SUPPLEMENT

S U P P L E M E N T

TO THE

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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. LXXV.] TUESDAY, 1sT JANUARY, 1901. [No. 2.

A PROCLSMATION.

By His Excellency The Right Honourable CHAELES WALLACE ALEXANDEB NAPIEE, Baron Lamington of Lamington, in the county of Lanark, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Knight Grand Cross of the Molt l l i c t i n g ~ ~ i ~ l i t d O r d ~ l of St Michncl ancl St. George, Governor of the State of Queensland and its Dependencies, in the Comiuonwealth of Australia.

HEBEAS by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the TJnited Kin doni of Great Britain and Ireland,

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bearing date at Westminster the Twenty.nm(li day of October, 1900, &er Majest was graciously pleased

to ordeib ancl deolarc that there should be a Governor i n a d over tlie State of Queenslaidand its Dependencies, in the Cnnimonwedth of Australia, and that appointments to the said oliice shoiild be made by Commission, under Her Majest ^{' 5} Sign Manual and Signet, and that the said Lctterb Patent sliould be proclaimed at such place or places as the &overnor of the said State should tlunlr fit within the said State : Now, therefore, I, the Governor aforesaid, do, by tliir my Proclamation, proclaim and make lrnuwn th(, sitid Lrttcr.; Pntent, which are in the words following, that is t o say :-

VIGPOEIA, by tho Graec of God, of the United liingcloin oE Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of WF~EREAS W e did by certain Lelte1.i I'cttent, nnder the Great Heal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain Preamble.

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TJAYINWON, Cfovwnor.

the Faith, Empresy of India ; 1'0 all to wlioni these Present;J shall come ; Greeting.

and Ireland, bearing date nt W e h i i n s t e r tlie Sixth day of June 1 8 3 , i n tile Twenty-vrond ear of Our reign, erect certain territories therein described iulo a ny lw 1 1 1 ~ name of Llie Colony of Quemslanz: And whereas W e did by certiti II other Letteri Patent uiicler the Great Heal, I,cariug date at Westminster the Thirtieth day of May 1860.

1872, i n the Thirtv-Gfth year of Our rpign, amongst other thini.\, :i,ppoint Our Governor, for the time being, of Recltea

Our Coloiiy 01 Q.uecnslaiid to be the Governor of all l s l a n d i irichiir .irty inilci from the coast of Our said Colony, Patentor 80thXay

with power to surrender the said Islands to tbe c*olony of Qaeenbland

.

And whereas by Proclamation and Deed 187~.

of 'Transfer. iindcr Ihe hand m d seal of OW mid Gowrnor. both bearing date the Twenty-second day of August Recitea

1872, in the Tliirty-si\tlt yrar or Our reign. the mid Jcldilcls were annexed to nnd now form part of Our said Proolemrtlon and Deed of Trnnoter of Ialands to th e

Colony of Queensland : Aud whereas hy certain other Lottery Patent, under the Great Seal of Our United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelalid, bearing date a t Wet'eatminuter, the Thirteenth day of April 1877, W e did Colony, dated 22nd

constitute the OlEcc~ of (+qvernor and C'omuinnder-in-~~I:~cf i i i and over Our Colony of Queensland and its ^lS7a.

Dependenries : And. ~ l i ~ c a? ^{i n} virtiie of the provibionv of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900, Recites Letters

ancl of Our Proc1ainatii)iz i\ruccl thmmntler, by aricl with thc adviue of O w Privy Council, on the Seventeenth day E;;&f,.13t7.13th

of September 19l)O, We hnve, by cerfaiii Lett(+ Patent, under the said Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of

Great Britain ancl Iroland bearlug even (lute lu.?rewith, nii~dc ,roii.;ion for the Office of Governor-General and ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f , ~ ~ ~

Cornmancler-in-Cl1ic.f i n nntl n v e r Oiir Commonwealth of Austratia

.

And whereas it has become necessary to make Proclamation or 17th September le00 and Letma

permanent provision for the Ofice of ^I orcriior in ancl over O a r Stiite of Queensland and its Dependencies, in the

Commonwealtli of ilnitralia, without malting new Letters Patent on each demise of the said Office : Now know ye Pa&tot 20th

that We have revoked and tleterminetl, and by these prescntr do revoke a d determine, the said recited Letters October 1900.

Patent of the lYtirtwniJi clay of April lS77, mntl every clailre, article, and thing therein contained, from and after Revocattonof Lettern Patnnt of 13th April 1877.

the proclanlation of these our L d t r r s Patent as hereinafter provided : And further know ye that We do by these presents coustitutc, order, :mcl dcclare, t at t h e shall he a Governor in and over Our State of Queensland and ita

Uependencies, in the Coninionwetilth of Australia (comprising the Territories and Islands hereinbeEore described), Omce ofGorernor whlch said State of ¹ uecwsland ancl Its Dependencies are liereinafter called the State, and that appointments to constituted.

the said O1lii.e shall be made by Coinmiasion under Our Sign Manual and Signet

1J. We do hercby authoriic and coininand Our said Gorernor to do and execute all things that shall belong GovernoVa porsrs t o his said Office, acrorcltiig to the tenor of these Our Letters Patent and of such Commission as may be issued to ~nd au th of iti e8 .

him under Our -iZu Sfanual ^{a i d} Yignet, and by a certain Order made by Us in Our Priv

the Sixth day of .Jiinc 1859, and according to such Instructions ns may iroin time to time (e given to him, under June, 1869.

Our Sign Manual antL Signet, or by Our Order in Our Privy Council, or by US through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and to suj*h Laws 4s are now or shall hereafter be i n force in Our said State.

