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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 30, 1907.
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 574.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint RICHARD HAYES CROFTON to act as Assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils, during the absence on leave of ARTHUR GEORGE MURCHISON FLETCHER, with effect from the 24th instant.
28th August, 1907.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 575. It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to serve on a Committee under the Chairmanship of the Colonial Treasurer to inquire into the causes of the depreciation of the Subsidiary Coinage of the Colony, and to advise as to what means can be taken, with due regard to the interests of trade, to rehabilitate such coinage :—
The Hon. Mr. WEI YOK.
The Hon. Mr. E. OSBORNE,
J. ARMSTRONG, Esq.
D. R. Law, Esq.
A. J. RAYMOND, Esq.
R. SHEWAN, Esq. J. R. M. SMITH, Esq. A. G. Wood, Esq.
29th August, 1907.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary,
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
No. 576.-It is hereby notified that Letters Patent dated the 16th instant, have been granted to Mr. WILLIAM YOULTEN, Architect, of 159, Victoria Street, Westminster, in the County of London, England, for an invention for Improvements in means for separating dirt and the like from the refuse or waste of cotton cleaning machines and from other materials.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary,
24th August, 1907.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 577.-It is hereby notified that Letters Patent dated the 16th instant, have been granted to Mr. Edvard LUDVIGSEN, of No. 27, Ryesgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, Manu- facturer, for an invention for Improvements in and connected with Tills,
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
24th August, 1907.