The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 29 September 1854

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rot. 21. Si.Tft.IPOUE, FHID*4 I* MOHJriJTG, 29TH SEPTEMBER, 1854. »Vo. 39
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1103 1 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION' THE FOLLOWING ACT IS REPUBLISHED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION By Order, ROBT. CHURCH, Secretary to the. Governor of the Straits hett foments Singapore, 12ih September, 1854. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 12/A August, 1854. The following Act, passed hy the Legislative Council, received the assent of the Most NoM«» the Governor GenP'al
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    • 895 1 On every letter not exceeding a quarter of a tolah in weight, six pie*. On every letter exceeding a quarter of a tolah, and not exceeding half a tolah in weight, one anna On every letter exceeding half a tolah, but not exceeding one tolah in weight, two annas. On
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    • 1281 1 rupees, and latter postage shall bo chargeable on every latter contained therein. XII. Books, pamphlets, packets of newspapers, and of printed or engraved papers Books, pamph- other than newspaper*, provided lata, Ac. they do not exceed one hundred and twenty toiaha ia weight, and be sent without covers or packed
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    • 1266 1 XX. Subjeot to aoy alteration which may be mad# by virtue of the power hereinafter Poatage 00 let* vested in the Governor-General tora, Ac., Dot pre- of India in Conned, lertera poapaid. ted for dispateh, either by sea or land, to aoy place to which a ooat communication U, or
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    • 1309 1 P«„.lr. «r who .ball Im eonvictod of refilling or ligrctiHrilt do* ...op., taft to i«j person deiiriog to purchase the lint, and too* drring id lawful currency ttte full wit. thereof, (the •tamp vendor having in bis possession for aale sufficient •tamps of the deacription and value required), ahull be
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    • 1510 2 privilege of the Pj»t Office, after any part of the loiter* t oo board tbe said »eu»l aball b*ve beea sent to the i Poat Office, ahall forfeit for every such lett*g a tnm I not sxceediog fifty rupees, whether tbe letter be io tbe I bi((i,e or on tbe
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    • 1482 2 Penalty for embezzlement by per•on* employed ia tbe Post Office. Penalty for frsudulent y •Iteri: g mark* on letters, Ac., by pei tons employed in tbe Poll Office. ting, opening, or make *»«y witb, or appropriate it making iwj with iu letter, parcel, or packet a letter*, Ac ,by per-
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    • 1394 2 n Jer ibe hind of-any of the ibof<«auwd Officers, nd in cm* eny stich fine shall not be forthwith paid, ny inch Officer may order the offender te be ap.~, rebended and detained in safe cnstody nntii the etnrn can be conveniently made to sach warrant of istress. unlets such
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    • 1316 2 dom, by whom ibe foreign pottage demaodable at the Lbndoo General or other Post tffice may bo paid. Such pottage caonot be received in this coon* uy.tnd unless it be paid through ao agent as abo*e described, the letters are liable to be returned to 1 India. 1 IV. The
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    • 758 3 Accountant General or Deputy Accountant General. Accountant. Agents, Political, or to the Governor General. Civil Auuitor. Clerk of Uie Legislative Council. Collectors, and Deputy Collectors of Customs. Conservator of Forests, Bombay. Collectors. Sub, Deputy, or Assistant, having special charge. Commissioners, and Deputy Commissioners. Governor of the Straits' Settlements. Judges of
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    • 1373 3 Tide Waiters, To Collector of Customs. This privilege extends only to Tide Waiters' Reports superscribed as such. Jv. D.—The privilege of sending let'era by post, without actual payment of pottage extends only to letters exclusively on the Public Service, and all Public Officers are prohibited from sending on service letters
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    • 949 3 sorted and forwarded to the District Poet Offices of tbe several sub-divisions in which the residence Of tbe add eases may be situated. 14 Persons ia charge of Post Offices in tbe interior of districts recefviag letters for persons residing beyond the limits of their ordinary delivery, but within the
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    • 848 3 admitted in the Schedule of the abovenamed Insolvent, and the same will be paid at my Office on or after Monday next, the 11th instant. J. C. SMITH, Official Assignee. Official Assignee's Office Singapore, J This sth dag of Sept. 1854.) WANTED Immediately by an Officer. A GOOD ENGLISH WRITER,
