No. 2.
PROCLAMATION.
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Officer Administering the Government.
By His Excellency Lieutenant-General EDWARD FELIX NORTON, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the
same.
WHEREAS by the second section of the Commissioners Fowers Ordinance, 1886, it is enacted that the Governor in Council shall have power to nominate and appoint commis- sioners under the public seal for the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting any inquiry that may be deemed advisable, and for reporting thereon; and also to appoint a secretary to such commissionera.
AND WHEREAS I with the advice of the Executive Council have deemed it advisable to appoint commissioners
A.
to inquire into and report on
(1) the manner in which the Immigration Department has been administered since its inception:
(2) the manner in which its staff has been assembled and the suitability of those appointed or recruited.
(3) the adequacy or otherwise of the financial system instituted in it;
(4) the agency system instituted by it;
(5) the treatment accorded to, and the facilities afforded to, the public (whether as individuals or institutions) with which the department and its personnel have been brought into contact,
B. to receive oral and written evidence upon the fore- going matters,
0. to ascertain and report on whether there has been any avoidable lack of efficiency, judgment or tact in relation to the matters comprised in paragraph A,
D. to make such relevant recommendations as may commend themselves to the commissioners.