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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
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EXTRAORDINARY
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Published by Authority.
No. 44.
VICTORIA, THURSDAY, 6TH OCTOBER, 1887.
號四十四第 日十二月八年亥丁 日六初月十年七十八百八千
VOL. XXXIII.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 403.
簿三十三第.
His Excellency Sir GEORGE WILLIAM DES VEUX, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong- kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, having this Day taken the usual Oaths of .Office, is pleased to direct that the following Copy of the Commission, dated the 24th day of June,
1887, from Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, be published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th October, 1887.
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Signed, VICTORIA, R.
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India: To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir GEORGE WILLIAM DES VEUX, 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 GEORGE WILLIAM DES VEUX, to be during Our pleasure, Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages to the said office belonging or appertaining.
Second. We do hereby authorize, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in Our 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, bearing date at Westminster, the Ninth day of April, One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy-seven, or in any other Letters Patent adding to. amending, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received from Us or as you shall hereafter receive from Us.
Third. 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 Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date the Ninth day of December, One thousand Eight hundred and Eighty-two, appointing our Trusty and Well-beloved (now Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Councillor) Sir GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Colony and its Dependencies.
Fourth. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.
Given at Our Court at Windsor. this Twenty-fourth day of June. 1887, in the Fifty-first year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command,
(Signed),
H. T. HOLLAND.
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