My Lord,
"In this matter; and that the Police here served orders to enforce the Existing land, agarush all obstructions of the public thoroughfares, and all other Nuisances of a permanent and irremediable Character".
8. This is the third in which I maintain, with Your Lordship's approval, to deal generally with all questions affecting the Chinese population of this Colony.
I have the honor to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant,
S.B. BOWEN
No. 108.
Enclosure I.
Commission Issued
C. O. No. 10811
RECD 26 JUN 83
167
Sir J. Pope Hennessy.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Commission under the Hand and Seal of His Excellency the Governor is published for general information.
By Command.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th April, 1879.
[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY,
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Whereas it is expedient and for the furtherance of public interests, that certain enquiries and investigations should be made touching the regulations and the machinery in force for the detection and suppression of public gaming in the Colony of Hongkong, and whereas such enquiry and investigation will be most conveniently prosecuted by means of a Commission:
I, JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Companion 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 under my Hand and the Seal of the said Colony, appoint you JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Acting Puisne Judge, the Honourable MALCOLM STRUAN TONNOCHY, Acting Colonial Treasurer, and Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, CHARLES VANDELEUR CREAGH, Esquire, Acting Police Magistrate, and the Reverend ERNEST JOHN EITEL, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, and Inspector of Schools, or any three of you, to be a Commission for instituting and prosecuting all needful or proper enquiries in that behalf, and to take evidence in the premises, and to report to me all evidence so taken by you, and also your opinions thereon. And I do hereby require you to commence your enquiries forthwith, and to proceed therein continuously, and to make your report to me as aforesaid with all reasonable despatch. And I do hereby empower you, during the course, and for the purposes of your said Commission, to demand and obtain access at all times to all Papers, Records, and Documents relating to the subject matter of the said Commission being in the custody and under the control of the several Public Departments within this Colony. And from time to time to call before you and examine all persons superintending or employed in or under any of the said Departments.
And I do hereby charge all persons in the Public Service to be aiding and assisting unto you herein.
Given under my Hand and under the Seal of the Colony of Hongkong at Victoria, in the said Colony, this Twenty-ninth day of April, One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy-nine.
By Command,
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.