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Succession to Government.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH MAY, 1888.
XVI. Whenever the Office of Governor is vacant, or if the Governor become incapable, or be absent from the Colony, Our Lieutenant Governor of the Colony, or if there shall be no such Officer therein, then such person or persons as We have appointed or may hereafter appoint under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and in default of any such appointment, the person lawfully discharging the functions of Colonial Secretary, shall, during Our pleasure, administer the government of the Colony, first taking the Proviso. Oaths of Oaths herein-before directed to be taken by the Governor and in the manner herein prescribed; which being done, We do hereby authorize, empower, and command Our Lieutenant Governor, or any other such Administrator as aforesaid, to do and execute, during Our pleasure, all things that belong to the office of Governor and Commander- in-Chief, according to the tenor of these Our Letters Patent, and according to Our Instructions as aforesaid, and the Laws of the Colony.
Office.
Powers, &c.. of Administrator.
Officers and others to obey and assist Governor.
Term Governor explained.
Power reserved to
Her Majesty to re-
XVII. And We do hereby require and command all Our Officers and Ministers, Civil and Military, and all other the inhabitants of the Colony, to be obedient, aiding and assisting unto the Governor and to any person for the time being administering the government of the Colony.
XVIII. In these Our Letters Patent the term "the Governor" shall include every person for the time being administering the government of the Colony.
XIX. And We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and successors, full voke, alter, or amend power and authority, from time to time, to revoke, alter, or amend these Our Letters
Patent as to Us or them shall seem meet.
present Letters Patent.
Publication of Letters Patent.
XX. And We do further direct and enjoin that these Our Letters Patent shall be read and proclaimed at such place or places within the Colony as the Governor shall think fit.
In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster, the nineteenth day of January, in the Fifty-first year of Our Reign.
By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual,
LETTERS PATENT constituting the Office of
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of
HONGKONG.
MUIR MACKENZIE.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 181.
His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-
Ordinance No. 15 of 1888.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Rating Ordinance, 1888.
Ordinance No. 16 of 1888.---An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for the reservation of a European District in the City of Victoria.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th May, 1888.
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.