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132 Septbr. 10. Reporting sale of Crown lands on the 28th August, alluding to claims laid to certain of the lots. 133 134 135 136 139 138 139 1410 11. Reporting appointments in the Colonial Secretary's office 11. Reporting changes in the Auditor General office 12. Pointing out difference in the proposed and approved estimates for 1856 134 Reporting recall of the Emigration Proclamation of 28th February 1855, and the issue of a fresh one on the 20th August. Regarding applications from the Colonial Secretary and Surveyor General for leave of absence, and an expected one from the Colonial Treasurer Transmitting approved Estimates of the Colony for 1856 Reporting 24 Months leave of absence granted to ... to visit India. 15 Submitting correspondence between the Governments of Victoria and Hongkong, on the Subject of Emigration. Forwarding letter from Colonel Caine & Memorandum from Mr Mercer, relating to Para: 1 of Sir John Bowring's Desp. No 131 of 30th Sept.Colonial Secretary
Liera troue Mon rewith: 6 extra Copies with 6 extra Copies of the spent moue 1127 Financial- 49 Answered 29. 31. Jan756.
10365. Hong Kong RECEIVED NOV 10 1855
My Lord,
Government offices, Hongkong, 14 November, 1855
Among other purposes to which I think Colonial Funds might properly be and usefully applied, would be the establishment of a public Botanic Garden. I am willing and desirous of appropriating public ground to this object, and proposing a vote for a proper sum for a Botanic Gardener. I have to
The Right Honourable Lord John Russell, M. P., &c. &c.