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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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Published by Authority.

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No. 37.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 11TH AUGUST, 1838.

VOL. XXXIV.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 381.

Notice is hereby given that the Governor in Council, under and in pursuance of Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, entitled-An Ordinance for granting Patents for Inventions within this Colony, has granted Letters Fatent bearing date the 20th July, 1888, to ALFRED DON, of 21, Cooper Street, Redfern, in the Colony of New South Wales, for securing to the said ALFRED DON the exclusive right of using within the Color y of Hongkong and is Dependencies, an Invention for which Her Majesty's Letters Patent have been obtained in England by the said ALFRED DON, for an improved Apparatus for the prevention and consumption of Smoke, and more complete combustion of fuel in Steam Boiler and other Furnaces, for the term of Fourteen Years from the 24th day of January, 1888.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th July, 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 362.

The following Despatch is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th August, 1888.

HONGKONG.

No. 108.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

Secretary of State to Gocernor of Hongkong.

DownING STREET,

28th June, 1888.

SIR.I have the honour to inform you that I have received information from the Foreign Office stating that British Sovereignty has been established over Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.

Governor Sir G. WILLIAM DES Vœux, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

I have, &c..

KNUTSFORD.