ILL. Arid We do hereby autltoripe aud empower Our said Governor to keep and use the Public Seal of Our Pubiiomai.

said State for sealing all things whatsoever that shall pass the said Public Seal : and until a Public Seal shall be rovided for tl,e btal e the Great Seal formerly used for ( )nr Colony of Queensland shall be used as the Public L a 1 of the Statc.

were, immediately before the corning into force of these Our Letters Ptlteut, Members of the Ereeutive Council of Con't'tutionoL

Queensland, or 11s may at atiy time be Members of the Executiw Couticil of Our said Slate in accordance with any Law enacted by the Legislature of thc State, and of w c l i other persona as Our said Governor shall from time to time, in o u r name and tin ( h i r behalf, but snbjeoi 1 % ) any Law i s aforcwid, appoint under the Publiw Seal of O u r

mid State to km Uembeis of O w stkid Exeoutrve h u n c i l fGr the Sbte.

Council, bearing date Orderincouncil, ett,

IV. There shall he ail Executive Council for the State, and the sdd Council shall consist of such persons as Erscuthe C O U ~ C ~ I ,

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Grant of landi. V. The Governor, in Our nanic aud on Our behalf, may make and execute under tlie said Public Seal grants and di.;positions of any lands nliich m a y be I a n ~ h l l y gr:inted and dispo ed or by Us withiu the State.

Appointment of VI. The Govornor mav constitute and app(~int, in Our i\ame :tiit1 on Onr h e h d f . all snch Jiidges, Judses, J n n t i m . &c. Commissioners, Justices of the Peace, and otlicr necessary Otiicers and Miuistcrs of lhc State, a b n u ~ y ~ J P lawf1illY

constituted or appointed b.y Us.

VII. Whcn any crime or oKencc has been coininitted mitliiu tlie State, agaiust tlie Laws of t,he Stat0 or for which the offender may be tried therein, the Governor may, a4 he shall soe occasion, in Our Nmnc :Lnd on Our behalf, grant a lmrdon to any accomplice in such crime or offencc who shall ive such int-ornmttou ns sliall lead tQ the conviction of the principal off'ender, or one of such ofenilcrs if inore tfian one ; ancl further inny grant to aiiy oEender convicted in any Court of the Stnte, or before airy Judge, or other Magictrate of he State, within the

Remiaaion oeflues. State, a pardon either free or subject t o lawful condition\, or sny r i q i t e of the rucoiition of the seritnic-e passed on Po'itica' Offenders. such offender, for snc5 eriod as the Gorernor thinks fit, and further may remit any fines, enaltieq, or forfeitnres

Proviso.

Bnnlqhment from due or accrucd to

us.

Srovidccl alway\ that tlie Governor shall i n no case, except wlirrr tEe on'enc-e has I m n Of a state prohibited. political nature, un*iccompanied by any other grave crime, make it a coiidition of any p*irdon or rrmisiion of

sentence that the offeder shall abscnt himself or be rciiimed from tho State.

Suspeneion or VIII. The Governor may, so far as We Onrsrlrcs Iadiilly may, upon sulli(:ieiit c a i i w to him appearing,

remov*l crOmomee remove from his office, or suspend from the exercise of tt c sai~ie, any p\rson eiercizing any oliiiice or place under the State under or by virtue of any Commission or Warrant granted, or which inay be granted, by Us in Onrname or under Our Authority.

exerciue all powers lawfully belonging to Us in respect of the sumiiioniiig, F g u i n g , or dissolving any EPgislative Body, wliicli now is or hereafter may be eslnblished within Our said anrntoc pardon&,

[lummoning,

#gEE'&

bgislrrtive B ~ Y . Appointment of Membra of any auoh lagidatwe Body.

Succession to the

X.

I n the event of the death, incapacity, or removal of the Governor, or of his departure from the State, all

Qovertment. the powers and authorities herein granted to him sliall (suhject to the proviso and eonditiou Iirrcinaftcr contained), Lieutenant- be vesled during Our plessur,, in Our Licutcnant-Governor of the State, or if tliero be no such Olficer in the State, Governor. then in such erson or persons as may be appointed by Us under Our Sign Manual and Signet to administer the

Administrator. Government o r t h e State. And we do hereby (subject as aforesaid) give an 1 granl all s ~ c h powers and authorities Provbo. Lieutenant- to such Lieutenant-Govcrnor or person 01- persons accordingly Provided always and subject to this condition that

~ ~ ~ ~ ! ; ~ ~ ~ * & e before an such powers or authorities shall vest in such Lieutenant-Goverrlor, or such otlier pci 5011 or persons, he

beroreadmintstering or they s h l have taken the O a t h hereinafter directed to be taken by the Governor of tl:e State, and in the the Qovsrnment manner by these Letters Patent provided,

XI. And whereas it may bc necessary or expedient tlrat the Govcrnor \hould absent Iiini~c~lf occa\iondly for a short period from the seat of Governnieut or from tli. State, wlicreby the affairs ot the State iiiight be exposed to detriment if tliere were no persou on the spot authorised to exeroiw the po~vers and authoriticy by these Our Letters Patent granted to the Governor or wine of them. Now F e do hereby aiithoriw and empower the

~ , e r n o r m n y Governor, in every such casc as occasion dial1 require, by an Instrument under the Public 8 c d of the State, to

a p p o i u t a D e p u t ~ constitnte and appoint our Lieiiteiiai~t-Gore~ior for the time being of thc State, or if there bc uo S U C ~ OlEcer, or

~ & ~ , " : " , ~ $ ~ ~ w y if such Officer be absent or unablc to act, tlien any other person to lie his Jleputy in the State during such

seat or Government temporary absence, and in that capacity to exercise. perform. ant1 execute for and on behalf of the (+overnor during

or from thestate. such absence, but no longer, all such powers and authorities vested in the Govcrnor, by thcse Our Letter.: Patent as shall in and by snch Lnslrament bt. spe .ified and limited, but no others. Provide(l, nevcrtheless, that by the appointment .of a Deputy as aforesaid, the power and aiitliority of the Governor of tlie State shall not be abridged, altered, or in any way aflected, o!herwise than We may a t any time 1lereaFter tliinlr propcr to direct.

