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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by. Authority.
No. 19.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH MAY, 1868.
VOL. XIV.
No. 3.
PROCLAMATION,
[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.
By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through His Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOS, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of, and confirming the following Ordinance, namely:-
No. 14 of 1867, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Ninety-five thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1868:
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Ilongkong, this 7th Day of May, 1868.
No. 59.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, in accordance with a Warrant from Her Majesty The QUEEN, dated Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 1st of February, 1868, His Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD Graves MacDonnELL, C.B., has issued a Commission under the Public Seal of the Colony constituting and appointing JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN, Esquire, to be Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Hongkong; and the said JOHN GARDINER AUSTIN, Esquire, has been this day sworn into Office accordingly.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th May, 1868.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.