for
the consideration
of the Earl of Clarendon.
I.
772.
Copy.
332
Victoria, Hong Kong,
26th June 1846.
Jer,
on
The departure of Mr. Pottinger, on leave of absence to England, has reduced the remaining number of Members in the Executive Council to two.
As the sickness or temporary absence on duty of either of these would make it impossible to hold an Executive Council, according to that clause in the Sign-Manual
The Right Honble W. E. Gladstone M.P.