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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND DECEMBER, 1883
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 418.
The following is a copy of a Commission issued by the Governor for enquiry into certain charges made against the Officers of the Public Works Department, and into the circumstances under which information respecting Departmental correspondence has been communicated to persons not in the Government service.
By Command,
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd December, 1883.
[L.S.] G. F. BOWEN.
Whereas a memorial has been addressed to me by the Officers of the Public Works Department, praying that enquiry should be instituted into certain charges which have been publicly made against them; and whereas it is expedient that the prayer of the memorialists should be granted; and that such enquiry should be instituted, and also into the circumstances under which information respecting Departmental correspondence has been communicated to persons not in the Government service: Now, therefore, I, Sir GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, Knight Grand Cross 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, do hereby, with the advice of the Executive Council, appoint the Honourable EDWARD LOUGHLIN O'MALLEY, Attorney General, the Honourable ALFRED LISTER, Treasurer, and the Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON to be a Commission to make such enquiry, and to report to me; and I hereby charge all persons in the public service to assist them therein; and all persons having information to communicate respecting such charges are hereby invited to furnish the same to the said Commission.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, this 22nd day of December, 1883.
By Command,
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 418A.
The following gentlemen have duly taken the usual Oaths and made the usual Declarations as Justices of the Peace.
His Excellency Major-General JouN NEPTUNE SARGENT, C.B. The Honourable WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, C.M.G.
ALEXANDER PALMER MCEWEN, Esquire.
ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE, Esquire.
ARTHUR KENNEDY TRAVERS, Esquire.
CHEN QUAN EE, Esquire.
BENDYSHE LAYTON, Esquire.
CHOA CHEE BEE, Esquire.
ERNEST MACKEAN, Esquire.
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FREDERICK THOMAS PEARCE FOSTER, Esquire. HENRY DICKIE, Esquire.
HENRY FOSS, Esquire.
HENRY JOHN HOWARD TRIP, Esquire. HERBERT MAINWARING BAILY, Esquire.. HORMUSJEE NOROWJEE MODY, Esquire.
JAMES STOCKWELL, Esquire."
JOHN MELVILLE MATSON, Esquire.
JOHN SAMUEL Cox, Esquire.
JOHN YARDELY VERNON VERNON, Esquire.
LUK SAU THEEN, Esquire.
MEYER ELIAS SASSOON, Esquire.
RICHARD YOUNG, Esquire.
SOTHEBY GODFREY BIRD, Esquire.
THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD, Esquire.
WILLIAM HARTIGAN, Esquire.
WILLIAM KERFOOT HUGHES, Esquire.
WILLIAM NEISH BAIN, Esquire.
WONG SEE TYE, Esquire.
WOO LIN YUEN, Esquire.
JAMES BELLINGTON COUGHTRIE, Esquire. JAMES ROSS ANTON, Esquire.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd December, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
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