolved, by the decease of the said JAMES BROWN, on the 28th day of April, 1857. WILLIAM GASKELL. Dated this 29th day of April, 1857. In the matter of the Estate of THOMAS WILLIAM RIDDLES, late of Cumsingmoon, Master Ma- riner, deceased. Νο OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that all Per- sons who are indebted to the said Estate are to pay the Amounts due by them to the undersigned forthwith; and all Persons having Claims on the same are requested to send them in for liquidation on or before the 1st day of September next, to C. T. WILLSON, Administrator, at Mr Dixson's, Ilollywood Road. 局此本月門 示 官船港初地 篇 Ilongkong, 30th May, 1857. [JUNE 27, 1857. NOTICE. THE Partnership of the undercigned, under the Firm of A. LUBECK & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 2d of June, 1855. Any unsettled affairs will be settled by either partner. L. A. LUBECK. FRANS KNOOP. Victoria, Hongkong, 25th June, 1857. In the Estate of HENRY DAVIS, of Victoria, Hongkong, Merchant, deccased. A LL Persons having Claims against, or being in- debted to, the above Estate, are requested to forward particulars of the same to the undersigned forthwith. HENRY RUTTER, Administrator. Hongkong, 17th March, 1857. In the Estate of CHARLES MARKWICK, late Auctioneer, of Victoria,deceased. N° ́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned. All Claims against the Estate must be sent in before the 1st day of October, 1857, and all parties indebted.are requested to make immediaté payment to G. DUDDELL, D. LAPRAIK, Hongkong, 11th April, 1857. FOR SALE. Executors. At the Office of the “ China Mail." LANK Forms of POWERS OF ATTOR- NEY, WILLS, CHARTERPARTIES, BLANK BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BILLS OF LADING, SHIPPING ORDERS, COMPRADOR'S CHECK BOOKS, SHIPPING ARTICLES, and the newest förm of SHIP'S BILL OF SALE. Also, SAILING DIRECTIONS for the RIVER MIN And, ; A Table, shewing the COST OF TEA, with all CHARGES-Tea, as bought by the Picul, and sold by the Pound Avoirdupois. 19th March, 1857. Printed at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-siz Cents. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,—Five Lines and under, Ono Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cenis-One- half of these charges for each Repetition,