J. F. Davis Esq.
1844
Forwarded by EBY
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desire that these instructions should be considered on their provisional merits, and liable to be altered should they in the opinion of the Governor be in any respect inapplicable to the Colony. I have therefore requested that you will take them into your consideration and inform me whether there are any which in your experience would enable you to suggest any alteration, without waiting until they shall have been tested by practical application in the Colony.
Mr. Stephen Mr. Hope Lord Stanley
are to enforce
the following
29.7.1844
With reference to my letter No. 63 of the 10th instant, I transmit herewith the instructions prepared and sanctioned by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for the guidance of the Treasurer and Auditor General of Hong Kong.
I have requested that you will deliver the same to those Officers, respecting which I have to observe that you will be apprized of their Lordships' desire that these instructions should be considered...
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