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SUPPLEMENT

To the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of 2nd February, 1884.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 35.

The following despatch, accompanying additional instructions respecting the Executive and Legislative Councils, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd February, 1884.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG. General.

DOWNING STREET,

12th December, 1883.

SIR,With reference to my despatches No. 158 of the 7th of August and General of the 7th of September, I have the honour to transmit to you Additional Instructions passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hongkong and its Dependencies making further provision as to the Executive and Legislative Councils and appointing Mr. J. M. PRICE and Mr. F. STEWART to be Members of the Executive Council and Mr. J. M. PRICE, and Mr. A. LISTER and Mr. F. STEWART to be Official Members of the Legislative Council.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient, humble Servant,

Governor Sir G. F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

DERBY.

P.S.-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 290 of the 5th of November.

HONG KONG.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, making further provision as to the Executive and Legislative Councils, and appointing John Macneile Price and Frederick Stewart, Esquires, to be Members of the Executive Council, and the said John Macncile Price and Alfred Lister, Esquire, and the said Frederick Stewart, to be Official Members of the Legislative Council.

VICTORIA R.

Dated 8th Decergier 1883. ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS to Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, and to. Our Lieutenant Governor or other Officer for the time being administering the Government of Our said Colony.

Recites Charter, dated 5th

April 1843.

Given at Our Court at Windsor, this Eighth day of December 1883, in the

Forty-seventh year of Our Reign.

WHEREAS by certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the Fifth day of April 1813, we did crect Our Island of Hong Kong and its Dependencies into the Colony of Hong Kong, and did direct and appoint that, in addition to the Governor, the Legislative Council of the Colony should be composed of such Public Officers within the Colony, or of such other persons within the same, as should from time to time be named or designated for that purpose by Us by any Instructions or Warrants to be by Us, for that purpose, issued under Our Sign Manual and Signet.. and with the advice of Our Privy Council.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS to the

Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

HONG KONG.