RECEIVED
232
tong tong
APR. 6). Emph 4 April 1873
1843
105
Me beg to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 19th ulto wherein you state that by direction of Lord Stanley
you
therewith transmitted
to me
the
Draft of a proposed Commission for the erection of Hongkong
into a British
Colony, together with the draft of a commission for the appointment of
the Governor thereof. And
that we
into our
Lordshp
Secretary's Office
you requested these Commission,
would take these
into consideration & report
By
my
Opinion upon
to His
them.
Sn