Proclamation to this effect will be issued forthwith, and you shall be further notified when the necessity for this prohibition shall have passed away.
(Signed) W.J. Mitchell
Colonial Secretary
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary
No.532.
and
fr.833.
(Colonial Secretary's Office),
Victoria, Hong Kong,
11th November 1856.
A circular was sent round to the Justices of the Peace in this Colony on Thursday last, signed by myself under His Excellency's instructions and involving a matter of some public importance.
This was initialled in the customary way by each of the Magistrates, viz.,
I.C. Leslie, Esquire
and
James Gray, Esquire