Piihlication of XII. Every person appointed to fill the Office of Governor shall, with all due solemnity before entering on

CIoveruor'u

Oomml~sion. any of the duties of his ofice, cause the Commission appointing him to be Governor t o be rsad and pnhlislied at the seat of Government, in the presencc of the Chief Justice or the ue\t supericr Judge of tlie State, and of the

Oatbatobe taken bs Members of the Executive Council thereot, which bein6 done, lie shall then and tliere take before tllcm the Oath

Governor. of Allegiance in the forin 7.c ed by an B ct passed IU tlie Session holden in the Thirty-first and thirty-second Imperid Act 31 & 31 years of Our Reign, i n t i t u l e ~ ~ ~ c t to amend the Lam relating to Promissory Oaths ; and likewise the usual Oath

n c t . c. 72. for the due execution of the Office of Governor, and for the due and impartial administration of justice ; which Oaths the said Chief Justice or Judge is hereby required to administer.

Omoers and others XIII. And We do hereby require and command all Our Officers and Ministcrs, and all other the inhabitants

~ ~ ~ $ < ~of ~the State, to be obedient, aiding, and ashisting unto the Governor, or in the event of his death, incapacity, ~ ~ i a t

removal, absence, or departure, to such person or persons as may froui time to time, under the provisions of these Our Letters Patent, administer the Government of the State.

Power reserved to XIV. And W e do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and successors, full power and authority from

~ ~ o ~ ~time to time to revoke, alter, or amend these j ~ ~ ~ ~ o r Our Letters Patent as to Us or them shall secm meet.

amend the preaoilt IBtWrn patent.

Publication of u t t e r s Patent.

IX. The Governor ma

tate, and in respect of the appointment of Members thereto.

XV. And We do further direct and eujoin that these Our Letters Patent shall be read and proclaimed a t I n witness whereof W e have caused these Our Letters tobe made Patent. Witnasr Ourself a t Westminster, By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual.

Given under my Hand and Seal, a t Government House, Brisbane, this first day of January, in tlie year of Our Lord one thouaand nine hundred and one, and in the sixty-fourth year of Her Majesty's reign.

such place or places d h i n Our said State of Queensland, as the Govcrnor ahall think fit.

the Twenty-ninth day of October, in the Sixty-fourth year of

Our

reign.

MUIB MACKENZIE.

By Command, J. V. CHATAWAY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

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Chief Secretary's

Office,

Brisbane, 1st January, 1901.

T H E

followine: Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointiug the Right Honourable Charles Wallace Alexander Xapier, Baron Lamin ton, G.C.M.G., to be Governor of the State of Queensland and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Austrafia, and Royal Instructions, arc published for general information.

QUEENSLAND.

J . V. CHATAWAY.

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~ O M M l S 8 I O N PASSED UNDEB THE ROYAL SIGN MANUAL AND SIGNET, APPOINTINQ THE RIGHT

HONOUEABLE LORD LAYINQTON,

^{G.C.M.G., TO BE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE O F} Q,UEENSLAND A N D J T ~

DEPENDENCIEB, IN TEE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

\rIcroxIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Ilciender of the Fsith, Empress of India : To Our Itight Trusty and Well-beloved Charles Wallace Alexander Napier, Baron Lamipgton, Enight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguisked Order of Saint Mlchael and Smnt George, Greeting.

W E do, b Y this Our Corfmission under our Sign Manual and Slgnet, appoint you, the said Charles Wallace Alexander Napier, I k o n Larmngton, to be during Our leasure Our Governor in and over Onr,Staie of Queensland and ita

De

endenaies,.h the Commonwealth of Austrarh, with all the powers, rights, pkivilqes, and advantages to TTic.roitra

R.

Dsted 29th October lo00.

Appointment of the W h t H a n o w ~ b I e O.C.M.O., to be

G o V m O k

.

^{the ssid} O g a e be1m.gin.g or appertaining.

Lord Lnmington,

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II. And me do hereby authorise, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the

owers and directions contaiued in Our Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Recites Letters

k i t s i n and Ireland, constituting the Odice of Governor in and over the State of Q,ueeuslaud aud its Dependencies, ~ ~ ~ $ & " ~ ~ t i t n t i n p

in the Commonmenltll of Australia, bearing date at Westminster the Twenty-niutli day of October 1W0, or in Governor.

any other Our Letters Patent adding to, amending, o r substituted for the s ime, and bccording to siicli Orders and Instructions as yon may receive from Us.

U on the duties of your OLIice, this Our preie it Cmimission shall snpecsede our Cunimissioii tinder Our Sign oet"'Jer1695

l\!auual a i d Binet, bearing date the Niiith day of Uctober 1895, appointing ou thc said Charles Wallace Alexander Naiier, Ihron Lamington, to be our Governor a i d Commander-iii.~~iief in arid ovcr our Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies.

State and its Dependencies, and all others whom it may conceru, to take due notice hereof, and t o give their ready theGovbruor.

obedience accordingly.

Our Reign.

111. And We do hereby appoiut that so sonn as yon shall h i r e taken the prescribed oaths, and 1i:;ve entered Commission of 9th

171. And We do herehy command all and siugular Oar OGcers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Oficers. &c., to obey

Given at Our Court at Saint James's this Twenty-ninth day of October 1900, in tlie'Sixty-fourth year of By Her Majesty's Command,

5. CHAMBERLAIN.

QUEENSLAND.

QUEENSLAND AND ITS QEPBNDENCIEI, IN THE COMMONWEALTH OB AUSTRALIA.

INSTRUCTIONS PASSED UNDER TEIB ROYAL SIQN MANUAL AND S I e N E T , TO THE GOYELINOR O F THE STATE O F

VICTOEIA R.

I.

Instructions t o olur Gomrnor in and over Our State of Quce,Lx?nnd and ibs Dependencies, in the Commonwealth ?f Dated 29th October

dzsstralia, or to Our Lieutenant- Governor or other O$irer fop, the time beiitg administering the Government l9Oo.

of OUT suid S t d e und its Dependencies.

