No 113 of 1850.
Inclosures in Despatch
P114.
Miscellants
bly
20 pear
$19
1512. Hong Kong-1
Victoria, Hongkong,
RECEIVED
FEB.21 1851
My Lord,
28th December, 1850-
"I have had frequent
Conversations of late with Mr. T. W. Mitchell, (the Gentleman at present acting as Sheriff and Assistant Magistrate) on the state and prospects of this Colony, and have found him
possess more than ordinary knowledge of its affairs. Mr. Mitchell has been
many years in China and first employed in the Diplomatic Department under the Foreign Office as Assistant at the Amoy Consulate from whence he was removed
in
consequence of a number of young
The Right Honourable,
The Earl Grey,
&c.
to
of Hongkong will be to the Colonial Chaplaincy that his nomination
Mr. Steedman stating
of Victoria to the Red
from the Brigons to
Lordship.
Satisfactory
His
27th December, 1850.