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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 9, 1917.

No. 2.

[L.S.]

PROCLAMATIONS.

FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Governor.

By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Dis- tinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same :

Whereas by the second section of the Commissioners Powers Ordinance, 1886, it is enacted that the Governor in Council shall have power to nominate and appoint Commis- sioners under the public seal for the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting any enquiry that may be deemed advisable and for reporting thereon:

And Whereas the Governor in Council has deemed it advisable that an enquiry should be instituted, made, and conducted regarding the following matter, namely:-

Whether and to what extent, having regard both to Imperial needs and to local con- ditions, it is practicable and expedient that male British subjects of military age, resident in the Colony, who wish to volunteer for active service with His Majesty's forces outside the Colony, should be allowed to leave the Colony for that purpose :

Now I, Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoint you :--

The Hon. Mr. ERNEST HAMILTON SHARP, K.C.,

The Hon. Mr. CHARLES EDWARD ANTON,

ROBERT SHEWAN, Esquire,

CHARLES MONTAGUE EDE, Esquire,

Lieut.-Colonel IVOR BERTRAM FENDALL CURRIE, R.A.,

Commander CHARLES WILLIAM MALBEYSE BECKWITH, R.N.,

THOMAS ALEXANDER LOUGHLIN, Esquire,

to be Commissioners for the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting such enquiry:

And I do also appoint you, the said ERNEST HAMILTON SHARP, to be Chairman of the said Commissioners :

And I do also appoint ARTHUR GEORGE MURCHISON FLETCHER, Esquire, to be Secretary to the said Commissioners :

And I do also order and direct that for all or any of the purposes of the said enquiry five Commissioners inclusive of the Chairman shall be and constitute a quorum :

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 and fourth sections of the said Ordinance :

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