. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. as may be lawfullyconstituted or appointed by us. IV. The Governor-General, so far as we ourselveslawfully may, upon sufficient cause to him appearing, mayremove from his office, or suspend from the exercise of thesame, any person exercising any office of our said Common-wealth, under or by virtue of any commission or warrantgranted, or which may be granted, b
. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. as may be lawfullyconstituted or appointed by us. IV. The Governor-General, so far as we ourselveslawfully may, upon sufficient cause to him appearing, mayremove from his office, or suspend from the exercise of thesame, any person exercising any office of our said Common-wealth, under or by virtue of any commission or warrantgranted, or which may be granted, by us in our name, orunder our authority. V. The Governor-General may, on our behalf, exerciseall powers under TheCommonwealthof AustraliaConstitutionAct, 1900, or otherwise in respect of the summoning,proroguing, or dissolving the Parliament of our saidCommonwealth. VI. And whereas by The Commonwealth of AustraliaConstitution Act, 1900, it is amongst other things enacted,that we may authorise the Governor-General to appoint anyperson or persons, jointly or severally, to be his deputy ordeputies within any part of our Commonwealth, and in thatcapacity to exercise during the pleasure of the Governor- ^4 FROM COLONY TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL (LORD HOPErOLX) LEAVING THE PAXILIONAFTER THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY. THE mttl) Iritialjlnsnranre Cfl. (UNU1^\ITED> . . FIRE. MARINE. ZTbe SOUtb JSritiSb insurance Co. finished its year on 31stAugust, 1900, with a profit of £39,487, and paid a dividend of 20per cent. (£12,926). Some recent records of the South British:— GKOSS PROFITS. DIVIDENDS. 1S93 ;^29,g5i 10 per cent. = _;^6,463 1894 .. 12^4 , = 8,078 1895 3^.999 15 = 1896 11,060 15 = 1897 27,612 17^ . = 11,310 1898 i7>^ , = 11,310 T899 27,560 i7>^ . = 11,310 1900 20 , - 1^,0-6 /:209,io^ ;^8o,785 The difference (;^i28,3i8) has gone to various reserves. In1892 the total reserves of the South British Co. were ;^95, are nou^ ;^22
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