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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30тп JANUARY, 1869.
For this purpose Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to sanction such a modification of the Statutes of the Order of ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, originally instituted by King GEORGE III in connection with His Majesty's Mediterranean Possessions; and now presided over by a Prince of the Blood Royal, together with such an enlargement of its numbers as will render it available as a reward of distinguished merit or services in any part of Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions.
I annex, for publication in the Colony under your Government, copies of so much of the new Statutes as prescribes the qualifications for admission into the Order and the number of the Knights.
The QUEEN is confident that this measure will be received by Her Subjects as an evidence of the importance which Her Majesty attaches to Her Colonial Dominions as integral parts of the British. Empire, of Her constant interest in their progress, and of Her desire that services of which they are the scene or the occasion may not pass without adequate and appropriate recognition.-I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant,
Governor
SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B.,
BUCKINGHAM & CHANDOS.
&'c.,
&c.,
&c.
Order to contain Three Classes of Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commanders, and Companions.
First Class to comprise
[25] Knights Grand Cross.
Second Class to
comprise [60] Knights Commanders.
Third Class to comprise [100] Companions. Qualifications of
persons eligible for admission into the Order.
Extract from the Statutes of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, dated the 4th December, 1868.
IT is Ordained, that this Most Distinguished Order shall contain Three Classes, as in Our said Letters- Patent mentioned, to be Styled and Designated respectively-
KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS, KNIGHTS COMMANDERS, and COMPANIONS.
It is Ordained, that the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, shall not exceed Twenty-five in Number.
It is Ordained, that the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, shall not exceed Sixty in Number.
It is Ordained, that the Third Class, or Companions, shall not exceed One hundred in Number.
It is Ordained, that the Persons to be admitted into this Most Distinguished Order, shall be such natural-born Subjects of Our Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as may have held, or shall hereafter hold, High and Confidential Offices within any of Our Colonial Possessions, or such Other natural-born Subjects of Our Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as may have held, or shall hereafter hold, High and Confidential Offices, or may render Extraordinary and Important Services to Us as Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in relation to any of Our Colonial Possessions, or who may become eminently Distinguished therein by their Talents, Merits, Virtues, Loyalty, or Services, or who now are, or hereafter may be, appointed Officers of this Most Distin- guished Order.
No. 8.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Schedules of Balances of Intestate Estates are published for general information, and notice is hereby given that those Balances for which no application shall have been made within Twelve Months from this date, will be carried to the Credit of the General Revenue of the Colony, in terms of Ordinance No. 6 of 1854.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd January, 1869.
SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of Persons who have been dead for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1868.
NAME.
George Rogers,
Robert Sharp,
Paixer Bradstreet,
William Martin,
Joseph Green,
Thomas Anderson,
DATE OF DEATH. AMOUNT.
REMARKS,
23rd May,
1863, $365.10a
Administration granted 6th July,
1863.
8th July,
1863,
10th August,
1863,
12.35 C.25
Do.
3rd September, 1863.
Do..
19th September, 1863.
10th September, 1863,
34.15
Do.
19th September, 1863.
22nd November, 1863,
1.03
Do.
8th January,
1864.
4th December, 1863,
-- 80.85
Do.
8th January, 1864,
(a) This amount is the Share of the Residue belonging to the Widow.
W. H.-ALEXANDER, Registrar.