Given at O w Court at Saint James's, thiy Twenty-ninth day of October, 1900, in the Sixty-fourtli year WHEREAS by ccrtain Letters Patent bearing even date herewith, We have constituted, ordered, and declared Prexmble.

that there shall be a Governor in and over Our State of Queensland and its Dependencies, in the Commonmealth of

;;;g;ez::&ing

Australia (which said State and its Dependencies are therein and hereinafter called the Ytate) :

And whereas W e have thereby authorised and commanded the Governor to do and execute all things that belong to his said Offiee, according t o the tenor of Our said Letters Patent, and of such Commission as may be issued to him under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and according to such Instructions as may from time to time be given to him uuder Our Sign Dfanual and Signet or by O w Order in Our Privy Council, or by US tlirough one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and to such Laws as are now or shall hereafter be in force in the State :

Commander-in-Chief i n and over Our Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies, bearing date the Ninth day of Oe Oth

July, 1892 :

under Our Si n Manual and Signet direct and enjoin and declare Our Will and pleasure as follows :-

every ierson for the time being administeh the Government of the State.

Allegiance, to,<ether with such other Oatli or Oatlis as may from time to time bc prescribed by any Law in force administered.

in tlie State.

of the Statc

of Our reign.

the Ofice 01 Goveruoi'.

And whereas we did issue certain Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet, to Our Governor a i d Recites Instructions Is''.

Now Itnow yon that We do hereby revoke the aforesaid Iustructions, and we do by these Our Instructions F ; g z ; i ; a d

I. I n ttese Our Instructions, uliless inconsisteht with the context, the term '' the Governor" shall include Interprctiltion.

\ L The Goveruor may, wheuever he t k n k s fit, require any person in tlie public service to take the Oath of oaths to he

The Governor is to administer such Ouths or cause them to be administered by some Public O5cer I1 I. Tlie Goveriior shall forthwith. communicate these Our Instructions to the .Executive Council, and Qovernor ko

likewise all suc!~ others, from time to time as he shall find convenient for Our service to impart to them.

IV. The Governor shall attend and ireside at the meetings of the Executive Council, unless prevented by Covelaor to preside.

some neccsaary or reasonable cause, and ifijiis absence such member as may be appointed by him in that behalf, ~ ~a~'po'nt ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ~ l ~ ~

or in the absence of such member the senior member of the Executive Council actually present shall preside ; the tjeniar 8Iember to

seniority of the members o f the said Councd being regulated according to tlw order of their respective . . weside in the absence oe the

appointments as members thereof. Governor and

President.

Sonhrity o f Blelnbers.

eomrunnicate Instructions to Execukive Couucil.

V. The Executive Council shall not proceed to the despatch of business unless duly summoned by authority Ruoruln.

VI. In the execution of the powers and authorities vested in him, the Governor shall be gnided by the Governor to take

of the Governor nor unless h o members at the least (exclusive of the Governor or of the member presiding) be present and assisting tliroughout the whole of the meetings at which any such business shall be despatclied.

adrice of the Executive Council, but if in any ease he sha,ll see suacient cause to dissent from the opinion of the ~ ~ ~ , ! ~ ~ i l o r Execntive

Raid Council, he ma act in tlie exercise of his said

Council, reporting d e matter to Us without delay, wit1 the reasons.for. his so acting.

upon the minutes of tlie Council the grounds of any advice or opinion that he may give upon tlie question.

owers and authorities iu opposition to the opinion of the I n any such case it ahall be competent to any member of the said Council to require that there be recorded

TIT. The Governor shall not, except in the cases hereunder mentioned, assent in Our name to any Bill of Description ot Bills

1. Any Bill for the divorce of pcrsons joined together in holy matrimony.

2. Aiiy Bill whereby any grant of lahd or money, or othcr donatiou or gratuity, may be macle to himself.

3. Any Bill affecting the currency of the State.

4. Any Bill, the provision of which shall a pear inconsistcut with obligations imposed upon 'crs by Treaty.

6. Any Bill of an extraordinary nature ankimportance, whereby Our prerogative or tlie rights and property of Our subjects not residing io the State, or the trade and shippiug of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies, may be prejudiced.

6. Any Bill confaiuing provisions t o which Onr assent has beeu once refiised, or whicli liave been disallowed by Us ;

Unless he shall have previously obtained Our Instrtiction? upon ~ u c h Bill through oue of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or unless such Bill shall contain a clause suspending the operation of such Bill until tlie signification in the State of Our leasnre therenpoo, or unless the G-overnor shall have satisfied himself that an

urgent necessity e&ts requiring tfiat such Bill be 1)rought into immediate opemtion, in wldcli case lie is authorised POWC,I.S i n urgent

to assent in Our name to such bill, unless the same shall be rq~ugnaiit to tllc law of Euglancl, or inconsistent with c a m .

any obligations imposed upon Us by Troaty. But he is to trmsmit to Us by tlie ciirliest opportunity the Rill so assented to to ether ivith his rc'asons for assenting hereto.

advice of the Executive Council, and in other cases tlie advice of one, at least, of his Ministers ; aut1 in any rase "I w ' ~ ~ ~ ~ .

in which such pardon or reprieve might directly affect the interests of Our Empire, or of :uiy colintry or place

not to he ussented

aoy of the following classes :- to.

d.

#he &mrnor shall not pardon or reprieve any offeuder witliout first receiving in rapital cases the IkeCuhtian of power

b ST ^{JANUARY, IWI.}

beyond the 'uripdietion d the b & n m e n t of t b State, the Governor shall, brfore deriding as to ei her parnon O)

reprieve, h i e &w interesb spaeirrbly hta~ hfs @wn personal consideration in conjunction with suclr advice M

aforesrid

IX.

All CommLaionr m n t d

b

the Governor to

y

persons to he Judges, Justices of the Peace, or 0 t h

a

offioers, shall, u n h &he& p b d d by Ian, be granted u r b g pleasure only.

werrror'a'ab-.

X.

