D
DROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
報門轅 港 香
Published by Suthority.
No. 27.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH MAY, 1884.
號七十二第 日六十月四年申甲 日十初月五年四十八百八千一
VOL. XXX.
簿十三第
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 172.
The following Circular Despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, announcing the death of His Royal Highness Prince LEOPOLD, is published for general
information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th May, 1884.
CIRCULAR.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET,
31st March, 1884.
SIR, It is with the deepest regret that I have to communicate to you the melancholy intelligence of the death of His Royal Highness Prince LEOPOLD, Duke of Albany, K.G., fourth son of Her Majesty the QUEEN.
His Royal Highness expired at Cannes, at two o'clock in the morning on the 28th instant, to the inexpressible grief of Her Majesty, the Royal Family, and the Nation.
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
I have, &c.,
DERBY.