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No. 63(G.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JULY, 1899.

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(Officer Administering the Government to Her Britannic Majesty's Minister, Peking.)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 5th August, 1898.

SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge Your Excellency's despatch of the 11th July, received on the 25th July, enclosing copy of a letter from Sir ROBERT HART in which he sets forth the arrangements necessary in his opinion for the pro- tection of Chinese revenue under the new circumstances created by the recent extension of Hongkong territory.

In reply, I beg to transmit copy of extract from a despatch addressed by me to the Secretary of State for the Colonies dealing seriatim with the numbered paragraphs of the Inspector General's letter.

I have the honour to be,

His Excellency

Sir CLAUDE MACDONALD, K.C.B., K.G.M.G., Her Britannic Mojesty's Minister,

PEKING.

No. 68/G.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

W. BLACK,

Major-General, Administering the Government,

(Officer Administering the Government to Her Britannic Majesty's Minister, Peking.)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 15th August, 1898.

SIR,-So as to keep Your Excellency acquainted with the course of events in Hongkong regarding the Convention signed on the 9th June last, I have the honour to enclose copies of a letter from the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce and of my despatch to the Secretary of State transmitting the same.

I need hardly add that the suggestion made therein as to aiding the Imperial Maritime Customs in the collection of Opium duties presupposes as a sine qua non the total withdrawal of Chinese Customs Stations and of their revenue craft from the waters of Hongkong.

I have the honour to be,

His Excellency

Sir CLAUDE M. MACDONALD, K.C.B., K C.M.G,

Her Britannic Majesty's Minister,

PEKING.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

W. BLACK,

Major-General, Administering the Government.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 363.

It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinance :----

Ordinance No. 9 of 1899, entitled-An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Solicitors of

the Supreme Court. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th June, 1899.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, for the Colonial Secretary.

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