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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH NOVEMBER, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 441.
The following letter from Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Tainan, which confirms the sad intelligence already received in the Colony to the effect that there are no other survivors from the wreck of the Bokhara besides those whose names are already known, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd November, 1892.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
HER MAJESTY'S CONSULATE,
TAINAN, October 25th, 1892.
SIR-I returned yesterday from the Pescadores where I have been making enquiries in the hopes of discovering further survivors from the wreck of the S.S. Bokhara but I regret to say I have not been successful. I was not able to search all the islands on account of heavy weather and the small size of the steamer I was in, but the Chinese authorities have undertaken to search them as soon as the weather moderates. I fear, however, there is little or no hope of finding any survivors.
The men reported to me as being in Pachao Island were the sole survivors from the wreck of the Norwegian Steamer Normand lost on Tortoise Rocks on the night of the 9th instant.
I had arranged with the Chinese authorities at the Pescadores to bring the bodies washed ashore to Makung that I might bury them there in a piece of ground which the Chentai promised to give up to us as a cemetery, but I regret to say that the heavy gales of the last ten days have prevented all communication by water and it was found impossible to bring them overland. They have therefore been buried on the various islands where they came ashore, the total number buried being sixty-six.
I know that great anxiety is experienced in Hongkong as to the fate of the two survivors reported as being on Pachao and I have therefore thought it advisable to communicate to you the result of my enquiries.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Esquire,
&c.,
Colonial Secretary, &c.,
&c.,
HONGKONG.
PELHAM WARREN,
Consul.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. '442.
It is hereby notified that the Queen's Exequatur, empowering Mr. R. G. SHEWAN, to act as Consul for Chili at Hongkong, has received Her Majesty's signature.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th November, 1892.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 443.
The following Extract of Meteorological Observations, made at the Hongkong Observatory, during the Month of October, 1892, is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th November, 1892.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.