Duplicate.
Memorandum by the Governor Bonham.
26th January, 1849.
Victoria, Hongkong,
My Lord,
The Chief Justice Hulme having requested me to furnish him with a copy of Your Lordship's Despatch No. 13 of the 2nd March, 1848, to which I have been instructed to refer, I have the honor to request Your Lordship's instructions on the subject.
Under ordinary circumstances I should not have hesitated to comply with Mr. Hulme's desire, but as I was instructed in the Despatch itself to allow him only to read the correspondence, touching the matter to which it refers, I have not considered myself warranted
The Right Honorable The Earl Grey, &c., &c., &c.