Commissions, Warrant,
or Warrants, under our
Royal sign manual,
to appoint not
Exceeding
Three of our subjects:
to be superintendent
of The Trade of
...
to and from the Dominions
of the Emperor of China,
for the purpose of protecting & promoting
such trade, and by any such commission warrant as aforesaid, to settle such gradation
and subordination among the said Superintendent
(one of whom shall be stated the chief superintendent), and to
appoint such officer
to assist them in the
execution
of their Duties,
and to grant such
Salaries to such
Superintendents & officers
as we shall from time to time deem expedient. And whereas by a
Commission
or warrant
bearing date the 14th
day of May 1841, We
did, in the exercise of
the Powers conferred by
the