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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 29TH JULY, 1876.
VOL. XXII.
No. 31.
No. 140.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular Despatch, received from The Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1876.
Circular.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 31st March, 1876. SIR,I have the honor to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, forwarding a note from the Netherlands Minister at this Court with its enclosures, inviting the co-operation of the British Colonies in an International Exhi- bition of Horticulture to be held at Amsterdam in 1877.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
CARNARVON.
The Officer Administering
the Government of Hongkong.
The Foreign Office to the Colonial Office.
COPY.
FOREIGN OFFICE, March 17th, 1876. SIR, I am directed by the Earl of Derby to transmit to you herewith, a copy of a note, together with its enclosures, from the Netherlands Minister at this Court, inviting the co-operation of the British Colonies in an International Exhibition of Horticulture, to be held at Amsterdam in 1877, and I am to request that in laying the same before the Earl of CARNARVON you will move his Lordship to take such steps as may seem to him best adapted for communicating to the proper quarters the invitation of the Netherlands Government with respect to the Exhibition in question.
I am, &c.,
(Signed)
T. V. LISTER.
Count Bylandt to the Earl of Derby.
The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
COPY.
LONDRES, le 11 Mars 1876.
M. LE COMTE,-Le Comité de l'exposition internationale d'Horticulture qui aura lieu à Amsterdam en 1877, accordera un espace important dans les locaux de l'exposition non-seulement aux produits des Colonies Néerlandaises, mais aussi aux produits des Colonies des autres Puissances étrangères, dans le but d'établir une ligne de comparaison entre ces différents produits et d'avoir de la sorte des éléments pour les discussions et investigations scientifiques du congrès qui sera convoqué à cette
occasion.
En conséquence le Comité susdit a exprimé le désir:
1°. Que les programmes de cette exposition fussent transmis par l'intermédiaire du Gouverne- ment de S. M. B. aux différents établissements et sociétés intéressés dans les Colonies Brit. ainsi qu'aux particuliers qui pourraient avoir intérêt à prêter leur concours à cette entreprise scientifique;