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CHAPTER VI.
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II. By his Excellency
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas war having been proclaimed between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace will be in attendance at the
Supreme Court and at the Magistracy to enrol---
(a.) Additional members for Artillery and Machine-gun Volunteer Corps.
(b.) Volunteers for fire brigade duty.
(e) Volunteers for Commissariat.
Volunteers for hospital and ambulances will apply at the Government Civil Hospital, or at the Military Hospital, Wellington Barracks. Volunteers for sanitary duties will apply at the Sanitary Board Office, Government Offices.
By command,
(Signed)
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Given at Government House, Hong Kong, this
day of
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Order.
Order made by his Excellency
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by sub-clause 13 of clause 3 of the Order of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, made and dated the 26th day of October, 1896, it is provided as follows :—
For the purpose of determining the amount of any remuneration or compensation payable under this Order, and the prices at which any grain, article of food, coal, or other fuel taken under sub-clause 9 of this Order may be sold to the inhabitants the Governor shall appoint a Board consisting of five persons, of whom one shall be a Judge, two shall be officers either in the service of the Civil Government of this Colony or in Her Majesty's naval or military service, and the other two shall be inhabitants of the Colony;
And whereas by clause 2 of the same Order in Council it is provided that the words "the Colony" occurring in such Order means any Colony specified in the Schedule thereto and its dependencies, and the term "Governor" means the person for the time being administering the Government of the Colony;
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And whereas the Colony of Hong Kong is one of the Colonies mentioned in the said Order in Council:
Now, therefore, I,
Governor of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers vested in me as aforesaid, and of all other powers (if any) enabling me to do so, appoint a Board consisting of five persons, namely,
and purpose of the said Board determining the amount of any remuneration or compensation payable under Her Majesty's Order in Council above referred to, and the prices at which any grain, article of food, coal, or other fuel taken under sub-clause 9 of clause 3 of the said Order in Council may be sold to the inhabitants of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies.
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Made at Government House, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong, this
. 190 .
(Signed)
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for the
day of
Governor and Commander-in-Chief. W. J. GASCOIGNE, Major-General,
Commanding in China and Hong Kong.
PRINTED AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE BY J. W. HARRISON.-13/8/1900.
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