relation to the affairs in connection with the Opium trade not being your attention
"I am told that there is a proposition
that has been brought out to me by
Sir Henry Pottinger.
13th November 1843,
"Victoria, Hongkong,
5 o'clock.
No 23.
Received
present date-
Reporting Proceedings
I forward you with reference
to the dispatch marked
in the draft to Sir Henry Pottinger of 30
October 1847.
I forward a copy of the correspondence
relative to the contemplated enlargement of
the Works. Mr. Mundy has suggested to me,
and I think very justly, that
Captain Harland should have the opportunity
of acquiring a good
knowledge of the details. I have become quite convinced of this view the Office staff of Building
one toriel
to det
Feb. 10. Consult with Cl. W.
for a competent person with the requisite qualifications instead
of the person referred to here
PROCLAMATION.
By virtue of the Authority vested in me by the Queen's Letters Patent, dated at Westminster, on the 5th day of April, 1843, and also by Instructions issued to me under Her Majesty's Royal Signet and Sign Manual, of date the 6th day of April 1843, I do hereby nominate and appoint the undermentioned Gentlemen to be Members of the Legislative and Executive Councils of the Colony of Hongkong, pending Her Majesty's Pleasure:
ALEXANDER ROBERT JOHNSTON, Esq.,
Registrar & Assistant to Her Majesty's Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c.
JOHN ROBERT MORRISON, Esq., Chinese Secretary to Her Majesty's Chief Superintendent and the Government of Hongkong.
WILLIAM CAINE, Esq., Major in Her Majesty's 26th Regiment of Foot, and Chief Magistrate of the Colony of Hongkong.
The above Gentlemen are to be styled, in addition to their usual addresses, The Honorable, in all Official and other documents,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Dated at the Government House, at Victoria Hongkong, this 21st day of August 1843, in the seventh year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen
HENRY POTTINGER.
Victoria, &c.
see Anything in
letters
anything to be done by you- question ought to be the confirmation of the newly appointed officer however but as regards machinery
in order to consider whether the
Office might not be altogether
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nothing need be done –
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