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No. 2.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 14, 1920.
PROCLAMATIONS.
[L. S.]
R. E. STUBBS,
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir REGINALD EDWARD STUBBS, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by the second section of the Commissioners Powers Ordinance, 1886, it is enacted that the Governor in Council shall have power to nominate and appoint Com- missioners under the public seal for the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting any enquiry that may be deemed advisable and for reporting thereon:
And Whereas the Governor in Council has deemed it advisable that an enquiry should be instituted, made, and conducted into the position and working of the University of Hongkong:
Now I, Sir REGINALD EDWARD STUBBS, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoint you :-
The Honourable Mr. JOSEPH HORSFORD KEMP, K.C., C.B.E. The Honourable Mr. ERNEST HAMILTON SHARP, K.C., O.B.E. The Honourable Mr. EDWARD ALEXANDER Irving.
The Honourable Mr. JOHN JOHNSTONE.
Mr. SEEN WAN-Tsó.
to be Commissioners for the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting such enquiry:
And I do also appoint you, the said Mr. ERNEST HAMILTON SHARP, K.C., O.B.E., to be Chairman of the said Commissioners:
And I do also appoint Mr. NOEL BARNARD TEESDALE MACKINTOSHI, Registrar of the University of Hongkong, to be Secretary to the said Commissioners:
And I do also order and direct that for all or any of the purposes of the said enquiry four Commissioners inclusive of the Chairman shall be and constitute a quorum :
And I do further, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, order and direct that the said Commissioners shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges set out in the third section of the said Ordinance :
And I do further require you, the said Commissiouers, to report to me your findings in the matter of the said enquiry and your recommendations as to the reorganisation required at as carly a date as possible.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hongkong, this 14th day of May, 1920.
By Command,
GOD SAVE THE KING.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Colonial Secretary.
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 280. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Mr. JOSEPH HORSFORD KEMP, K.C., C.B.E., to be a Director of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions during the absence on leave of Mr. STEWART BUCKLE CARNE ROSS or until further notice, with effect from the 6th May, 1920.
13th May, 1920.