ET
MON
DROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 37.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH AUGUST, 1877.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
No. 180,
VOL. XXIII.
The following Circular Despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th August, 1877.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
CIRCULAR.
DOWNING STREET, 13th June, 1877.
SIR,I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of the Supplement to the Gazette of the 29th May, containing a summary of the Statutes of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, as revised and amended 5 the Queen's directions, with other information respecting the Order.
In thus extending and giving increased importance to this most distinguished Order, the Queen has afforded a fresh proof of the continued interest with which Her Majesty observes the progress and development of Her Colonial Empire.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
CARNARVON.
The Officer Admn istering the Government of
HONGKONG.
Colonial Office, Downing Street, May 30, 1877.
The Queen, having taken into Her Royal consideration the Statutes of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, bearing date the 4th day of December, 1868, and the 3rd day of April, 1869, and, in consequence of the growth and advancement of Her Colonial Empire, being desirous of making such alterations in the said Statutes as will enable Her Majesty to admit. certain persons as Honorary and Extra Members of this said Most Distinguished Order, and also to increase the numbers of the Members of the several Classes thereof, and to provide for the appointment of such Officers of the said Most Distinguished Order as were formerly appointed under Statutes no longer in force, has been graciously pleased, in pursuance and in exercise of the power vested in Her as Sovereign and Chief of the said Most Distinguished Order, to repeal the aforesaid Statutes.
And Her Majesty has been graciously pleased by Statutes, bearing date the 30th day of May, 1877, to ordain, amongst other things, therein set forth, that the said Order shall henceforth as here- tofore be styled and designated in all acts, proceedings, and pleadings, as "The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George." And that it shall as heretofore consist of the Sovereign, a Grand Master, and Three several Classes of Members, namely:-Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commanders, and Companions.
And to ordain that the First Class or Knights Grand Cross shall not exceed thirty-five in number, in addition to such Extra and Honorary Members as Her Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors shall from time to time appoint: And that the Second Class or Knights Commanders shall not exceed one
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.