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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 7, 1917.

DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

No. 534.

CIRCULAR.

28th August, 1917. 28th August, 1917.

DOWNING STREET,

27th September, 1917.

SIR,I have the honour to transmit to you, for information in the Colony under your government, copies of Royal Warrants amending the rules governing the award of the Albert Medal and the Edward Medal.

2. It will be seen that the bronze medals in each case, which are those usually awarded, will in future be called the "Albert Medal" and the "Edward Medal" respectively and that the higher degree of each deco- ration, which will be given only for acts of extreme and heroic daring, will be known in the one case as the Albert Medal in Gold" and in the other as the Edward Medal in Silver."

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The Officer Administering the Government of

I have, &c.,

HONGKONG.

WALTER H. LONG.

GEORGE RI.

George the Fifth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!

THEREAS Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, being desirous of distinguishing by some mark of Her Royal Favour the many heroic acts performed by Mariners and others who endanger their own lives in saving or endeavouring to save the lives of others from shipwrecks and other perils of the sea; and the many heroic acts performed on land by those who endanger their own lives in saving or endeavouring to save the lives of others from accidents in mines, on railways and at fires, or other peril within Her Dominions, other than perils of the sea, did, by Warrants under the Royal, Sign Manual bearing date respectively the 7th March, 1866, the 12th April, 1867, and the 30th-April, 1877, for Herself, Her Heirs and Successors institute and create as a mark of Royal Approbation of such heroic acts, new Decorations styled respectively "The Albert Medal of the First Class" and "The Albert Medal of the Second Class," which Decorations Her Majesty was desirous should be highly prized and eagerly sought after:

And whereas the said Warrants were subsequently amended and all the Warrants relating to these Decorations were consolidated by à Warrant under the Sign Manual bearing date the 5th June, 1905:

And whereas it is Our Pleasure to amend the style of the said Decorations :

We are graciously pleased to make, ordain and establish the following Rules and Ordinances for the government of the Decorations :-

I. It is ordained that the Decoration in each case shall be styled "The Albert Medal"; but when it is awarded for acts of such extreme and herioc daring as to merit a special degree of recognition, it shall be styled "The Albert Medal in Gold.”

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