No: 46, of 1844.
July: No: 2 in
Despatch
Certificato.
NE47
A Muy 1847 Hoy 30
Covil
RECEIVED
NOV. 5
1844
My Lord,
Victoria, Hong Kong
st July 31th 1874.
46
I have the honor to inform Your Lordship that no Copy of the Statutes at Large, or of the Orders in Council affecting the Colonies has been sent out for the use of the Government here, nor indeed, is a copy of either to be found in the Island.
Much inconvenience is Experienced in consequence in the business of legislation, and particularly that, in accordance with Your Lordship's instructions, the Law of England is about to be declared the Law of the Colony, except in those
The Right Honorable,
Lord Stanley, M.P.