Actually taken, Her Majesty
with not be advised to take
Any step whatever on
subject. But if you
the
should
think it convenient that the
or
- Existing Orders in Council, any of
them, should be revoked, to make way
Effectually for the working
of such Ordinances
as you
may have occasion to Enact,
with the advice of your Legislative
Council
The Queen in Council will be ready so to facilitate
that object.
In order to avoid
Adding
to the perplexity of
subject already involved in obscurity, I have not confined
Myself strictly within the limit of my
own
province, but have adverted to
your powers
as
Governor of the Colony of Hong Kong,
as well as to your powers
as
Superintendent of the British Trade in China.
The two functions
are,
however,
I need hardly observe, entirely distinct from
Each other, and the Courts which
You may Establish for Colonial
purposes,
and the Rules you
may lay down for the guidance
of such Courts, must also be
distinctly