The Oopsmor shrU nok spit the & a b without' hari 6rst obtaiml leave from CTs for so doiatg under 0nr.Sign Manual and Sgnetjor t h g h one OZ

Our

Prine& I h u m t a r i e s of Stale, oxrcpt for the purpose ol

%mporirl I M ~ or v l S i h & the Governor of any ne1 hbouring lbrte OP the Governar-Generet f& perieds net exceeding o w ^u1 mtll at

S W . any one time, nor ereebaing in t t e

?uta

one month for evety y e d e service in the stn[e.

XI. The

t e m p T a b e e n e e o the Owernor for any period not exceeding one month vhall nut, if hc lrnn

Qoremol'i ab1800e . n d b ~ u m * n m

the st4te. reviouely informed the

In te g .t.t iw beputy in aecodanoe with Our said Letters Patent,

k

deemed a departure from the Stntc w.t!iin t f g peaning of

C h # E . the m d Letters Patent.

k4.telm

xecutive Council, in writin of his intended abjence. and if he litwe daly appointed

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I.

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chief Beeretary's Officr, Brisbane, 1st January, 1!101 J.$ Ereelleney the Governor has been pleased to direct the pujlication, for general information. ^I f ^{i l i a}

H

following Co.nmisrion under the Hoyal Sign Manuat and Signet, appointin the Honoiwuble >ir S.

W

Qriffith, G.C.M.Q., to be Lieutenant-Gopernor of

Lhe

State of Qucenslan(i nnd it9 #ependenrirs. i n tho C mmon.

wealth of AJlstralia.

J V. CH\TAI\'AY.

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QUEEN -L.4

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COYMISSlON PIIUED ULTDEX T R E R O Y A L SIGN MANUAL ^{A I D} SIOI'hT, A P P O I N T I I O P l l E H ~ P N < > L T ~ I I I L I < SIN SlVC I L WALXKX GBIFPITU. G.C.M.G., C@EF JrsTIcE OF QUREYSLAWD, TO B E r,tEIrI E.\AX~-GOVE~WX O F T l l E

STATE O F QUEENBLAND A N D IT8 ~ E P E Y D E N C I E S , I N T E E COXYOAWEALTE O F A U R r I l A L I \ .

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padeb $Otb Oowber

am.

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^VICTOBIA, by the Graco of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen. llefendei of r h o Faith. Em ress of India: To Our Trnsty and Well-belored the Honourubk Sir Stiinwl \Yalkcr Wtlith, &ht Grand Cross of Our Most Di-tinguished Order of Sailit Mirhiicl and Sait t Geuyge, Chief Justice of Queensland, Greeting.

Appolatnert o( tb.

WE

do, by this Our CompissiQn under Our Sign Mensa1 and Sigoet. appoint you, the said Sir Saniiirl

f$g::T.,.a,to

^{Walker Gri5th, to be,} during Our leasure. Our Lieutenant-Governor of Our S ate of Queensland and i t s be Lieutenant.

De

endencies, iq the Colpmonwealtli o!Australia, with all the powers, riglilii. privileges, and adrantuges to tlic

Oovmnor. sail Ofice belon in or pppertai n

To aAniinI8ter 11. And k r t f e r , ib case 3 t E e death, incapacity, or removal gf Our qavernor of Onr said State, or of his

Q o r e m e n t d d w departure from Our said Cltate, We do hereby authokpc and require you to admihivter the Gorcrnment thereof,

'o'eBm"rbaw. with all and s i n p l a r the powers and authorities contained in Uur Lcttcra Patent under the Great Scrl rf Our

BSOW letcm cf October,

P*tentW * t W I n e lW, constituting the 0 6 c e s o f Governor in and over b u r said State of Queensland and its DepenJnries, in the mosor'vernor' _{Poren and} Commonwealth of Australia, or idany other Our Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, s u ~ o r ~ ~ m be to such Instructions as Our said Governor for the time being mayxeceire from

Us

or through one af elemiredrreordlw Our P r i n c i g Seoretaries of State. and according to such Laws QS &e now'gr shall hereafter be in force in Our

bo Initmottolla. ,aid

sbh-

CommMoo of 16th 111. And We do further appoint that this Our Coqcpissios shell 5zpersede our Commission under Our Sign

%ept-br*m M a d and &&net. be date the Fifteenth day of @qheqber, 1899, a pointing you the said Sir Bamuel Walker q r i q t h to be Lieutena%overnor of Our Colony of ueensland and its Lependcneiee.

ru~eneded.

OmbeN. &. l o tske IV, And We do hereby command all and sing ar Our Officers, Ministera and loving subjects in our sad

ROUor.

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a t a h and its De ndeneiee, and all others whom itfmay powern. ta take due notice hereof, and to give their readj obedience a c m x g l y.

fisGiven a t

Our

Court a t Saint dames's, this Twenty-pinth day of October 1900, in the Sixty-fourth year of Our lleign.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearin and accordi

fiat0 a t Weitminster the Twentg-ninth da

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By Her Mnjesty's Command,

J. CHAMBEBLAIN.

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Chief Secretary's Office, Brisbane, 1Rt January, 1901.

18 Excellent the Goverbor has been plcased to direct the nblication, for general information, of tlla

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following J o m a n t Commission, under tIie Royal Sign Y a n J and Signet, a pointing the Chief ~ u s t i c e , 01

the Senior Judge for the time being, of Queensland, to adminirter the Government o! the State of Queensland and 'its Dependencies, in the Cummonwealth of Australia, in the event of the *gth, absence, &e., of the Governor and

Lieutenant-Governor (if any).

J. V. CHAT&WAY.

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QUEENSLAND.

DORMANT COX ISSlOp PASSED UNDER T E E

ROYAL

SIQN MANUAL A N D SIONBI. APPOINTL~O TBE C s r a F JUS;ICE,

&ATE O F QUEENSLA~D A N D ITE D~PENDENCIES, I N T E E COMMONWBALTE OF AUSTRALIA, IN TLIE EVENT OF TI~"I)RATE, Ansqcn,

&p.

QPJ4B G O Y E P N O ~ AND L ~ ~ U T E N A N T - G O V E B N O R (IF ANY),

O B THB &NIOB

JUDQE

^FOB TEE T I M B BBINQ, OF QUEENBLAND, TO ADMINISTER TEE G O V E R N M E N T OF TEB VICTORXA

B.

%tea m Octyber, VJCTORKA, b the Orpce of God of ,#e United Kiqgdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of loo0 the &th, Em' ress of InQa :

To

097 Chief Justice, or the Senior Judga for the time being, d

Queensland, &ee+g

Eadtsi Lettern WEEPEAS, by certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kisgdom of Great Britain and

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Ireland, bearing data a t Wssfrpinster the Twent -ninth day of October 1900, W e have constituted, ordt red, and h e m o r . declared that there sh$I he a Governor in over .Our State of Queensland and its Dependencies. in tiro

Commonwealth of Austraha (therehafter c a h i the State), with all and singular the powers and authorities ia Our said Letters Patent mentioned or referred to :

And whereas W e have, in and by

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said Letters Patent, declared Our pleasure to be that in the event of the death, incapacity, or removal of Our said Governor, or of his departure from Our snid State, all the powerg and authonties thercin granted to him d d , subject to the proviso and condition thereiii contained, be vesteQ during Our pleasure in Our Lieutenant-Governor of Our said State, or if there shall be no suc& Offiwr in opr said Etate, then in such person or persons as may be appointed by Us, under our Sign Manual and Signet, to administel the Government of the same :

Bocolres Commlslloa And whereas W e have by Our CommisRion bearing even date herewith appointed Our Tn\st and Well,

~ p p o l n t ~ o g tb Hon. beloved the Honourable Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distingqidd Order of

~ . ~ a x ~ ~ $ ~ h s saint Michael and Saint Geofge, Chief Jnstice of Queensland, to be Lieutenant-Governor of

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^{State of}

Lleiitennnb Queensland and its Dependencies, with certain powers therein set forth : oovernot.

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Ahd whmeas it is expedient to make further provision for adrninistcring the Government of the said State : Appointmentol the

I. Niw know you that We do, by this C)nr Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, appoint yon, C ! ~ $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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Our said Chief Justice for the time being, to administer the G,)vernment of Our State of Qneen-land and its ^{~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t .} Dependencies, during Our pleasure, with all the poorers, rights, privileges, and advantages to tlie same belonging

,Dr appertaining, whenever and so long as the Office of Governor is vacant, or the Governor is incapable of discharging the duties of administration or has departed fi*om the Stale, and the Liert~enaiit-Governor (if any) is

\absent or has departed from the State, o r is otherwise incapable of administering the Government thereof

or he is incapable or atsent from the State, then We do appoint you the said Senior Judge for the time being of ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ h ~

Our said State then residing therein, and not being under incapacity, to administer the Government of our said Government.

State and its Dependencies during Our pleasure, with a l l the powers, rights, pripileges, sild advantages aforesaid.

111. And we do in any such event hereby authorise, empower, and command you, Our said Chief Justice, or Their duties and

you the said Senior Judge, as the case may reqiiire, to cxercise and perform sll and singular tlie povcrs and direetions power*.

contained in Our said recited Letters Patent, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our Governor or Lieutenant-Governor may receive from Us, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you may receive from us.

re uire, shall not continue to administer the Government after tlie Governor or some other ofEcer having a prior

11. And if at au timewhen this Our Commission takcs effect the OHicc of O w said Cliief Justice is also vacaut, ~!iwoirhnellt 01 tho

. I V . And We do direct that you Our said Chief Justice, or you the said Senior Judge, as the caie may cessation 01

ri&t to administer the same has notified that he har resumed the administration, or is about to resume it.

Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, dated tho. Twelfth dav of August 1898, appointing the Chief i$e&w;,t 1898

Justice or Senior Judge for the time being of Our Colony of Queensladd, to administer the Government of the Colons of Queensland and its Dependencies in the events therein specified.

VI. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Olfjcers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said omccrs, SO., to give

State and its Dependencies, and all others whom il; may concern, to take due notico hereof, and to give their ready obddience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s, this Twenty-ninth day of October 1900, in the Sixty-fourth year of Our Reign.

Goverunient by Goveinor. &a.

V. And further W e do hereby a.ppoiut that this Our present Commission shtill supersede Our Commission alltea

By Her Majesty’s Command,

I J. CHAMBERLAIN.

~~- Chief Secretary’s Office, Brisbane, 1st January, 1901.

IF

Excellency the Governor,lias been pleased to direct the publication, for genrral information, of the

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following Letters Pateut framed under the Great Seal of the United Eingdom, constituting the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Australia ; also of the following Instructions to the said Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and of the followiug Cornmission appointing the Right Honourable the Earl of Hopetoun, P.C., K.T., G.C.M G., G.C.V.O., to be Governor-General and C’ommander-in- Chief of the Uommonwealtli of Anst.ralia.

J. V. CHATAWAY.

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COMMONWEALTH O F AUSTRALIA.

LETTERS _- PATENT PASSED U N D E R THE GREAT SEAL OB THE UNITED KINQDOM, COXSTITUTINB T H E OFFICE ^OF GOTEENOR-GENTRAL AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OB ‘THE COMMONWEALTH O F dESTEALIA.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelaud Queen, Defender of tlie LettersPatent,aataa

W ~ ~ R E A S , by an Act of Parliament passed 011 the Ninth day of July 1900, in the Sixty-fourth year of Our Preamble.

Fa.ith, Empress of India : To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. ^{20th October} 1900.

Reign, intituled “ A n Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Aiistralia,” it iJ enacted that “it shall be lawful for

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“the Queen, wit,h the advice of the Privy Council, to declare by Proclamation that, on and after a day therein p r oo~l i rn at~o ,,o 1 17t~

“ appointed, not being later than one yea,r after the assing of this Act, the people of New South Wales, Victoria, Se~tomber Iwx).

“South Anstralia, Queensland, and Tasmania, an$ also, if Her Majesty is satisfied tliat the people of Western

“ Australia have agreed thereto, of Western AustralL, shall be united ‘In a Federal Commonwealth under the name

“ of the Commonwealth of Australis. But the Qneeu may, at any time after proclamation, appoint a Governor.

“ General fo: the Commouwealth.”

And whereas We did on the Seventeenth day of September One thousand nine hundred, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, declare by Proclamation that, on and after the First day of January One thousand nine hundrrd slid one, the peo le OF New South Wales, Victoria, South Australin, Queensland, and Tasmania, and alpo Western Aiistralia, s h o u l ~ be united in a Federal Coqmonpealth under the iiame of tlie Commonwealth of Australia : And whereas lly flie said recited Act certain powers, functions, arid aiithorities were declared to be vested in the Governor-General : B n c l whereas We tire desirous of making effectual and permanent provision for the Office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our said Commonwealth of dustralia, without making new Letters Patent on each demise of the said Office : Now know ye that W e have thought fit to constitute, order, and declare, aiid do by these presents constitute, order, and declare. that there shall be a Governor-General omee

and Commander-imChief (herein-after called the Governor-General) in and over Our Commonwealth of Australia ~~m&tn;~ln-chieI

(herein-after called Our said Commonwealth), and that the person who shall fill the said Office of Governor-General constituted,

shall be from time to time appointed by Commission under Our Sign Msiiiial and Signet. And We do hereby authorise and command Our said Governor-General to do and execute, in due manner, all things that sha.11 belong to his said command, and to the trust We have reposed in him, according to the several powers and authorities

granted or appointed him hy virtue of ^I‘ The Couimo~in-ealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900,” and of these ~ovarnor.(:enera~~s

present Letters Patent and of such Commission as may be issued to him under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and Powers,rqnd

nccordin to such Iustnictions as may from time to time be given to him, under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or “uthorlt’eY~

by Our &der in Our Privy Coiiucil, or by ‘CTs through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and to such laws as shall hereafter be i n force in Our said Commonwealth.

kee and use for sealing all things whatsoever that shall pass the said Grcat Sral. Provided that until a Great Searshall be rovided, the Private Seal of Our said Governor-General may’be used as the Great Seal of the Commouvealt% of Australia.

JII. ThBGovernor-General may constitute and appoint, in Our name and on Our behalf, all such Judges, Ap,,,,iointment

Commissioners, Justires of tLc Peace, aud other necessary Officers aiid Ministers of Our said Commonwealth, as Judges, Justices. hc.

may be lawfnlly coustitltted or appointed by Us.

IT. The Governor-General, so far a8 W e Ourselves lawfully may, upon suKcient cause to him ap earing, suqension or

may remove from his oftice, or suspend from the exercise of the same, any erson exercising any office of

8ur

^said removal fromofbe.

Commonwealth, under or by virtue of any Commission or Warrant grantel, or which may be granted, by Us in Our name or under Our authority.

Constitution Bet, 1900, or otherwise in respect of tlbe summoning, proroguing, or dissolving the Parliament of Our p roroguing, or dissolving the Cammonwealtb

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11. There shall be a Great Seal of and for Our said Commonwealth wl~icli Our said Governor-General shall Great Seal.

V. The Govcrnor-General may on our Lchalf exercise all powers under the Commonwealth of Australia ~ummoning,

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power to appoint Deputies.

Siiccession to the Government.

Provlm. Oaths of omce to be taken.

Onicern and others to obey and nmist tho Governor-General.

Power reserved to Her Xnjesty to revoke, alter, or amend the present Letters Patent.

Publicntion of Letters Patont.

VI. And whereas by "The Commouwcalth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900," it is amongst other things enacted, that We may authorise the Governor-General to appoint any person or persons, jointly or sererally, to bc liis Deputy or Deputies aitliiu any part of Our Commonwealth, aud in that capacit,y to exercise, diiring the pleasure of the Governor-General, such powers and functions of the said Governor-Geueral as he thinks fit to assign to such Depnty or Deputies, subject to any limitations expressed or directions p e n by ITS : Now W e do hereby authorise and empower Our said Governor-General, subject to such limitations aiid irectious as aforesaid, to appoint any person or persons, jointly or severally, to be his Deputy or Deputies within any part of our said Commonwealth of Australia, and in that capacity to exercise, during his easnre, such of his powers and functions as he may deem it necessary or expedient to assign to him or them : grovided always, that the appoint,mcnt of such a Doputy or Deputies shall not affect the exercise by the Governor-Geuer,il liiinnelf o€ auy power or fmiction.

VII. And We do lierehy declare Our pleasute to be that, in the event of the death, incapacity, remova.1. or absence of Our said Governor-General out bf Our said Commonwealth, all and every the yon-ers and authorities hereiu granted to him shall, until Our further leasure is signified therein, be vested in such erson as may be appointed by Us under Our Sign Manual and &;net to be Our Lieutenant-Governor of Our saii Comnionwealth ; or if there shall bc no such Lientenant-Govcrnor in Our said Commonwealth, then in such yerson or persons as may be appointed by Us under Our Sign Manna1 and Signet to administer the Government of the same. No such powcrs or authorities shall vest in such Lieutenant-Governor, or such other person or )ersons, nutil he or they shall have taken the oaths appointed to be taken by the Governor-General of Our said boinmonwealth, and in the manner roridecl by the Instrnctions accom anying these Our Letters Patent.

&II.

And We do hereby require anfcommand all our Officers and Ministers, Civil and Militai-y, and all other the inhabitants of Our said Commonwealth, to be obedient, aiding, and assisting unto Our said Governor-General, or, in the event of kis death, incapacity, or absence, to such person or persons as may, from time to time, under the provisions of these t )ur Letters Patent, administer the Government of Our said Comtponwealtli.

IX. And We do hereby reserve to Onrsclves, Our heirs ancl successors, full power and authority from time to time to revoke, alter, or amend these Our Letters Patent as to Us or them shall seem mect.

X. And We do further direct and enjoin that these Our Letters Patent shall be read and proclaimed at I n witness whereof, We have caused these Our Letlers to be made Patent. Witncss Ourself at By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual.

such place or places as Our said Governor-General shall think fit within Our said Conimonwealth of Anstralia.

