668
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JULY, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 261.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint provision- ally, Mr. LI IU-KWONG to be Master of the Wongnaich'ung Government School, and Mr. Ho KIN to be Master of the Stanley Government School.
The following Table of Marks shows the result of the Competitive Examination for these appointments.
By Command,
FRIDERICK STEWART,
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Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th July, 1886.
TABLE of MARF of CANDIDATES for the Posts of Masters at the Government Schools.
NAMES.
Reading.
Hand Dic- Compo- Arith- Trans- Chinese Geo- Writing. tation. sition. metic. lation. Classics. graphy.
Grammar Total.
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
900
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1. Li Iu-kwong,
65
70
58
40
100
2. Ho Kin,
45
75
46
75
30
3.
40
60
23
50
35
4.
50
50
56
45
1218
75
30
50
55
NO O O
50
37
*80
575
50
30
55
436.
70.
27
65
420
20
5.5
344
Hongkong, 19th June, 1886.
N. G. MITCHELL-INNES,
Hon. Secretary,
Board of Examiners.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.---No. 262.
The following Finding of the Marine Court, held on the 12th instant, to enquire into the loss of the British Steam-ship Compton, Official No. 77,080, MATTHEW BRYCE WALKER, Master, whose Cer- tificate of Competency is 89,831, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th July, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
FINDING.
1st. We find that the British Steam-ship Compton, 1,186 tons, Official No. 77,080 of London, of which MATTHEW BRYCE WALKER, Number of whose Certificate of Competency is 89,831, was Master, was lost on the South-west side of the Island of Balabac, in the Palawan passage, China Sea. 2nd. That the loss of the ship is due to an unexpected current, the set of which, the Master had no
means of ascertaining.
3rd. The Court see no reason for dealing with the Certificates of either the Master or the Officers. 4th. The Court beg to bring to the notice of the Government, the good treatment and kind attention, which the Officers in charge at Balabac, of the Spanish Gun-boat Bojador, and of the Spanish Transport San Quintin, shewed to the Master, Officers and Crew of the Compton, after the loss of that ship.
Given under our hands at Hongkong, this 12th day of July, 1886. ·
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., GEORGE S. KEIGWIN,
W. ELLIS,
A. B. MACTAVISII,
Stipendiary Magistrate. Navigating Lieutenant, R.N. Commanding British S.S. Airlie. Commanding Br. S.S. Arratoon Apçar.