No 76 of 1847.
Inclosure No 3 in Desp:
the Government absenting against Civil Officers of Government Notification, themselves from without leave.
the Colony 15th July, 1844
So ay Commercial . 9198 Cong Kong
My Lord,
RECEIVED OCT 31 17
Victoria, Hongkong, 9th August, 1849.
Baron Forth Ronen, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic in China, and having requested me to allow Mr George Lewis Haskell, American Citizen, to act as French Vice-Consul at this Colony, until an application be made by the French Government to that of Her Majesty to this effect, Exequatur from the British Government be obtained;
The Right Honorable. The Earl Grey,