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the
Executive Council and by Queen's Regulations defining his rank in the
Colony Severally
for men,
in connection with
My remarks, to express my opinion - with all deference, that it is desirable at this, the Military Station in China,
where there is much intercourse with
Colonial and neighboring Chinese Authorities, Foreign Officers, &c. that the
appointment of the General Officer in
Command Should not lose in the consideration in which it has hitherto been held, and that therefore, under the amended Charter he Should receive
in future the Commission of Lieutenant
Governor. -
I submit that no
disadvantage
Could
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST AUGUST, 1875.
No. 36.
No. 147.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XXI.
The following Draft of Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to amend the Charter of the Colony of Hongkong dated 5th April, 1843, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th August, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
HONG KONG. (Supplementary Charter,) DRAFT OF LETTERS PATENT passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
to Amend the Charter of the Colony of Hong Kong, dated 5th April, 1843.
1875.
the Colony of Hong
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Dated 8th June,
WHEREAS, by certain Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the fifth day of April, 1843, in the sixth year of Our Reign, We did erect Our Island of Hong Kong and its dependencies (as therein described and set forth), into a separate Colony, to be known and designated as the Colony of Hong Kong, and did further provide for the government thereof, as upon relation being had to Our said Letters Patent will more fully and at large appear.
And whereas by Our Order in Our Privy Council, bearing date the 4th day of February, 1861, in the twenty-fourth year of Our Reign, it was ordered that the Kowloon district, therein described, should be part and parcel of Our said Colony.
And whereas, by Our said Letters Patent, We did reserve to Ourselves full power and authority from time to time to revoke, alter, or amend the same:
Now know ye that We do hereby revoke Article XI of Our said Letters Patent, whereby provision is made for the administration of the Government of Our said Colony, in the event of the death or absence of the Governor, for the time being thereof; and We do hereby declare Our will and pleasure to be that in the event of the death, incapacity, or absence out of Our said Colony, of such person as may be commissioned and appointed by Us to be the Governor thereof, all and every the powers and authorities by Our said Letters Patent, or by these presents, granted to the Governor of Our said Colony, for the time being, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in such person as may be appointed by Us, by warrant under Our Sign Manual and Signet, to be the Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Colony, or in the event of there being no person in Our said Colony commissioned and appointed by Us to be Lieutenant-Governor thereof, then Our pleasure is, and We do hereby provide and declare that the said powers and authorities shall be and the same are hereby vested in the Colonial Secretary, or person lawfully discharging the functions of Colonial Secretary in Our said Colony for the time being; and every such Lieutenant-Governor or such Colonial Secretary, or person lawfully discharging the functions of Colonial Secretary for the time being, shall
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