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 836 APPENDIX E. FORM OF ABSOLUTE PARDON. Whereas his Most Exeellent Majesty King George the Third, by a CkMnmission under the Great Seal of Great Britain, by his Majesty's Royal SignHmanual, bearing date the eighth day of November, in the thirty-first year of his Mi^esty'a reign, h&th been graciously pleased to give and grant full power and authority The to the Governor (or in case of his death or absence, the lieutenant- empowered Governor) for the time being of his Majesty's ierritcMy of the emancipate eastern coast of New South Wales and the islands thereunto oonvictB. adjacent, by an instrument or instruments in writing under the Seal of the Government of the said territory, or as he or they respectively shall think fit and convenient for his Majesty's service, to remit, either absolutely or conditionally, the whole or any part of the term or time for which such persons convicted of felony, misdemeanour, or other offences amenable to the laws of Great Britain shall have been or shall hereafter be respectively conveyed or transported to New South Wales, or the islands thereunto adjacent. The form in By virtue of Buch power and authority so vested as aforesaid, blank. j^ ^ Captain-General and Govemor-in- Chief in and over the territory of New South Wales and its dependencies, taking into consideration, do hereby absolutely remit the remainder of the term or tune which is yet to come and unexpired of the original sentence or