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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

GEORGE R. I.

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

WHEREAS His late Majesty King Edward VII being desirous of recognizing more fully than had theretofore been possible the faithful and meritorious services rendered to Him by Members of the Civil Services of the various parts of His Empire, did by Warrants under the Royal Sign Manual dated the eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two, the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and the seventeenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, for Himself, His Heirs and Successors institute and create a new Civil Order of Distinction—to be designated the Imperial Service Order—and He was graciously pleased to Make, Ordain, and Establish Rules and Ordinances for the government of the same:

AND WHEREAS His late Majesty King George V by Warrants under the 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, the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two did Make, Ordain, and Establish Statutes and Ordinances for the government of the Imperial Service Order and the Imperial Service Medal, reserving to Himself His 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 Eighth clause of the said Warrant of the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and the said Warrant of the sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and in lieu thereof Make, Ordain and Establish the following Statutes:

Eighthly.—It is ordained that the decoration to be worn by Companions of the Order shall be: for men, a Badge or Medallion of gold or enamel, bearing the Imperial and Royal Cypher of the Sovereign, and the words “For Faithful Service,” both to be executed in dark blue enamel on a plaque or shield of gold, surrounded by a seven-pointed star of silver, surmounted by the Imperial Crown; and for women, a Badge or Medallion in all respects similar to the Badge or Medallion for men, save that the plaque or shield of gold shall be surrounded by a wreath of laurel in silver instead of a star, surmounted by the Imperial Crown.

Sixteenthly.—It is ordained that the Imperial Service Medal for men and women respectively shall be a circular medal of silver bearing the Effigy of the Sovereign on the obverse and on the reverse an appropriate design and the words “For Faithful Service,” and on the rim of the Medal the name of the recipient, and it is ordained that the Imperial Service Medal shall be worn in a similar manner to that prescribed for the Imperial Service Order.

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 Sandringham the Eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, in the First year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Command,

JOHN SIMON.