- suggestion made by the Chief Magistrate,
that the new location should be
exclusively occupied by Chinese, and that no Europeans be permitted to reside there, excepting for Police
among
purposes.
We have …
(Signed) W. H. Caine,
Chief Magistrate,
Ch. Gutzlaff,
Chinese Secretary,
A. F. Gordon,
Land Officer.
91.
We beg to return His Excellency's
Memorandum and the English petitions.
(Face copy)
Frederick H. May Apud
No 162.
In 1844 It was
Gentleman
RECEIVED
NOV. 5 1844
442
Government House Victoria,
Hongkong, 17th April, 1844
I am directed to acknowledge the
receipt of your
letter, marked No.1, dated the
… and Instant., with
referred to you,
1
your Report on the question
as to the removal of the present
occupants of the Upper Chinese Bazaar. I am in reply to inform you that His Excellency the Governor in Council approves
of and sanctions
your proposals, but the … amount of pecuniary compensation to be granted must entirely depend on the number of individuals who may be found to be, on minute inquiry,
entitled to it, since
Government have been informed that
The Honorable Major Caine,
The Reverend Charles Gutzlaff,
A. J. Gordon, Esqre
and
many