COMMISSION BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.
[L.S.] G. F. Bowen.
Whereas a memorial has been addressed to me by the Officers of the Public Works
Department, praying that enquiry should be instituted into certain charges which have
been publicly made against them; and whereas it is expedient that the prayer of the
memorialists should be granted; and that such enquiry should be instituted, and also
into the circumstances under which information respecting Departmental correspondence
has been communicated to persons not in the Government service: Now, therefore, I,
Sir GEORGE FERGUSON Bowen, Knight Grand Cross 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, do hereby, with the
advice of the Executive Council, appoint the Honourable EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY,
Attorney General, the Honourable ALFRED LISTER, Treasurer, and the Honourable
FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON to be a Commission to make such enquiry, and to report
to me; and I hereby charge all persons in the public service to assist them therein; and
all persons having information to communicate respecting such charges are hereby
invited to furnish the same to the said Commission.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, this 22nd day of
December, 1883.
By Command,
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.