CO129-588-5 Appointments to Executive and Legislative Councils 20-11-1940 - 30-7-1941 — Page 31

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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 ALEXANDER FRASER, M.C.,

さQUIRE to be an official member of the Executive Council of the Colony (Intd.) G.N. for so long as you shall hold the appointment of Defence Secretary

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N.L.Sf 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 31st

day of

; 1941 .

May

and

By Command,

(Sa.) N. L. SMITH

Colonial Secretary.