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    • 934 3 aiierty li P.* Campbell's Cock burn*t. W|»i» key —Scotch ood Irish, Ac. he. Ac. Marin* Store*. Anchors and Cables Lot J age and coir Rope Canvas aud sewing Twine Guns and Carruoades Pitch, Tar aud llcalo; Segars and Tobacco. Tallow, Turpeotioe, Patau, Ac. Hardware da Cutlery. A great variety ol
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    • 977 4 GOVERNMXHT NQTiriC ATION THE FOLLOWING IS PUBLISHED FOR geNERAL INFORM ITION At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the Bth day of June 1854. Present. THE QUBEN'S U OsT EXCELLENT MAJESTY II COUNCIL. Wtitans by the "Foreign Dfeserter\Aetof 1852." it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her
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    • 1083 4 of letter! to be despatched pre-paid letter! which tbe lender wishes to despatch pro-paid, must have Postage stamp labels pastett-or gammed on them, of vsloe sufficient to cover tbe Postage.- f If the valne of the stamps affixed to any letter be less than the fall amount of postage ehargaable,
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    • 752 4 a receipt will be demanded from the addreetsv on tbo letter beiog delivarad. H. B. RIDDKLL, a Director General of the Poet Ofict, Ml, Calcutta, the 14 ik August, 1854. In the Court of Judicature of Frince of Wales' Island, Singapore and Malaoea. i 'VTOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVER, that the
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    • 992 4 THE LONDON ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFICE. N 1643 (ESTABLISHEO IN 1X43 fWI H R Undersigned arK prepared to accept risks (covered by open PoimnL licies with the London Inmrance Com* panics) by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's and the Hon'ble the East India Company's Steamers, or Steamers
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    • 811 4 RATES of PABBAOK MOntV PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAR NAVIGATION COMPANY. IN announcing an alteration of the Coam. Rates of Passage Money, on the^' between England and lodia and China, the Dill!" ors hare to express ibeir regret that, in of the great increase in the price of Coal. a J?*
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    • 1097 5 Sinya/ ore, Friday, 29th September, 1854 The P. O. Co's Steam-ship Formosa, Captain Tregear, arrived here on the 22nd instant, from Calcutta the 14th. She proceeded to Hongkong on the following day. H. M. Ship Sybiile, the Hon. Captain Elliott, proceeded on a cruize on the 21st
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    • 5214 5 Friday, 22nd September, 1854. Sir James Brooke handed in some documents connected with the Eastern Archipelago Company. GEORGE TOD WRIGHT, Chief Officer of the H. C. Steamer Hoogh'y. Q. Commissioners]. Your signature appears to the Memorial to Mr Hume of January
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    • 842 6 (From the China Mail September 7.) The barque Be viderm bought a few month* ago for #28,000, when told by public auction yesterday by older of the Sheiiff, was knocked down to Chinaman for #4,400. Our list of piracies, it will be seen,'is much larger than o-ual, and the
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    • 1811 6 Our Position in the Indian pelago(From the Friend of India, August 14 Of at) the civilized Governments of the world, only two no* pretend to political domination in Sontbero Asia The Spaniards who once claimed the lordship of the Indies still retain the Philippines, hot rather •s a cigar
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    • 964 6 The Japan Empire. THE TREATY OF KANAGAWA. (From ike New Yerk Herald, July 18.) Woe king ton, July 16th, 1854. Tba following is copy of tbo Japan treaty communicated to the.Benate Ju y 13th TREATY. Between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan, done at Kanegawa
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    • 610 6 J*/- Vessels' Namei.. 1 Tons Commanders. Consigner* Destination i(C. ti M ship Bybslle 1633 Hon C.U.J, Elliot w' I 1 H. M. brig Lilf 431 Sanderson, Esq I B. steamer *t: Shanghai 700 1 Munro H. T Marshall Hongkong B. barq r, Santubomg 195 Du (relay
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    • 738 5 NOTICE. THE Undersigned have been appointed Agents •t this Port for the INSURANCE COMPANIES OF NEW YORK. Masters of Vessels are requested to communicate 0 them intelligence of losses, accidents and any c her information they may consider of importance. BEHN MEYER A CO. Singapore, 15<A September, 1853. NOTICE THE
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    • 165 5 RATES OF ADTEBTISIICI SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. 6 00 for Ist month 0 40 each Drs. Cent For Every Shipping Advertisement S 50 For Every additional insertion after 1 month 0 25 House to Let, the same rate. Other Advertisements not exceeding 12 lines 3 00 for Ist month Every additional
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