that
the event of the Office of Superintendant of the British Trade in China becoming vacant,
His Lord & Aberdeen intimation that it shall devolve on the Officer
for the time being
administering the Govt of Hong Kong. But until provision is made for the succession to the post, this rule cannot apparently be in effectual. Because it infers that
either in some
Supplementary Despatch (in the event of the Continuance of hostilities being contemplated)
or such a Commission (in the event of the ratification of the Treaty being contemplated) provision should be made
for the Succession
to
the post in all the
24 Contingencies which might occasion a temporary vacancy
of it. Otherwise disputes might arise, not only as to the exercise of that Command, but also as to the superintendence
of the
Trade!
With regard to territorial rights of the Crown in Stoughery, Lord Mantey suggests whether it would not be expedient to instruct Secretary Stanley to abstain
from alienating any of the land in the Black Mountains or elsewhere, either
in perpetuity or for
a length of time that may be mentioned to induce any person
to
occupy the
Island of Stone, and Caferilly