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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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Published by Suthority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH JULY, 1884.

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No. 40.

VOL. XXX.

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簿十三第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 253.

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to make

the following appointments in the Registrar General's Department :-

NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES, Esquire, to be Assistant Registrar General.

CHARLES OSMUND, Esquire, to be 1st Clerk in the place of JOHN GERRARD, Esquire, retired

on pension.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th July, 1884.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 254.

The following Despatch respecting the future Victoria College is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th July, 1884.

HONGKONG,

No. 125.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, K.C., to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G.

DOWNING STREET.

9th June, 1884.

SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 142 of the 29th of April, reporting the proceedings which took place on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the future Victoria College.

2. I have read your despatch with much interest and must express my great satisfaction that this long delayed and much needed work has at length been definitely begun.

Governor

SIR G. F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G.,

&e.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,)

DERBY.