1060 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST NOVEMBER, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 456.
GEORGE HENRY BATESON WRIGHT, Esquire, D.D., Oxon., Head Master, Victoria College, having returned to the Colony, resumed the duties of his office on the 31st ultimo.
By Cominand,
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th November, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 474.
The following Conditions, made by His Excellency the Governor under which Teachers' allowances may be granted to Candidates for bonuses under Section I. of the Interpretation Regulations published in Government Notification No. 209 of 4th May, 1889, are published.
1. Any member of the Civil Service, studying Chinese under Section I. of Government Notification 209 of 4th May, 1889, will be permitted to draw Teacher's Allowance for a period not exceeding two years in respect of any one dialect.
2. During that period the Board of Examiners will test his progress in the study of that Dialect by half yearly examinations in accordance with a fixed syllabus approved by the Governor, and the student will be expected to pass his final examination within 3 years from the date of commencing to draw the allowance.
3. The Governor may for any one of the following reasons require the refund of the total amounts drawn by the candidate or any portion of them (a) on the report of the Board that he has not made satisfactory progress during the preceding half year, if the failure appears to the Board to be caused by neglect of study rather than by want of linguistic ability; (b) in case of failure to satisfy the Board at his final examination when such failure indicates neglect of study; (c) on his ceasing without permission to study the prescribed Dialect at any time before passing his final examination; (d) on leaving the service before passing the final examination or within a period of 3 years subsequent to passing it.
4. On good cause (such as illness, or unforeseen want of linguistic talent,) being shown the Governor may dispense with the refund of the allowance, and in the case of illness or other good cause being proved to the satisfaction of the Board, the Governor may grant leave to extend the time of any examination due under Rule No. 2.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 475.
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 29th Octo- ber, 1891, to PAUL DE SUSINI, of No. 6, Rue de Sfax, Paris, in the Republic of France. Doctor of Medicine, for securing to the said PAUL DE SUSINI the exclusive right of using within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, an Invention for which Her Majesty's Letters Patent have been obtained in England by the said PAUL DE SUSINI for Improvements in Motor Engines worked by the vapor of ether and other volatile liquids, for the term of Fourteen Years from the 12th July, 1890.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 476.
Notice is hereby given that GEORG COATES, Esquire, Consul for Germany, has reported his resumption of the duties of the Consulate at this Port.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th November, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary,