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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

GEORGE R. I.

GEORGE THE FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, to all to whom these Presents shall come: Greeting!

WHEREAS by Warrants under Our Royal Sign Manual, dated the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, the sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, We were graciously pleased to Make, Ordain and Establish Statutes and Ordinances for the government of the Imperial Service Order and the Imperial Service Medal, reserving to Ourselves, Our Heirs and Successors full power of annulling, altering, abrogating and augmenting, interpreting and dispensing with those Statutes by a notification under the Sign Manual of the Sovereign of the said Order:

AND WHEREAS We are minded to make certain amendments to the Statutes of the said Order:

Now We do by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, abrogate the fourteenth and eighteenth clauses of the said Warrant of the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and in lieu thereof Make, Ordain and Establish the following Statutes and Ordinances:—

Fourteenthly.—(Abrogated by the Warrant dated 25th August, 1932, q.v.)

Eighteenthly.—(Abrogated by the Warrant dated 25th August, 1932, q.v.)

AND it is Our Will and Pleasure that these Statutes shall be taken and received as part and parcel of the Statutes of the said Order.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s, this fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, in the Sixteenth Year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Command,

W. JOYNSON-HICKS.

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GEORGE R. I.

GEORGE THE FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, to all to whom these Presents shall come: Greeting!

WHEREAS by Warrants under Our Royal Sign Manual, dated the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, the sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, We were graciously pleased to Make, Ordain, and Establish Statutes and Ordinances for the government of the Imperial Service Order and the Imperial Service Medal, reserving to Ourselves, Our Heirs and Successors full power of annulling, altering, abrogating and augmenting, interpreting and dispensing with those Statutes by a notification under the Sign Manual of the Sovereign of the said Order:

AND WHEREAS We are minded to make certain amendments to the Statutes of the said Order:

Now We do by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, abrogate the fifth clause of the said Warrant of the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and in lieu thereof Make, Ordain and Establish the following Statute:—

Fifthly.—It is ordained that the number of Companions of the Order shall not exceed seven hundred, of whom two hundred and fifty shall belong to Our Home