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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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No. 43.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH OCTOBER, 1896.

VOL. XLII.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 396.

The following Circular Despatch with its enclosure is published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART Lockhart,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th October, 1896.

CIRCULAR.

DOWNING STREET,

29th August, 1896.

SIR,---I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and for publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of a Notice issued by the Foreign Office concerning the denunciation of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and the Dominican Republic signed on the 6th March, 1850.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

Foreign Office, August 19, 1896.

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received, from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, a Note, dated the 14th ultimo, denouncing the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, signed between Great Britain and Dominica on the 6th of March, 1850. This notice of denunciation, which is in conformity with the provisions of Article X. of that Treaty, as supplemented by the the terms of the subsequent Declaration of the 7th of September, 1860, has been accepted by Her Majesty's Government, and the stipulations of the Treaty,-except those relating to peace and friendship between the two countries and their subjects and citizens,—will cease and determine accordingly on the 14th of July, 1897.

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