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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1937.

Appointment

of Sir G. A.

K.C.M.G., to

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WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and S. Northcote, Signet, appoint you the said Sir GEOFFRY ALEXANDER STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor and Commander- in-Chief in and over Our Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, with all the powers, rights, privileges and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.

be Governor.

Powers, etc., under Letters Patent.

Commission dated 5th November,

1935,

superseded.

Officers, and others to take notice, etc.

II. And We do hereby authorise, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions con- tained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal, constituting the Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its Dependencies, bearing date at Westminster the Fourteenth day of February, 1917, or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amend- ing, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our said Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you may hereafter receive from Us.

III. And further We do hereby appoint that, so soon as you shall have taken the prescribed Oaths and have entered upon the duties of your Office, this Our present Commission shall supersede Our Com- mission under the Sign Manual and Signet of His late Majesty King George the Fifth, bearing date the Fifth day of November, 1935, appointing Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir ANDREW CALDECOTT, Knight, Companion of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (now Knight Commander of Our said Most Distin- guished Order), Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, to be Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its Dependencies.

IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof and to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Twenty-fourth day of June, 1937, in the First Year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty's Command,

W. ORMSBY GORE.

Commission appointing

Sir GEOFFRY ALEXANDER STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, K.C.M.G.,

to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

HONG KONG.

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