submit his name to
the Queen in Council,
in order
that, if it shall be Her Majesty's pleasure, he may be appointed to a seat
at that Board.
By Command of
Governor
Sir John Bowring
AUG 16
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16 Sept 1850
have to acknowledge
the receipt of your
Despatch, No.85.
of 2 June, reporting
that you had provisionally
appointed Mr William Thomas Mercer, the Colonial Secretary at
Hongkong, to the
vacancy
in the Legislative
Council