W. Hope
25
Honkong
86
0.0
Foreign Office
February 8. 1863
I have laid before the Earl of Aberdeen your letter of the 30th of January on matters relating to the Island of Hong Kong; and I have directed by his Lordship to request that you acquaint Lord Hawley that you have considered it advisable to take the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown, James Stephen Esquire, K.C.B., on the first point stated