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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH FEBRUARY, 1883. 105

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 53. LETTERS PATENT.

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 Patent, bearing date the 16th Day of February, 1883, to FRANCIS WENTWORTH BREWSTER, of Bloomsbury, in the County of Middlesex, England, for securing to him the exclusive right of using within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, an Invention, for which Her Majesty's Letters Patent have been obtained in England, by the said FRANCIS WENTWORTH BREWSTER, for "Improve- ments in Life Preserving Garments," for the term of Three Months from the date of such Letters Patent. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th February, 1883.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 54.

TRADE MARKS.

Notice is hereby given, that Messrs. ARNHOLD KARBERG & Co. have complied with the require- ments of Ordinance No. 16 of 1873, for the registration in this Colony of their Trade Marks as applied to Dyes of all kinds; Medicines; Cotton Yarns and Threads of all kinds; Cotton Piece Goods of all descriptions; Linens of all kinds whether pieces or otherwise; Yarns of Wool and Worsted; Union Cloth, and all other sorts of Cloth; Woollen and Worsted Goods of all kinds; Candles, Soap, Matches of all kinds; Needles and Manufactured Metal Goods of all kinds; Oils of all kinds; Wrought, un- wrought, and partly wrought metals of all kinds; Wire; Glass of all kinds; Earthenware of all kinds; Cement; Umbrellas and Buttons: and that the same have been duly registered.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th February, 1883.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 55.

MARINE COURT.

The following finding of a Marine Court appointed to enquire into the loss of the British Steamer Carisbrooke, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th February, 1883.

FINDING.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

1. We find that the British Steam-ship Carisbrooke, Official No. 65,463, of which MORRIS GEORGE SCOTT, Number of whose Certificate of Competency is 227, Penang, was Master, caught fire on the morning of the 27th January, 1883, while lying at anchor in the harbour of Victoria, Hongkong, and that the Ship was sunk in four fathoms water by means of opening the several cocks and valves in the bottom of the Ship.

2. We are of opinion that the fire originated in the Store-room, but there is no evidence to shew what caused it.

3. We are of opinion that the Master, MORRIS GEORGE SCOTT, committed a grave error in judg- ment in not making the signal for fire on board ship provided by the Harbour Regulations. Had the proper signal been made, assistance would most likely have been supplied by the several Ships of War in Port, and by the ships of the Mercantile Marine.

4. The Police were in good time at the fire and rendered very valuable assistance in getting the Passengers landed; the Chinese junkmen also rendered great help in lending their boats for that purpose. 5. We are of opinion that, with the exception mentioned in paragraph 3, the Master, Officers and Crew did all that lay in their power, for the preservation of the ship and passengers. Given under our hands at Hongkong, this Seventh day of February, 1883.

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

G. W. BALLISTON,

D. Scorr,

FRED. F. FLACK, A. A. MCCASLIN,

Stipendiary Magistrate. Commissioned Officer in the Royal Navy.

-Masters, Mercantile Marine.