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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD OCTOBER, 1897. 877

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 450.

Notice is hereby given that Messrs. R. RIGOLD AND BERGMANN, of London, England, have complied with the requirements of Ordinances 16 of 1873 and 20 of 1895, for the registration in this Colony of their Mark as applied to Condensed Milk and tins thereof; and that the same has been duly registered.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd October, 1897.

J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 451.

Notice is hereby given that Messrs. N. P. NATHAN'S SONS, of Manchester, England, have complied with the requirements of Ordinances 16 of 1873 and 20 of 1895, for the registration in this Colony of their Mark as applied to Velvets, Velveteens, and goods of a similar nature; and that the same has been duly registered.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd October, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 452. The following Circular Despatch with its enclosures is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd October, 1897.

CIRCULAR (1) CIRCUL

SIR,

J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET,

11th August, 1897.

With reference to Lord RIPON's circular despatch of the 7th February, 1895, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of the Commercial arrangement between this country and Bulgaria which was signed at Vienna on the 24th ultimo.

It will be observed that under Article 5, the arrangement will be applicable to all Colonies sub- ject to the right of any Colony to refuse its acceptance within six months from the date of signature.

I have the honour to be,

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble Servant,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Commercial Arrangement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Principality of Bulgaria.

:

The Undersigned, Francis Edmund Hugh Elliot, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria, and his Excellency Dr. C. Stoiloff, President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Public Worship of His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria, Grand Cross of the Princely Order of St. Alexander in Brilliants, Grand Cordon of the Orders of the Osınanieh and Medjidieh in Brilliants, &c., duly authorized by their respective Governments, have agreed as follows:- Article 1. British subjects in Bulgaria, and Bulgarians in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall respectively enjoy, immediately and unconditionally, in all matters relating to navigation, industry, and commerce, including importation and exportation as well as transit, the same rights, privileges, liberties, facilities, immunities, and exemptions as are enjoyed, or may here- after be enjoyed, by natives or by subjects of any other foreign State, without payment of any impost, tax, customs duty, or other due, charge, or expense, other or higher than those to which the latter are liable; further, no customs duties or other dues or charges shall be levied at any one frontier different from or higher than those which are levied at any other frontier on similar articles. British subjects in Bulgaria, and Bulgarians in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall enjoy perfect equality of treatment with natives and the subjects of every other foreign State in all matters relating to bonding, bounties, drawbacks, facilities, patents for inventions, trade-marks, distinctive marks of manufacture or of origin, patterns, and designs.