at the present moment than at any
absence is not
likely
other, his to exceed a couple of
months, and during that period, the duties of his Office will be perfectly well performed
by the Honorable W. Napier, the block
of
"the Wicks and Bevil Engines.
As this
arrangement
will be attended
with considerable benefit to the public service, and a comparatively trifling expense to the state, I hope the measure will meet with
Your Lordship's approval
Maurice
May 31
417.31.5.
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect
Your Lordship's,
Most Obedient,
Humble Servant
Hen. H. U. Addington
...
March 2
377
...
11. June/49.
directed by Earl Grey to transmit to you
for the information of Viscount Palmerston the copy of a
Despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, reporting that he had appointed the
Surveyor General to proceed to the Shaughai for the purpose
of surveying the ground preparing Plans for the
Consulate about to be
created there