Troops at Hong Kong!
the
and proposing adoption of certain arrangements in the
event of its being determined that
the
the Command of the Troops at that Station
should not be
exercised in future
by
an
Officer of the
rank of Major General.
Major General Jervois having in the meantime previously
come
to
your
the arrival despatch, been appointed to the
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Command of the Troops at Hong Kong,
it is no
longer
possible for Her Majesty's Government
to entertain the
arrangements proposed by you.
But, adverting
to the fact that the nature of the other
of the Governor
duties
of Hong Kong sometimes
require
his absence
from the Colony, and
that
on
these occasions
the Government of
the Island is adminis-
tered by the Major