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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27TH APRIL, 1861.
VOL. VII.
No. 17.
No. 44..
HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, 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 Newcastle, Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-
No. 17 of 1860, cntitled--"An Ordinance to constitute a Board of Examiners for granting
Certificates of Competency to Masters and Mates in the Mercantile Marine":---- Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has beer so approved and confirmned, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 22nd Day of April; 1861.
No. 45.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
JOHN SMALE, Esquire, having reported his arrival in the Colony, has been appointed Attorney General of Hongkong, by virtue of a Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual.
By Order,
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22nd April, 1861.
No. 46.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following Gentlemen to be Trusteca of St. John's Cathedral on the part of Government for the ensuing year :-
The Honorable CHARLES ST. GEORGE CLEVERLY, Esquire,
HENRY KINGSMILL, Esquire,
The Rev. W. BEACH,
W. H. ALEXANDER, Esquire;
and J. C. Power, Esquire, is nominated Auditor of Cathedral Accounts on the like behalf.
By Order,
L. D'ALMADA ≈ CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th April, 1861.
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