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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 52.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH DECEMBER, 1871.
VOL. XVII.
No. 185.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Commission under the Hand and Seal of His Excellency The Governor, accom- panied by a Memorandum connected therewith, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.
Whereas for the furtherance of Public interests as connected with the efficiency and organization of the Police Force, and the prevention of Crime in the Colony of Hongkong, it is expedient that certain inquiries and investigation should be made into the present state of the Force; And whereas such inquiries and investigation will be most conveniently prosecuted by means of a Commission: Now, therefore, know Ye that I, SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Bachelor, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, LL. D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby under my Hand and the Seal of the said Colony, appoint you The Honorable THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR, Acting Attorney General; The Honorable WILLIAM KESWICK, Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council; FRANCIS WILLIAM MITCHELL, Esquire; HENRY LOWCOCK, Esquire; WILLIAM LEMANN, Esquire; FREDERICK STEWART, Esquire; and GEORGE FALCONER, Esquire, or any four of you, to be Commission for instituting and prosecuting all needful or proper inquiries in that behalf, and to take evidence in the premises, and to report to me all evidence so taken by you, and also your opinions thereon. And I do hereby require you to commence your inquiries forthwith, and to proceed therein continuously and to make your report to me as aforesaid with all reasonable despatch. And I do hereby empower you, during the course, and for the purposes of your said Commission, to demand and obtain access at all times to all Papers, Records, and Documents, relating to the subject matter of the said Coinmission being in the custody and under the control of the several Public Departments within this Colony. And from time to time to call before you and examine all persons superintending or employed in or under any of the said Departments. And I do hereby charge all persons in the Public Service to be aiding and assisting unto you herein.
Given under my Hand and under the Scal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this Twenty-second Day of December, A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy-one.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.