Hong Kong ; but I have
thought it advisable to postpone for a period
Appointing any person
in
to the situation, as
Consequence of the suguestion relating to Hong Kong which is now pending before the Select Committee of the House of Commons
As strike of that colony & on the
Commercial relations of this Country with China .
For the same reason
decision
withhold my " upon the appointment of Mr. Inglis, and
Marques to the situations
to which you have respectively nominated them.
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