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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH NOVEMBER, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 451.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and subject to Her Majesty's pleasure, HENRY LARDNER DENNYS to be Crown Solicitor, with effect from the 1st December, 1896, in succession to ALFRED BULWER JOHNSON, resigned.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th November, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 452.
Notice is hereby given that Hu YUN HING and CHAN PO WAN, carrying on business under the firm name of Chun Hing Loong & Co., have complied with the requirements of Ordinances 16 of 1873 and 20 of 1895, for the registration in this Colony of their Mark as applied to Matches; and that the same has been duly registered.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office. Hongkong, 26th November, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 453.
The following Circular despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th November, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
CIRCULAR.
SIR,
DOWNING STREET,
7th September, 1896.
I have the honour to transmit to you the correspondence noted in the margin Baron de, Courcel to Lond respecting the invitation conveyed by the French Government to Great Britain Salisbury, 28th Septem- and the British Colonies to take part in the Universal International Exhibition, to Note from the French be held at Paris in the year 1900, together with copy of the "Actes Organiques,'
Government to Baron de which explain the scope and objects of the Exhibition.
ber, 1895.
Courcel, 28th December, 1895.
Lord Salisbury to Baron
1896.
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The management of the British Section of the Exhibition will be entrusted to de Courcel, 3rd June, a Royal Commission as to whose appointment and procedure I am not at present in a position to address you; but in view of the wish expressed by the French Note from the French Government that a British Delegate should be appointed at an early date to discuss Government to French with the French Commissary General preliminary questions as to space, &c., the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs proposes to depute Mr. AUSTIN LEE, of Baron de Courcel to Lord Her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, to undertake these duties as a temporary measure
Salisbury, 6th August, pending the constitution of the Royal Commission.
Embassy, 13th June,
1896.
1896.
*Actes Organiques."
Should you think it probable that the Colony under your Government will desire to be represented at the Exhibition, I shall be obliged if you will give me any information in your power at an early date by telegraph, as to the probable requirements of the Colony in regard to space in order that such information may be communicated to Mr. LEE.
The Officer Administering the Government of
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
HONGKONG.
*Not yet received.