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Manual, accompanying and referred to in any such Commission or Commissiong, to authorize the Superintendent of the Trade of Our Subjects in China (so long as such Superintendent shall be also the Governor of the Island of Hongkong) to enact with the advice of the Legislative Council of the said Island of Hongkong all such Laws and Ordinances as may from time to time be required for the peace, order, and good Government of Our Subjects, being within the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the Coast of China, and to enforce the execution of such Laws and Ordinances by such penalties and forfeitures as to him, with the advice aforesaid, shall seem fit, and that it shall also be lawful for Us, by any such Commission or Commissions or Instructions as aforesaid, to impose upon the exercise of the before mentioned Legislative Authority, all such conditions and limitations as We shall see fit to Prescribe. Now Know YE, that in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so vested in Us as aforesaid by the said Act, We have authorized and do hereby authorize Our Trusty and Well Beloved JoHN BOWRING Esquire, whom, by a Commission bearing the same date with these presents, We have appointed Superintendent of the Trade of Our Subjects in China, or the Superintendent for the time being of the Trade of Our Subjects in China, (so long as the said JOHN BOWRING Esquire, or such Superintendent for the time being, shall be also the Governor of the said Island of Hongkong,) to enact, with the advice of the Legislative Council of the said`Island of Hongkong, all such Laws and Ordinances as may from time to time be required for the peace, order, and good Government of Our Subjects, being within the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the Coast of China, and to enforce the execution of such Laws and Ordinances by such penalties and forfeitures as to such Superintendent aforesaid, by the advice aforesaid, shall seem fit,-and We do hereby, in further exercise of the Power and Authority vested in Us by the said Act, impose upon the exercise of the before mentioned Legislative Authority the following conditions and limitations, that is to say, that such Superintendent as aforesaid in the exercise of the Powers and Authorities hereby conferred upon him shall (until further Order be made by Us therein by any Commission under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom,) observe and be guided by the Instructions under Our Signet and Sign Manual, dated the sixth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and forty three, which accom- panied certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom, bearing date the fifth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and forty three, and making provision for the Government of Our Colony of Hongkong, and by any further Instructions under Our Signet and Sign Manual which have been, or which may be issued by Us in that behalf; so far as any such Instructions are or may be applicable to the case of the Powers and Authorities hereby conferred upon such Superin- tendent as aforesaid, and so far only as such Instructions are or may be compatible with the pro- visions of the Act of Parliament above mentioned. IN WITNESS whereof, We have caused the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to be affixed to these Presents, which We have Signed with Our Royal Hand.
Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle, the Twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and fifty three, and in the seventeenth year of Our Reign.
JOHN BOWRING.
PROCLAMATION.
BY His Excellency Sir JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL. D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine having been graciously nominated by Her Majesty to he Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Hongkong, the annexed Copy of a Commission under Her Majesty's Signet and Sign Manual is hereby proclaimed and published for the general information and guidance of all Her Majesty's Subjects and others whom it may concern.
By His Excellency's Command,
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 13th day of April, 1854.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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VICTORIA R.
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 WILLIAM CAINE, Esquire, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in Our Army, Greeting. We, reposing especial trust and confidence in your loyalty, integrity, and ability, do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Our Lieutenant- Governor of Our Island of Hongkong; to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said place and office during Our Pleasure, with all the rights, privileges, profits, perquisites, and advantages to the same belonging or appertaining. And further, in case of the death, or during the absence of Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our said Island of Hongkong, now and for the time being, We do hereby authorize and require you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in Our Commission to Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being, according to such Instructions as he hath already received from Us, and such further Orders and Instructions as he or you shall hereafter receive from Us.--And We do hereby
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