PUBLIC RECORD
OFFICE
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WARRANT for extending the VICTORIA CROSS to the
LOCAL FORCES in NEW ZEALAND and in the COLONIES and their DEPENDENCIES generally.
VICTORIA R.
VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
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WHEREAS, by a Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual, countersigned by one of Our Principal Soc- retaries of State, and bearing date, at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of January, 1856, in the nineteenth year of Our Reign, We did constitute and create a new Naval and Military Decoration, to be styled and designated the Victoria Cross, which Decora- tion We expressed our desire should be highly prized and eagerly sought after by the Officers and Men of our Naval and Military Services, and did also make ordain, and establish the Rules and Ordinances therein set forth for the government of the same, to be thence- forth inviolably observed and kept :
And whereas during the progress of the operations which We have undertaken against the Insurgent
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Native Tribes in Our Colony of New Zealand it has happened that persons serving in the Local Forces of Our said Colony have performed deeds of gallantry, in consideration of which they are not, according to the strict provisions of Our said recited Warrant, eligible for this high distinction:
Now know ye, that We of Our especial Grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have thought fit hereby
to signify Our Royal Will and Pleasure that the said Decoration may be conferred on such persons aforesaid, who may be qualified to receive the same in accordance with the Rules and Ordinances made, ordained, and established by Us for the Government thereof, by Our said recited Warrant, and We do by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, ordain and appoint that it shall be competent for such persons aforesaid to obtain the said Decoration in the manner set forth in the Rules and Ordinances referred to, or in accordance with such further Rules and Ordinances as inay here- after be made and promulgated by Us, Our Heirs and Successors, for the government of the said Decoration; provided that it be established in any case that the person was serving with Our Troops, under the Orders of a General or other Officer, under circumstances which would entitle an Officer or Soldier of our Army to be recommended for the sail Decoration, in accoral- ance with the Rules and Ordinances prescribed in Our said recited Warrant, and provided also such person shall be recommended for it by such General or other Officer:
And We do further, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, ordain and appoint that the said Decoration may also be conferred, in accordance with the Rules and Ordinances prescribed in Our said recited Warrant, and subject to the provisions aforesaid, ou such persons who may be qualified to receive the same in accordance with the said Rules and Ordinances as may hereafter be employed in the Local Forces raised or which may be raised in Our Colonies and their Dependencies, who may be called upon to serve in co-operation with Our Troops in military operations which it may be necessary to undertake for the suppression of Rebellion against Our Authority, or for repelling invasion by a foreign enemy.
Given at Our Court, at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, this First Day of January, 1867, in the thirtieth year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command.
J. PEEL.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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C.O.885
17 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
7. (Par. 159.)
THE QUEEN has been pleased to direct that the following REGULATIONS respecting FOREIGN ORDERS and MEDALS shall be substituted for those now in force :-
Regulations respecting Foreign Orders.
1. No subject of Her Majesty shall accept a Foreign Order from the Sovereign of any foreign country, or