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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JULY, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 286.

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With reference to Government Notification No. 202 of the 22nd May, 1894, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire, to be a member of the Sanitary Board for a further period of three years from the 17th of June last.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th July, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 287.

The following Notice is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th July, 1897.

NOTICE.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Commencing with the first mail in August, loose letter boxes will be substituted for the supple- mentary mails now closed on board steamers leaving for Australia.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 12th July, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 288.

The following Notice is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th July, 1897.

NOTICE.

A. M. THOMSON,

Postmaster General.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Letters, &c. posted to go direct to Wu Chau Fu will be charged postage at the same rates as those for China generally.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 16th July, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 289.

A. M. THOMSON,

Postmaster General.

Notice is hereby given that THE CHINA EXPORT, IMPORT AND BANK COMPAGNIE, of Victoria, Hongkong, have complied with the requirements of Ordinances 16 of 1873 and 20 of 1895, for the registration in this Colony of their Marks as applied to--(1) Chemical substances of all sorts (including Mineral Dyes); (2) Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal and mineral substances used in manu- facture (including dyes other than mineral); (3) Unwrought and partly wrought metals; (4) Machinery of all kinds; (5) Musical instruments; (6) Horological instruments; (7) Instruments, apparatus and contrivances for surgical or curative purposes or in relation to health of men or animals; (8) Cutlery and edge tools; (9) Metal goods (including lamps and needles); (10) Goods of precious metals and jewellery and imitations of such goods and jewellery; (11) Glass; (12) Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration; (13) Arms, ammunition and stores; (14) Explosive substances; (15) Cotton yarn and thread; (16) Cotton piece goods of all kinds; (17) Cotton goods of all kinds; (18) Silk piece goods; (19) Yarns of wool, worsted or hair; (20) Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted or hair; (21) Woollen, worsted and hair goods of all kinds; (22) Articles of clothing; (23) Substances used as food or as ingredients in food (including preserves and biscuits); (24) Fermented liquors and spirits; (25) Mineral and aurated waters, natural and artificial (including ginger beer); (26) Candles, common-soap detergents, illuminating, heating or lubricating oils, matches and starch, blue and other preparations for laundry purposes; (27) Perfumery (including toilet articles and preparations for the teeth and hair, and perfumed soap); (28) Games of all kinds, archery, fishing tackle, and toys; (29) Umbrellas, walking sticks, and brushes and combs; and (30) Buttons of all kinds; and that the same have been duly registered.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th July, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary,