"This Henry Pottinger
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7.0. January 6.1843
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Extract of a Separate and Confidential despatch from the Earl of Aberdeen to Sir Henry Pottinger dated January 4, 1843.
"I need hardly remind you
that
all persons at present connected with the Superintendency in China, with the exception of yourself, hold their appointments provisionally,
subject to any arrangements which Her Majesty's Government may deem it expedient to adopt. The same rule will also apply to any
and all appointments which you may make either for carrying
on the Government