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SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 2ND FEB., 1884.

| Legislative Councils,

Provisional appointments to Executive Council,

J. M. Price and F, Stewart,

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The Official Members of Our Legislative Council shall take precedence of the Unofficial Members, and the Official Members shall, between themselves, take pre- cedence according to the order in which their respective offices are mentioned in the XIIth Article of these Instructions. Official Members of the Legislative Council who are not the holders of offices mentioned in the XIIth Article of these Instructions, and Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, shall take preced- ence between themselves according to the priority of their respective appointments; or if appointed by the same instrument, according to the order in which they are named therein."

III. The power which, by Article IV. of Our said Instructions of the 9th day of April 1877, is vested in the Governor of provisionally appointing persons to act provisionally during the absence of any Official Member of the Executive Council, shall henceforth extend to and may be exercised by the Governor in the event of the absence of any Member of the said Council.

IV. We do hereby appoint Our Trusty and Well-beloved John Macneile Price Esquires, to be mein- and Frederick Stewart, Esquires, to be respectively Members of Our said Executive Council for so long as they shall hold their respective Offices of Surveyor General and Registrar General, or until Our further pleasure shall be signified.

bers of the Executive Council.

J. M. Price, A. Lister, and

F. Stewart, Esquires, to be Official Members of

V. We do hereby appoint the afore-named John Macneile Price, Our Trusty and Well-beloved Alfred Lister, Esquire, and the afore-named Frederick Stewart, to the Legislative Council. be respectively Official Members of Our said Legislative Council for so long as they shall hold their respective Offices of Surveyor General, Colonial Treasurer, and Registrar General, or until Our further pleasure shall be signified.

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