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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH APRIL, 1899.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 211.

The following Letter is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th April, 1859.

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

No. 496 MARINE.

J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.

From Major H. G. C. Swayne, R.E., Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal.

To the Colonial Secretary, Hongkong.

Dated CALCUTTA, the 13th March, 1899. SIR, I am directed to state, for your information, that intimation having been received of the outbreak of plague at Hongkong the necessary instructions have been issued to the officers concerned to strictly enforce the Venice Sanitary Convention regulations in the Ports of Calcutta and Chitta- gong against vessels arriving from Hongkong.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most Obedient Servant,

H. G. C. SWAYNE,

Major, R.E., Under-Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 212.

The following Letter is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th April, 1899.

CONSULAT DE France

A HONGKONG.

MONSIEUR LE SECRETAIRE DE LA COLONIE,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. HONGKONG, 4 Avril, 1899.

J'ai l'honneur de vous informer que Monsieur le Gouverneur Général de l'Indo-Chine m'a télé- graphié qu'une quarantaine de neuf jours y compris la traversée est imposée dans les ports de l'Indo- Chine française aux navires provenant de Hongkong.

L'immigration de Chinois est suspendue.

L'importation des chiffons est prohibée ainsi que celle des farines et de toutes autres deurées sus- ceptibles d'attirer des animaux rougeurs.

Veuillez agréer Monsieur le Secretaire de la Colonie, les assurances de ma haute considération,

LEON GME. LE ROUX.

To the Hon. J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary, HONGKONG.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 213.

The following Telegram is published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th April, 1899.

"GOVERNOR,

"Hongkong.

"BANGKOK, 3rd April, 1899.

"Nine days' quarantine imposed on Hongkong. Vessels to stop at Koh Phai for inspection.

"BRITISH MINISTER."