Miscellaneous
Offices,
1004/10 Chong Trong
REGISTERED
NOV. 24 1855
Royal Gardens,
334
Kew. Nov. 28th 1855.
Answered & Beer/55.
Having received the accompanying Letter from Sir John Bowring, I take the liberty of laying it before the Under Secretary of the Colonial Department, & to ask if I am hereby instructed to seek for a Competent person to fill the situation in question in Hong Kong.
I know indeed a person in the service of our Gardens who has also been in tropical climates: – but I have no intention of opening the subject until I have further instructions.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
W. Hooker,
Director
To the Chief Clerk in Colonial Dept.