Appendix A 169 No2927. My Lord, Pary for Marion at Houghing November 28, 1842.
ing it to the indispensably, that a full report should be drawn up from the information of the Right Honourable the Commander-in-Chief of Forces, and for transmission to Her Majesty's Government, upon the sufferings of the 98th Regiment since its arrival in the Garrison of Hongkong during the last hot season, The Commander-in-Chief directs the formation of a Board of Inquiry, of which Your Lordship is to be President for this object.
and call for a report upon Your duty will be to examine witnesses and to ascertain the causes that have led to the great mortality, in the 98th Regiment, which has rendered our Garrison so alarmingly unfit for Service, to such an extent that it is grievously lamented. The authorities, have hitherto derived little advantage from any previous investigation, that was conducted by Major-General Lord Saltoun, C.B., &c., Prevailing upon the final result of the inquiry