II. And if at any time when this Our Commission takes effect the office of Our said Colonial Secretary is also vacant, or he is incapable or absent from the Colony, then We do appoint you, the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of Our Regular Forces in Our said Colony, to administer the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies during Our pleasure, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages aforesaid.
III. And We do in any such event hereby authorise, empower, and command you, Our said Colonial Secretary, or you the said Senior Military Officer, as the case may require, to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in any Letters Patent, for the time being in force relating to Our said Colony and its Dependencies, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our Governor or Lieutenant-Governor hath already received, or may hereafter receive from Us, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you shall receive from Us.
IV. And We do direct that you, Our said Colonial Secretary, or you the said Senior Military Officer, as the case may require, shall not continue to administer the Government after the Governor or some other officer having a prior right to administer the same has notified that he has resumed the administration, or is about to assume it.
V. And further, We do hereby appoint that from the date when Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir William Julius Gascoigne, Major-General of Our Forces, Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, shall cease to command Our Regular Forces in Our Colony of Hong Kong, this Our present Commission shall supersede the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, dated the Thirty-first day of January 1896, appointing the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of the Regular Forces in Our said Colony to administer the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies in the events therein-mentioned.
VI. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Fourth day of October 1903, in the Third year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command,
J. CHAMBERLAIN
477
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II. And if at any time when this Our Commission takes effect the office of Our said Colonial Secretary is also vacant, or he is incapable or absent from the Colony, then We do appoint you, the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of Our Regular Forces in Our said Colony, to administer the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies during Our pleasure, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages aforesaid.
III. And We do in any such event hereby authorise, empower, and command you, Our said Colonial Secretary, or you the said Senior Military Officer, as the case may require, to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in any Letters Patent, for the time being in force relating to Our said Colony and its Dependencies, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our Governor or Lieutenant-Governor hath already received, or may hereafter receive from Us, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you shall receive from Us.
IV. And We do direct that you, Our said Colonial Secretary, or you the said Senior Military Officer, as the case may require, shall not continue to administer the Government after the Governor or some other officer having a prior right to administer the same has notified that he has resumed the administration, or is about to assume it.
## Page 3V. And further, We do hereby appoint that from the date when Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir William Julius Gascoigne, Major-General of Our Forces, Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, shall cease to command Our Regular Forces in Our Colony of Hong Kong, this Our present Commission shall supersede the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, dated the Thirty-first day of January 1896, appointing the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of the Regular Forces in Our said Colony to administer the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies in the events therein-mentioned.
VI. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Fourth day of October 1903, in the Third year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command,
J. CHAMBERLAIN
477
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there is no Lieutenant Governor in the Colony, or he is incapable of administering the Government thereof.
II. And if at any time when this Our Commission takes effect the office of Our said Colonial Secretary is also vacant, or he is incapable or absent from the Colony, then We do appoint you, the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of Our Regular Forces in Our said Colony, to administer the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies during Our pleasure, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages aforesaid.
III. And We do in any such event hereby authorise, empower, and command you, Our said Colonial Secretary, or you the said Senior Military Officer, as the case may require, to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in any Letters Patent, for the time being in force relating to Our said Colony and its Dependencies, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our Governor or Lieutenant-Governor hath already received, or may hereafter receive from Us, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you shall receive from Us.
IV. And We do direct that you, Our said Colonial Secretary, or you the said Senior Military Officer, as the case may require, shall not continue to administer the Government after the Governor or some other officer having a prior right to administer the same has notified that he has resumed the administration, or is about to assume it.
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V. And further, We do hereby appoint that from the date when Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir William Julius Gascoigne, Major-General of Our Forces, Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, shall cease to command Our Regular Forces in Our Colony of Hong Kong, this Our present Commission shall supersede the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, dated the Thirty-first day of January 1896, appointing the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of the Regular Forces in Our said Colony to administer the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies in the events therein-mentioned.
VI. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Fourth day of October 1903, in the Third year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command,
J. CHAMBERLAIN
477