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No. 53.

號三十五第

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1895.

VOL. LXI.

日七初月十年未乙 日三十二月一十年五十九百八千一 簿一十四第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 480.

The following Circular Despatch is published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th November, 1895.

CIRCULAR.

DOWNING STREET,

1st October, 1895.

SIR, I have the honour to state, for the information of your Government, that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from the Chilean Minister at this Court, a Note, dated the 3rd September, 1895, denouncing the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, signed between Great Britain and Chile on the 4th of October, 1854.

This notice of denunciation has been accepted and the provisions of the Treaty-except those relating to peace and friendship between the two countries and their subjects and citizens, which continue obligatory for both parties--will cease and determine on the 3rd September, 1896.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble, Servant,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 481.

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

No. 18 of 1895, entitled--The River Steamers Ordinance.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th November, 1895.

J. H. Stewart LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary,