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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 9, 1930.

HONG KONG.

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COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing Sir WILLIAM PEEL, K.B.E., C.M.G., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies.

Dated 5th March, 1930.

GEORGE, R.1.

Appointment of Sir W. Peel, K.B.E., C.M.G., to be Governor.

Powers, &c., under Letters

Patent.

Commission dated 31st August, 1925, super- seded.

Officers, and others to take

notice. &c.

GEORGE the Fifth, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir WILLIAM PEEL, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Greeting.

WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, appoint you, the said Sir WILLIAM PEEL, 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.

II. And We do hereby authorise, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directious 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, amending, 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 Our Sign Manual and Signet bearing date the Thirty-first day of August, 1925, appointing Our Trusty and Well-beloved Cecil Clementi, Esquire, Companion of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (now Sir Cecil Clementi, Knight Commander of Our said Most Distinguished Order), 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, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependen- cies, 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 Fifth day of March, 1930, in the Twentieth Year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty's Command,

Commission appointing

Sir WILLIAM PEEL, K.B.E., C.M.G.,

to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

HONG KONG.

PASSFIELD.