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Importers, Shippers, and Consignees of Vessels to be paid into this Office; either in Silver, as they would have had to pay if the Custom-House-Bankers had to receive the Duties, or by the bill of the several parties payable on demand at forty days sight in Shanghae to the Chinese Superintendent of Customs, provided the sanction of H. B. M.'s government to that effect be received.
6th.—These preliminaries arranged to the satisfaction of H. M.'s Consul the Consignees will receive on application the Ship's papers and a Port Clearance under the Consular Seal, after delivery of which the vessel will be at liberty to leave the Port.
(Signed)
Rutherford Alcock,
Consul.
To The British Community,
Shanghae.
True Copy,
Post Office Notification.
Mails will be made up for Singapore, Penang, and Calcutta, per Steam Packet Pekin, and closed on Thursday, the 29th instant, at 12 o'clock, Noon.
Thomas Hyland,
Post-Master.
Post-Office, Victoria, Hongkong,
26th September, 1853.
Steam for
Singapore, Penang, Point de Galle, Aden, Suez, Malta, Marseilles, and Southhampton;
Also,
Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta.
The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steam-ship Formorsa, Captain Christian, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on Tuesday, the 27th September, at 2 P. M.
Cargo will be received on board until 5 P. M. on the 24th, 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 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.
Robert S. Walker,
Superintendent.
P. & O. S. N. Company's Office,
Hongkong, 23d September, 1853.
