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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 20.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH APRIL, 1877.
VOL. XXIII.
No. 106.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies enclosing Correspondence on the latest method of treating the Cattle Plague adopted by the Veterinary Department of the Imperial Government, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th April, 1877.
HONGKONG.
No. 24.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 15th March, 1877.
SIR,-In reply to your Despatch No. 17 of the 24th of January, I have the honour to enclose a copy of a Correspondence with the Council Office, from which you will learn the latest method of treating the Cattle Plague adopted by the Veterinary Department of the Imperial Government.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
The Officer Administering the Government of Ilongkong.
Your most obedient humble Servant,
CARNARVON.
The Colonial Office to the Council Office.
(Copy.)
DOWNING STREET, 8th March, 1877.
SIR,-I am directed by the EARL of Carnarvon to transmit to you a copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Hongkong, reporting that an outbreak of Cattle disease has occurred in the Colony, and I am to state that Lord CARNARVON will be glad to be furnished, for the guidance of the Colonial Government, with any observations which the experience of your Department may enable you to offer.
I am, &c.,
(Signed,) R. H. MEADE.
The Clerk of the Council,
Council Office.
(Copy.)
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The Privy Council Office to the Colonial Office.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE, 44, PARLIAMENT STREET, WESTMINSTER, S. W., 13th March, 1877.
SIR,-I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, transmitting copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Hongkong, reporting that an outbreak of Cattle disease has occurred in the Colony, and requesting to be furnished, for the guidance of the Colonial Government, with any observations which the experience of the Veterinary Department may enable me to offer.