717056-1864-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 39.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 1864.

VOL. X.

No. 147.

HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable EDWARD CARDWELL, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance, namely:-

No. 6 of 1864, entitled "An Ordinance to render admissible in certain cases the Depositions of Witnesses who cannot be produced at the Trial, and to make Provision for the reception in Evidence of the Statements of the accused :"

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.

W. H. RENNIE,

By His Excellency's Command,"

* for the Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 20th Day of September, 1864.

No. 149.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that Her Most Gracious Majesty has been pleased to confirm the appoint- ment of the Honorable JAMES WHITTALL, Esquire, to a Seat in the Legislative Council of this Colony.

By Order,

W. H. RENNIE, for the Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd September, 1864.

`No. 148.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Prospectus of the International Exhibition of Arts and Manufacture to be held in Dublin in 1865, transmitted to His Excellency the Governor by the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th September, 1864.

W. H. RENNIE, for the Colonial Secretary.

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