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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 1886.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 373.
VOL. XXXII.
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It is hereby notified that WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, Esquire, Captain Superintendent of Police,
has returned to the Colony, and resumed the duties of his Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th September, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 374.
'he following Despatch respecting the recent scarcity of Water, is published for general information.
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FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Golonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th September, 1886.
The Right Honourable Earl Granville, K.G. to the Officer Administering
the Government of Hongkong.
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GKONG.
No. 107.
DOWNING STREET,
19th July, 1886.
SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 184, of the 1st of June last, reporting one serious want of water in the Colony during the latter part of May.
I learn with satisfaction the prompt measures that you were able to take to relieve the distress nongst the poorer inhabitants arising from the drought, and the assistance which you received from ac Militar and Naval Authorities, and from Members of the Civil Community.
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HONGKONG.
I have, &c.,
(Signed),
GRANVILLE.