Enclosure One.
G.A.S. NORTHCOTE,
Governor, &c.
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BY VIRTUE OF THE POWERS vested in me and in
pursuance of instructions received from His Majesty the
King through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, I
SIR GEOFFRY ALEXANDER STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, Knight Commander
of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong
and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same do by
these presents appoint you
JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON
to be an unofficial member of the Executive Council of the
Colony of Hong Kong subject in all respects whatsoever to
the provisions of His Majesty's Letters Patent bearing date
the fourteenth day of February 1917 constituting the Office
of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong
and its Dependencies and of any other Letters Patent of
His Majesty adding to amending or substituted for the same
and of any Instructions from His Majesty under His Sign
Manual and Signet for the time being in force.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the
Colony at Government House, Victoria, Hong Kong, this 6th
day of April, 1941.
By Command,
(Sa)
N.L. SMITH
Colonial Secretary.