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VIII. And We do hereby require and command all Our Officers and 
Ministers, Civil and Military, and all other the inhabitants of Our said 
Dominion, to be obedient, aiding, and assisting unto Our said 
Governor-General, or, in the event of his death, incapacity, or 
absence, to such person or persons as may, from time to time, under 
the provisions of these Our Letters Patent. administer the Govern- 
ment of Our said Dominion. 
IX. And We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and suc- 
cessors, full power and authority from time to time to revoke, alter, 
or amend these Our Letters Patent as to Us or them shall seem meet. 
X. And We do further direct and enjoin that these Our Letters 
Patent shall be read and proclaimed at such place or places as Our said 
Governor-General shall think fit within Our said Dominion of Canada. 
In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made 
Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Fifteenth dav of June, 
in the Fifth Year of Our Reign. 
By Warrant under the King’s Sign Manual. 
MUIR MACKENZIE. 
IT 
INSTRUCTIONS passed under the Royal Sign Manual and 
Signet to the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief 
of the Dominion of Canada. 
Dated 15th June 1905. 
EDWARD R. & 1. 
[nsTRUCTIONS to Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in 
and over Our Dominion of Canada, or, in his absence, to Our Lieu- 
benant-Governor or other Officer for the time being administering 
the Government of Our said Dominion. 
Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Fifteenth day of 
June, 1905, in the Fifth year of Our Reign. 
WHEREAS by certain Letters Patent bearing even date herewith 
We have constituted, ordered, and declared that there shall be 
a Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief (hereinafter called Our 
said Governor-General) in and over Our Dominion of Canada (herein- 
after called Our said Dominion), And We have thereby authorized 
and commanded Our said Governor-General to do and execute in 
Jue manner all things that shall belong to his said office, and to the 
trust We have reposed in him, according to the several powers and 
authorities granted or appointed him by virtue of the 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, under Our Sign Manual and Signe, 
or by Our Order in Our Privy Council, or by Us through One of Our 
Principal Secretaries of State, and to such Laws as are or shall here- 
after be in force in Our said Dominion: Now. therefore, We do, by