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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 1912.
COLONIAL SEC ARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 219.—The following Commission is published for general information.
4th July, 1912.
HONGKONG.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary
COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signe pointing Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G., to be Governor and Comander-in- Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
Dated 9th March, 1912.
Appointment of Sir F. H. MAY, K.C.M.G., to be Governor.
Powers, &c., under Letters
Patent.
Commission dated
May, 1907, superseded.
GEORGE R.I.
:
GEORGE the Fifth, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Knight Com- mander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Greeting.
WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, appoint you, the said Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.
II. And We do hereby authorise, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting the Office of Governor and Com- mander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its Dependencies, bearing date at Westminster the Nineteenth day of January, 1888, 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.
1st 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 the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet of His late Majesty King Edward the Seventh, bearing date the First day of May, 1907, appointing Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, Lieutenant- Colonel on the Retired list of Our Army, having the Brevet rank of Colonel, Knight Commander (now Knight Grand Cross) of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of Our Distin- guished Service Order, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its Dependencies.
Officers and others to take
notice, &c.
IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies, 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 Ninth day of March, 1912, in the Second year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command,
L. HARCOURT,
Commission appointing
Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G.,
to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
Hongkong.
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