COMMISSION
OF
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.
[L.S.] W. H. MARSH.
Whereas it is expedient that a Commission should be appointed to enquire into and report upon the system of leasing or otherwise disposing of Crown Lands, and to suggest any alterations or im- provements therein, or to facilitate the transfer of land held directly or indirectly from the Crown and generally to report upon any means that can be adopted by the Government in the disposal of land to check overcrowding in the more thickly populated parts of the City: Now, therefore, I WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby appoint you Sir GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Knight, Chief Justice; The Honourable EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD, Acting Attorney General; The Honourable JoHN MACNEILE PRICE, Surveyor General; ALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN, Esquire, Justice of the Peace; and HO KAI, Esquire, Justice of the Peace, to be a Commission to make such Inquiry and to take evidence for the purpose, and to report to me the evidence and your opinion thereon; and I hereby charge all persons in the public service to assist you herein.
Given under my Hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, this 30th day of April, 1886.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,