West longitude, are part of our Dominions, and it is expedient that provision 
should be made for their government as Dependencies of our Colony of the 
Falklands: 
1. Now We do hereby declare that from and after the publication of these 
our Letters Patent in the Government “Gazette” of our Colony of the Falkland 
Islands the said group of islands known as South Georgia, the South Orkneys, 
the South Shetlands and the Sandwich Islands, and the said territory of Graham’s 
Land shall become Dependencies of our said Colony of the Falkland Islands. 
2. And we do hereby further declare that from and after such publication 
as aforesaid the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our Colony of the Falk- 
land Islands for the time being (hereinafter called the Governor) shall be the 
Governor of South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, and the 
Sandwich Islands, and the territory of Graham’s Land (all of which are herein- 
after called the Dependencies); and we do hereby vest in him all such powers of 
government and legislation in and over the Dependencies as are from time to 
time vested in our said Governor in and over our Colony of the Falkland Islands, 
subject, nevertheless, to any instructions which may from time to time be here- 
after given him under our Sign Manual and Signet, or through one of our 
Principal Secretaries of State, and to such laws as are now or shall hereafter be 
in force in the said Dependencies. 
3. In the event of the death or incapacity of the Governor, or in the event 
of his absence from our Colony of the Falkland Islands otherwise than for the 
purpose of visiting the Dependencies, the officer for the time being administering 
the government of our said Colony shall be Governor for the time being of the 
Dependencies. 
4. There shall be an Executive Council for the Dependencies, and the said 
Council shall consist of such persons as shall from time to time constitute the 
Executive Council of our Colony of the Falkland Islands; and the said Council 
shall exercise the same functions in regard to all matters arising in connection 
with the Dependencies as are exercised by the Executive Council of our Colony 
of the Falkland Islands in regard to matters arising in connection with our said 
Colony. 
5. It shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, competent for the 
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of our 
Colony of the Falkland Islands, to make laws for the peace, order, and good 
government of the Dependencies. 
6. The Governor is, and shall be deemed always to have been, authorised 
and empowered to make and execute, in our name and on our behalf, grants and 
dispositions of any lands which may lawfully be granted or disposed of by us - 
within the Dependencies, either in conformity with instructions under our Sign 
Manual and Signet, or through one of our Principal Secretaries of State, or in 
conformity with such laws as may from time to time be in force in the De- 
pendencies. 
7. We do hereby reserve to us, our heirs and successors, 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. 
8. The Governor shall cause these our Letters Patent to be published in the 
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