Westminstcr, the twenty-ninth day of October, in the Sixty-fourth Year of Our Reign.

MUIR MACKENZIE.

COMMON WEALTH O F AUSTRALIA.

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

INSTRUCTIONS PASSPD U N D E R THB ROYAL SIGN MANUAL A N D SIGNET TO T E E GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND

VICTODIA R. I.

Dated 20th October fiistrurtions to Our Governor-Genera' and Cornmande?=in-Chief i n a n d over Our Commonwealth of A u s ~ r t r i i n . or

1WU.

Preamble.

Recites Letter8 Patent oonstitnting the omce of (iovernor-(ieneral.

in his a h e n r e , io Our Lieiitenanf-Governor or the O$icer f o r the time being adininisleivng ' h e G ~ v e r n n & t

of O u r sard C o m m o v c w l t h .

Given at Our Court at Saint James's this Twenty-ninth day of Ortober 1900, in the Sixty-fourth year of WHEREAS by certain Letters Patent bearing even date herevit,h, We have constitntcd, ordered, and clerlsred that tliere shall be a Govrruor-Geueral and Commander-in-Chief (therein and hrreiuaftcr called the Govcrnor- General), in aud over Onr Commonwealth of Anrtralia (therein aud hereinafter called Our said Commonrrealth).

And We have thereby authorised and commanded Our said Governor-Geueral to do and execute in due rnaiiuer all things that shall belong to his said command. and to the trust We have reposed in him, according to the several powers and antlionties granted or appointed him by virtue of the said Letters Patent and of sucli Couniissioii as may be issued to him under Our Sign Manual and Signet, aud arcording to such Instriictions as may from time to time be given to him, under Our Siqn Manuwl and Signet, or by Our Order in Our Privy Coimcll, or by ITS through One of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and to such laws as shall hereafter be in force in Onr said Commonwetiltb. Now, therefore, We do, by those Our Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet, dcclare Our Dleasure to be as folloKs :-

Our Reign.

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Publication ot flrst I. Our first nppoiutcd Governor-General shall, with all due solemnity, cause Our Commission, under Our

E ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ~ e r ' L 1 ' s

Sign Manual and Signet, appointing ()up said Goveruor-General, to be read and publislied in the presence of Onr Governors, or in their absence of Our Lieutenant-Goveruors of Our Colouies of New Sontli Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, a i d Western Australia and such of the members of the Executive Council, Judges, and members of the 'Legislatures of Our said Colonics as are able to attend.

Oaths to be taken by 11. Onr said Governor General of Our said C'ommon~veal th shall take the Oath of Allegiance in the form

~~~~~~~~ provided by nn Art. assed i n the Session holden in the thirty-first ^aud thirty-second years of Our Eeign, intituled

rmperinl bet, 3~ and " An Act to amend txe Law relating Lo Promissory Oaths; ^" and likewisi: the usual Oath for the due execution of

32 Viot. c 72. the Office of Our Governor-General in and over Our said Commonwealtli, ancl for the due and impartial administration of justice; which Oaths Uur said Governor R nd Commander-in-Chief of Our Colony of New South Wales, or, in his absence, \)nr Lielitenant-Governor or other olEcer administering the Government of Our said Colony, shall and he is hereby required to tender and administer unto him.

Publication 01 111. Every Governor-Genrral, a i d erery other olticer appointed to administer the Governmeut of Our

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said Commonwealth after Our said first nppointcd Governor-Geueral, shall, r i t h all due solemnity, cause Our

the flrst Commission, nuder Our Sign Manual and Signet. appointing Our said Governor-General, to be read and published

appoint1nent. in the presence of the Chief .Tiistire of the High Court of Australia, or some other Judge of the said Court.

Oatha to betaken by IV. Every Governor-General, and every other officer appoijited to administer the Gorerument of Our said

Governor-General.

&c,, the Commonwealth after Our said first appointed Governor-General, s h 11 take the Oath of Allegiance io the form

nppointment. provided by an Act passed in the Sessiou holdeu in the thirty-first and thirty-second years ol' Onr Reign, int,ituled

I w e r i a l Act, 31 rind "An Act to amend the Law- relatin!: to IJroinissory O a t h ; " and likewise the usual Oath for the due execution of

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^{c. 72. '} the Oflice of Our Governor-General in and over Our said Commonwealth, and for the due a d impartial administration of jnstice; which Oaths the Chicf Justice of the High Court of Anstmlis, or some other Jndge of the said Court, shall and he is hereby required to tender and administer untq him or them.

Oaths to be

adlninistered by Ihe other person to be auth?&ed by him in that behalf, to administer to all and to every persons or e r ~ o u ns he s h a 8

Governor-General. think fit, who shall hold any offire or place of trnst or profit in Our said Conimonweal!ff, thc haid Oatlfof Allegiance, hgether with such other Oath or Oaths as may from time to time bo prescribed by any laws or statutes in that behalf made aiid provided.

Gorernor-Ceneral to VI. And We do require Our said Governor-General to commnuicate forthwith to the Members of tlle

communicate Executive Council for Onr said Commonwealth these O u r Instructions, and likewise all such others, from time to

instruotlons to the

ExeJutlve ~ o o u c j ~ . time, as he shall find convenient for Our service to he imparted to them.

Luva sent home to VII. Our said Governor-Gener.11 is to take care that all laws assented to by him in Our name, or reserveil for

hnve abstracts. mnrginicl the signification of Unr pleasure thereon, shall, r h e n transinit,tpcl by him, be,fairly abstracted in thc m:irgins,"alid be tiecompanied, in such eases as may seem to him necessary, with such explaiiatory observatioiis as may be roquired to exhibit the reasons and occasions for proposing such laws; and he shall also transmit fair copies of the

Journsla and Journals and Miuutes of the roceedings of the Parlmment o f Our said Commomwenlth, which be i s to require from the clerks, or other proper O&BPB in that behalf, of tho said Parliament.

V. And We do authorise and r'equire Our said Governor-General from time to time, by liiniself or b i an

Yinuteo,