35942-1914-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

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No. 41.

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Vol. LX.

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Extraordinary.

Published by Authority.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1914.

PROCLAMATIONS.

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[L.S.]

FRANCIS HENRY MAY,

Governor.

By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.

I, Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same being satisfied thereof by information received by me do hereby proclaim that war has broken out between His Majesty and Germany.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hongkong, this 5th day of August, 1914.

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By Command,

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

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