THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 12, 1935.
Appointment of
Kt., C.M.G., C.B.E, to be Governor.
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WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Sir Andrew Caldecott, Signet, appoint you the said Sir ANDREW CALDECOTT, to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, with all the powers, rights, privileges and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.
Powers, etc., under Letters Patent.
Commission dated
5th March, 1930, superseded.
Officers, and others
to take notice, etc.
II. And We do hereby authorise, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions con- tained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal, constituting the Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its Dependencies, bearing date at Westminster the Fourteenth day of February, 1917, or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our said Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you may hereafter receive from Us.
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III. And further We do hereby appoint that, so soon as you shall have taken the prescribed Oaths and have entered upon the duties of your Office, this Our present Commission shall supersede Our Com- mission under Our Sign Manual and Signet bearing date the Fifth day of March, 1930, appointing Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir WILLIAM PEEL, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (now Sir WILLIAM PEEL, Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), to be Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its Dependencies.
IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependen- cies, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof and to give their ready obedience accordingly.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Fifth day of November, 1935, in the Twenty-sixth Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command,
Commission appointing
Sir ANDREW CALDECOTT, Kt., C.M.G., C.B.E.,
to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
HONG KONG.
MALCOLM MACDONALD.
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