No. 19, of 1844.
Inclosure No. 2 in despatch
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10:48
Colonial Department:
Ta Hongkong In 2001. Foreign & Colonial Government House, Victoria
Hongkong, March 14th 1844.
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters dated the 1st and 5th Instants on the subject of the men who have been allowed to volunteer from Her Majesty's 55th Regiment into the 98th Regiment with a view to their being employed as Police in this Colony,
His Excellency the Governor would have earlier instructed me to reply to those letters had not his time since their receipt, been entirely occupied by a variety of most pressing matters that did not admit of the smallest delay.
In answer to your first letter I am directed to acquaint you, that 62 men have been passed for Policemen.
From Captain D'Aguilar,
Assistant Military Secretary.
To Captain D'Aquilar,
Assistant Military Secretary.
14th March, 1844.