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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JULY, 1885.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 285.

The following Finding of the Marine Court, heid on the 17th instant, to enquire into the stranding of the Steam-ship Welcombe, Official No. 89,524, WILLIAM REGINALD CORFIELD, Master, whose Certi- ficate of Competency as Extra Master is No. 04,373, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th July, 1885.

FINDING.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

We find that the British Steam-ship Welcombe, Official No. 89,524, WILLIAM REGINALD CORFIELD, Master, whose Certificate of Competency as Extra Master is No. 04,373, sailed from Saigon April, 1885, bound for the Pescadores Islands.

That nothing of importance occurred until the evening of the 1st May, when the ship struck on a rock near Fisher Island, Pescadores.

We are of opinion that the ship was being navigated with all due care by the Master.

We find that the rock on which the Welcombe struck is not marked on the Charts nor mentioned in the China Sea Directory, Vol. III, (1884).

We are of opinion that no blame attaches to the Master or to any of the Officers, and further that all necessary precaution was taken after the accident for the preservation of the ship.

Given under our hands at Hongkong, this 17th day of July, 1885.

R. MURRAY RUMSEY,

A. E. MCMURDO, CHAS. M. H. DAY, T. L. DAVIES,

Ret. Com., R.N., President

of Court.

Lieut. R.N.,

Commander S.S. “ India.” Master S.S." Taisang."

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 277.

The following Lot of Crown Land at Bowrington will be sold by Public Auction, on Monday, the 20th day of July, at 2.30 P.M.

Inland Lot No. 744.

For Particulars and Conditions of Sale, see Government Notification No. 271 of the 4th instant.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th July, 1885.

FREDERICK STewart,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 272.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 20th day of July, 1885, at 5.30 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th July, 1885.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonico Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 20th --

day of July, 1885, at 5.30 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

Boundary Measurements.

LOCALITY.

Contents in

Annual Rent.

Upset

Price.

NW.

SE.

NE. sw. Square ft.

Rural

feet. feet. feet. feet.

$

1

Building Lot No. 34.

Mount Gough District, The Peak, 480 480 150 150 72,000

158

720

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the Lot in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.