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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
No 11.
No. 40.
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, TUESDAY, 13TH MARCH, 1866.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XII.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same, having this day taken the usual Oaths in Council, and assumed the duties of this Government, is pleased to direct that the following Commission from Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN be published for general information.
[L.S.]
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th March, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, to Our Trusty and Well-Beloved SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, and Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Greeting: Whereas by certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the 5th day of April, 1843, in the Sixth Year of Our Reign, We did erect into a separate Colony the Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies, situate between 22° 9 and 22° 21' North Latitude, and 114° 6′ and 114° 18′ East Longitude from the Meridian of Greenwich, and did make provision for the Government of Our said Colony, as, upon reference being thereunto had, will more ally and at large appear; And Whereas by Our Order in Our Privy Council, bearing date the 4th ay of February, 1861, in the Twenty-fourth Year of Our Reign, it was Ordered that the Kowloon District therein described should be part and parcel of Our said Colony; And Whereas, We did by certain other Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the 22nd day of June, 1859, in the Twenty-third Year of Our Reign, appoint Our Trusty and Well-Beloved HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, ESQUIRE, now SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, to be Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our said Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies for and during Our Pleasure: NOW KNOW YOU that We have Revoked and Determined, and do by these Presents Revoke and Determine the said last recited Letters Patent, and every Clause, Article, and Thing therein contained; And further know You that We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in the Prudence, Courage, and Loyalty of you, the said SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, of Our especial Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, ave thought fit to Constitute and Appoint, and do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to Le, during Our Will and Pleasure, Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our said Colony f Hongkong and its Dependencies, and over all Forts and Garrisons which are now or may hereafter erected and established therein; and We do hereby Require and Cornmand you to Do and Execute all Things that shall belong to your said Command and the Trust We have reposed in you, according the several Powers and Directions granted or appointed to the Governor of Our said Colony, in and the said first recited Letters Patent of the 5th April, 1843, and according to the Instructions rewith given you under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and according to such further Powers, Instructions, and Authorities as shall at any time hereafter be granted or appointed you under Our
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