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PROCLAMATION.
His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, on the occasion of the Birthday of Her Most Gracious Majesty, and in virtue of the Powers delegated to him under the Royal Signet and Sign Manual, is pleased, in the name and on the behalf of the Queen, to grant a free Pardon to nineteen Prisoners at present confined in the Gaol of this Colony for Minor Offences, or who, during a long period of imprisonment and hard labour, have been reported by the Chief Magistrate as well-conducted. They will be liberated on the 24th instant.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
J. F. DAVIS.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong,}
this 22d May,
By His Excellency's Command,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,
Colonial Secretary..
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