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AND I do also appoint the said Sir Alasdair Duncan Atholl MacGregor to be Chairman of the said Commissioners.

AND I do also appoint Mr. John Crichton McDouall to be Secretary to the said Commissioners.

AND I do further with the advice and consent of the Executive Council order and direct that the said Commissioners shall have all the powers, rights and privileges set out in the third section of the Commissioners Powers Ordinance, 1886.

AND I do further require the said Commissioners to report to the Governor in Council their findings in the matter of the said enquiry at as early a date as possible.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hong Kong, this Seventh day of October, 1937.

Published by His Excellency's Command.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

Colonial Secretary.

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