Any further communication should be addressed to
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
(RAILWAY DEPARTMENT),
BOARD OF TRADE,
LONDON, S.W.
And the following letter and number should be quoted -
R. 2020/1
Telegraphic Address. BOARD TRADE, RAILWAY, LONDON.
BOARD OF TRADE,
(RAILWAY DEPARTMENT)
C. C. 3167
18 FEB 90
LONDON, S.W.,
17th February 1890.
Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, transmitting for their observations a copy of an Ordinance passed in the Colony of Hong Kong amending Ordinance No. 14 of 1862 "Patents for Inventions", and in reply to state, for the information of Lord Knutsford, that, in the opinion of the Board of Trade, the reference in Section 1 of the Ordinance of 1889 to the Patents Designs and Trade Marks Act 1883, should read 1883 to 1888.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.