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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 455. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Captain JOHN ERSKINE WARNER, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales' (Royal Berkshire Regiment), to be his Private Secretary, with effect from this date.

30th September, 1919.

No. 456. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Captain HENRY SCOTT MCGRATH, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), to be his Aide-de-Camp, with effect from this date.

30th September, 1919.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 457.-The following Commission is published for general information.

30th September, 1919.

HONGKONG.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing Sir REGINALD EDWARD STUBBS, K.C.M.G., to be Governor and Com- mander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.

Dated 16th June, 1919.

Appointment of Sir R. E.

STUBBS, K.C.M.G., to be Governor.

Powers, &c., under Letters

Patent.

GEORGE R.I.

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 Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir REGINALD EDWARD STUBBS, Knight Commander 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 REGINALD EDWARD STUBBS, to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of Hongkong 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 directions con- tained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting the Office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its Depen-