No. A.
PROCLAMATION.
bethathate
Governor,
By His Excellency Sir GEOFFRY ÁLEXANDER STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.
WHEREAS by the second section of the Commissioners Powers Ordinance, 1886, it is enacted that the Governor in Council shall have power to nominate and appoint Com- missioners under the Public Seal for the purpose of instituting, making and conducting any inquiry that may be deemed advisable and for reporting thereon:
AND WHEREAS T with the advice and consent of the Executive Council have deemed it advisable that a Com- mission be appointed
A. to inquire into and report upon
(1) the prevalent charges for rent in the towns of Victoria and Kowloon, having regard to their rise and fall during the last ten years, and
(2) the extent to which and the manners in which tenants and landlords have been and are being affected by the sudden growth of the population of Hong Kong since the beginning of Sino-Japanese hostilities last year:
B. to receive oral and written evidence upon the fore- going issues;
C. to make such relevant recommendations as may commend themselves to members.
NOW I with the advice and consent of the Executive Council hereby nominate and appoint
Mr. Walter Schofield,
Mr. William James Lockhart-Smith,
Mr. Robert John Minnitt
to be Commissioners for the purpose of instituting, making and conducting such inquiry.