Board of Trade
ELB
Nr. 286.
April
JW
The Queen (2
Hold young & os.
Witness
Chaong asze
Luis Baretto
Aruis
Isung Wong Asoo Le ascen
Wong King
Lumi Apoon
Chun Large Isang Chaong Shan
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Wun Ayou
Laong Amoon
· Gregor
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Lo Awae
in 865. W Kony / China
By His Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger Back, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
charged with the Government of Hong Kong.
Pending Her Majesty's
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further pleasure, I do hereby constitute, and appoint you William Caine Esquire Brevet Major and Captain in 26th Connaught Regiment of Infantry, to be Chief Magistrate of the Island of Hong Kong
:
its dependencies ; and I hereby empower and require you to exercise
authority