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the time being in force relating to Our said Colony and its Dependencies, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our Governor or Lieutenant-Governor hath already received, or may hereafter receive from Us, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you shall receive from Us. Cessation of administra-tion on assumption of Govern-ment by Governor, &c.
Commission dated 31st January, 1896, super-seded.
Officers, &c., to give obedience.
IV. And We do direct that you Our said Colonial Secretary, or you the said Senior Military Officer, as the case may require, shall not con-tinue to administer the Government after the Governor or some other officer having a prior right to administer the same has notified that he has resumed the administration, or is about to assume it.
V. And further We do hereby appoint that from the date when Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir WILLIAM JULIUS GASCOIGNE, Major-General of Our Forces, Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, shall cease to command Our Regular Forces in Our Colony of Hongkong, this Our present Commission shall supersede the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria dated the 31st day of January, 1896, appointing the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of the Regular Forces in Our said Colony to administer the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies in the events therein-mentioned.
VI. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's this 14th day of October, 1903, in the 3rd year of Our reign.
13. COINAGE ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
(a) ORDER IN COUNCIL empowering the Treasury to fix the Rate at which Dollars are to be issued to Her Majesty's Forces and for Her Majesty's Imperial Service in Hongkong, China, Japan, and the Straits Settlements.
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 12th day of August, 1876.
PRESENT:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by a proclamation issued by Our Order in Council, dated the 27th day of November, 1875, it was declared and ordained that from and after the date of the publication thereof, the silver dollar of Mexico, and any other silver dollar of equal value, and the silver and other coins representing fractional parts of such dollars, duly authorised to be a legal
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the time being in force relating to Our said Colony and its Dependencies, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our Governor or Lieutenant- Governor hath already received, or may hereafter receive from Us, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you shall receive from Us. Cessation of administra- tion on assumption of Govern- ment by Governor, &c.
Commission dated 31st January, 1896, super-
seded.
Officers, &c., to give obedience.
IV. And We do direct that you Our said Colonial Secretary, or you the said Senior Military Officer, as the case may require, shall not con- tinue to administer the Government after the Governor or some other officer having a prior right to administer the same has notified that he has resumed the administration, or is about to assume it.
V. And further We do hereby appoint that from the date when Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir WILLIAM JULIUS GASCOIGNE, Major-General of Our Forces, Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, shall cease to command Our Regular Forces in Our Colony of Hongkong, this Our present Commission shall supersede the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria dated the 31st day of January, 1896, appointing the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of the Regular Forces in Our said Colony to administer the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies in the events therein-mentioned.
VI. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's this 14th day of October, 1903, in the 3rd year of Our reign.
13. COINAGE ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
(a) ORDER IN COUNCIL empowering the Treasury to fix the Rate at which Dollars are to be issued to Her Majesty's Forces and for Her Majesty's Imperial Service in Hongkong, China, Japan, and the Straits Settlements.
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 12th day
of August, 1876.
PRESENT:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by a proclamation issued by Our Order in Council, dated the 27th day of November, 1875, it was declared and ordained that from and after the date of the publication thereof, the silver dollar of Mexico, and any other silver dollar of equal value, and the silver and other coins representing fractional parts of such dollars, duly authorised to be a legal
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