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Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary.
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My
RECEIVED
00231
1848
Lord,
311
Victoria, Hongkong,
- 28th August, 1848.
My Predecessor
in his
Despatch No 199, of the 17th
December, 1847, acquainted
Your
Lordship that he had
appointed Mr William J. Mercer, Colonial Treasurer, to a seat in the Legislative
Council, in consequence
of
the absence of the Chief Justice W. Hulme
from
having
Returned; Mr. Mercer
has vacated his temporary
seat, but I have re-
appointed
him to the Council considering
The Right Honorable,
The Earl Grey,
Yos
Joz