§ MR. RAIKESsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether by a recent Patent the Order of St. Michael and St. George has been extended to all Her Majesty's Colonies; and, if so, when the new 1349 Statutes and appointments to the Order will appear in the Gazette, conformably with the precedent set by the promulgation of the Statutes and the publication of appointments of members of the Order of the Star of India?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, in reply, that the Order of St. Michael and St. George had been extended to all the colonies, not, however, by fresh Letters Patent, but by fresh statutes, the Sovereign being empowered, under the existing Letters Patent, so to extend it. When the Order of the Star of India was created in 1861, and extended in 1866, notices announcing the circumstance and giving the leading provisions of the statutes were inserted in the Gazette, but the statutes were not gazetted. However, it was intended, with regard to the Order of St. Michael and St. George, to depart from the usual practice, and gazette both the statutes and the new appointments.