# No.38
Secret.
My Lord,
DIPO. Any
Reford
1850
326
2056, ia, Hongkong, 30th April, 1850.
With reference to His Excellency the Governor's Despatch No 34 of the 24th April, I have the honour to report to Your Lordship that Mc Bonham left this Colony for the North on the morning of the 26th instant, on which day I assumed charges of the Government, in my capacity of Lieutenant-Governor.
To the Right Honorable The Earl Grey,
&c., &c., &c.
I have the honour to be,
With the highest respect, Your Lordship's,
Lieutenant
Most Obedient Humble Servant,
&c Governor, administering the Government