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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH OCTOBER, 1891.
4. Nothing herein contained shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, IIer Heirs or Successors, or of any bodies politic or corporate, or other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 419.
Notice is hereby given that the Officer Administering the Government in Council, under and in pursuance of Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, entitled-An Ordinance for granting Patents for Inventions within this Colony and Ordinance No. 6 of 1890, entitled-An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 32 of 1889 and amend Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, has granted Letters Patent bearing date the 12th Octo- ber, 1891, to HENRY BOILS of 419, Battery Street, in the City of San Francisco and State of California, one of the United States of America, Cigar Manufacturer, for securing to the said HENRY BOHLS the exclusive right of using within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, an Invention for which ller Majesty's Letters Patent have been obtained in England by the said HENRY BOHLS for Improve- ments in Cigarette Machines, for the term of Fourteen Years from the 20th January, 1891.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 420.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER, Esquire, to be an Official Member of the Legislative Council, provisionally, during Her Majesty's pleasure and while holding the office of Acting Surveyor General.
By Command,
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th October, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 421.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to recognise, pro- visionally, JOHANN GOOSMANN, Esquire, as in charge of the Imperial Russian Consulate during the temporary absence from the Colony cf H. ST. C. MICHAELSEN, Esquire.
By Command,
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th October, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 422.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to make the following provisional appointments under section 6 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887:-
The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART, Registrar General, to be President
of the Sanitary Board vice the late Honourable SAMUEL BROWN.
The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER, Acting Surveyor General, to be Vice-President of
the Sanitary Board vice The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEwart LockharT,
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th October, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 423.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to recognise, pro- visionally, AGOSTINHO GUILHERME ROMANO, Esquire, as in charge of the Spanish Consulate during the temporary absence from the Colony of SALVADOR RANCES Y VILLANUEVA, Esquire.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th October, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.