Draft C.O. APR 24 1844
Whereas by a certain Order in Council relating to China and passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Seventh years Of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to remove doubts as to the Exercise of power and jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers countries and places out of Her Majesty's Dominions, and to render the same more Effectual," it is amongst other things enacted