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12 Ourselves to make known to all Our loving subjects within Our Indian Dominions that the said Solemnity had been so celebrated, and to call to Our Presence, Our Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, and other of Our Officers, the Princes, Chiefs, and Nobles of the Native States under Our Protection, and the representatives of the Provinces of Our Indian Empire;

"Now we do by this Our Royal Proclamation, make announcement thereof and extend to all Our Officers, and to all Princes, Chiefs, and Peoples now at Delhi assembled Our Royal and Imperial Greeting and assure them of the deep affection with which we regard Our Indian Empire, the welfare and prosperity of which are and ever will be Our constant concern.

"Given at Our Court at Delhi, the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, in the second year of Our Reign."

The Assistant Herald, Malik Umar Hayat Khan Tiwana, then read an Urdu translation of the Proclamation. The reading was followed by loud and prolonged cheering, and it was further signalized by the massed bands playing the National Anthem, and the Artillery firing a salute of 101 guns, which was followed by a "feu de joie" from the troops. These salutes ended, His Excellency the Governor-General stood at the foot of the Throne and read the statement of Royal Boons which it had pleased the King-Emperor, after consultation with his Ministers and the Governor-General in Council, to grant to his Indian subjects.

The announcement was as follows :

 THE ROYAL BOONS

"To all to whom these presents may come, by the command of His Most Excellent Majesty George the Fifth, by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, — I, his Governor-General, do hereby declare and notify the grants, concessions, reliefs and benefactions which His Imperial