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llumb. 84. 2945

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

WELLINGTON, SA'rURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1924.

' Ass·urnption of the, Governrnent of New Zealand, 1Jy Charles Fergusson, .

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. A PROCLAMATION. HEREAS His Majesty King George the Fifth was graciously pleased, by a W Commission passed under the Royal Sign-manual and Signet, bearing date at Saint James's, the twentieth day of October,· one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, to constitute and appoint me, Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, to be Governor-General and -in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies : . Now, I, the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and declare that I have this day taken the prescribed oaths before the Right Honourable Sir Stout, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and that I have assumed the said office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies under and by virtue of His Majesty's said Commission. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General. of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 13th day of December, 1924. W. F. MASSEY. Gon SAVE THE KING ! --- ·-~------~------Cornmissfon appointing General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, to be Governor­ General of New Zealand. Department of Iut.ernal Affairs, Wellington, 13th December, 1924. HE following Commission, appointing General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, T to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, is published for general information. RICHD. F. BOLLARD, Minister of Internal Affairs. 2946 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 84 NEW ZEALAND. COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing General Sir CHARLES FERGUSSON, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.0., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand. GEORGE R.l. Dated 20th October, 1924. .. George the Fifth, by the Grace of God of the United and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, General on the Retired List and in the Reserve of Officers of Our Army, Doctor of Laws, Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable , Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, Member of Our Royal _ Victorian Order : Greeting. Appointment of . WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, General Sir C. Fergusson, B&rt., appoint you the said Sir Charles Fergusson to be, during Our pleasure, LL.D., G.C.M.G., Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our K.C.B., D.S.O., M.v.o., to be Dominion of New Zealand, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and Govemor-General. advantages to the said office belonging or appertaining .. His duties &nd IL And We do hereby authorize, empower, and command you to powers under Letters P&tent. exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions con­ tained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the eleventh day of May, 1917, constituting the said Office of Governor­ General and Commander-in-Chief or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to· such Orders and Instructions as the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, or as you may hereafter receive from Us. Commission of III. And We do hereby appoint that so soon as you.shall have 5th July, 1920, taken the prescribed oaths and have entered upon the duties of your supenieded. office, this Our present Commission shall SUJ:>ersede Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date the fifth day of July, 1920, appointing Our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin John Rushworth, Viscount J ellicoe, of Our Fleet, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of Our , Knight Grand Cross of Our , to be Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand. Officers &nd IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, ·others to t&ke Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Dominion, and all others notice, &o. 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 twentieth day of October, 1924, in the Fifteenth Year of Our Reign .. By His Majesty's Command, J. H. THOMAS. COMMISSION appointing General Sir CHARLES FERGUSSON, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Dominion of New Zealand.

By Authority: W. A. G. SKIN.NEB, Government Printer, Wellington. Pries, lld.]