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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 35.

No. 2.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH AUGUST, 1872.

[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY.

PROCLAMATION.

VOL. XVIII.

By His Excellency SIR ARTHUR Edward KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honourable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances; namely:-

No. 2 of 1872, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice

of the Legislative Council thereof, to prevent certain Nuisances;

No. 4 of 1872, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice

of the Legislative Council thereof, to make Provision for the Branding and Punishment of Criminals in certain Cases:—-

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 19th Day of August, 1872.

No. 158.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency 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 10th Day of July, 1872, unto Doctor FREDERICK SACC, of Neuchatel, Switzerland, 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, for "Improvements in the preservation of fresh Meat and Vegetables, "and in the preparation of Extract of Meat," for the residue of the term of 14 Years, from the 20th Day of December, 1871.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th August, 1872.

No. 159.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following Notices to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th August, 1872.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.