Chief Justice.
The Amendment which you proposed was suddenly withdrawn
would not have met my objections.
I have, Sir,
(Signed) J. F. Edger
True Copy-
Acting Colonial Secretary-
(Copy.)
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Hongkong, 28th June 1856.
On the 26th instant, in answer to your letter of the previous day, I omitted to request that what I then wrote (or Copy thereof), might be transmitted to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies through the Medium of the Clerk of the Council.
I have now to request that Should your letter to me, in reply, be transmitted to England, my reply may accompany it.
I have, Sir,
(Signed) J.F. Edger
The Honble
W. J. Mercer, Esquire, the Colonial Secretary.
True Copy
Colonial Secretary.