# The Hong Kong Government Gazette/Volume 1/No 3

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THE
| Hongkong | Government |
GAZETTE.
Government Notification.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultime; 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,
W. T. Mercer, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
Government Notification.
(illegible text) following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation (illegible text) Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. Mercer, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 16th July, 1855.
(illegible text) of the Average amount of Notes in Circulation of the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for the Month ending 31st May, 1855, rendered in accordance with the Terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
Notes issued.............$116,443.
Exclusive of the Notes of the Oriental Bank still outstanding.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st June, 1855.
(Signed,)
Sam Gray, Manager.
The Books and Treasure of the above Corporation were this day inspected by me, and the Amount exhibited accorded with the (illegible text) the Charter.
R. Rienaecker. Colonial Treasurer.
(illegible text) the 15th, 1855.
Government Notification.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency Her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., &c., is hereby (illegible text) to notify, that the Returns of the British trade at the Port of Canton for the Year ending 31st December, 1854, published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 5th May last, having been found to be (illegible text) are cancelled, and the following amended Returns are published in their stead for general information.
By Order,
W. Woodgate.
Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
A Return of the Number and Tonnage of Merchant Vessels which Arrived at, and Departed from, the Port of Canton, during the Year ending 31st December, 1854, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong. :
| Arrived. | Arrived. | Arrived. | Departed. | Departed. | Departed. |
| Under what Colours. | No. of Ships. | Tonnage. | Under what Colours. | No. of Ships. | Tonnage. |
| (illegible text) | 137 | 68,795 | British, | 136 | 69,050 |
| (illegible text) | 65 | 45,690 | American, | 60 | 43,137 |
| (illegible text) | 5 | 1,934 | Bremen, | 5 | 1,934 |
| (illegible text) | 3 | 1,483 | Chilian, | 3 | 1,483 |
| (illegible text) | 4 | 1,753 | Chinese, | 4 | 1,753 |
| (illegible text) | 11 | 2,589 | Danish, | 11 | 2,661 |
| (illegible text) | 23 | 10,427 | Dutch, | 23 | 10,687 |
| (illegible text) | 3 | 866 | French, | 2 | 526 |
| (illegible text) | 15 | 3,274 | Hamburgh, | 15 | 3,395 |
| (illegible text) | 2 | 328 | Mexican, | 2 | 328 |
| (illegible text) | 1 | 672 | New Grenada, | 1 | 672 |
| (illegible text) | 1 | 144 | Oldenberg, | 1 | 144 |
| (illegible text) | 18 | 6,268 | Peruvian | 11 | 3,588 |
| (illegible text) | 6 | 1,925 | Portuguese, | 5 | 1,677 |
| (illegible text) | 1 | 650 | Prussian, | 1 | 650 |
| (illegible text) | 21 | 6,344 | Siamese, | 1 | 1,000 |
| (illegible text) | 4 | 1,015 | Spanish, | 21 | 6,120 |
| | | | Swedish, | 4 | 1,015 |
| | 320 | 154,157 | | 306 | 149,711 |
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