that officer springs from the purest public - from the sense I must ever
Motives, and
Cherish the assistance I derived from
him in the complicated and difficult
position in which I was placed in China.
I have tea
(Signed) Henry Pottinger
A. True Copy
(Signed) Henry Pottinger
(True copy) Monum
Colonial Secretary
(Copy)
4.
592
Extract from General Orders by the Honorable Major General D'Aguilar
C.B. Commanding the Troops in China.
April 2nd 1847.
With the
Concurrence
of His Excellency
Sir John Francis Davis, Bart. The Major General Commanding gladly avails
himself of the Services of the Honorable Major Caine, and appoints him Commandant of the Garrison of Hongkong, during the absence of the Major General, the Troops on service at Canton, and the Main Body of
By Order
(Signed)
I. Bruce, Captain
Assistant Adjt General
(True Extract)
(Signed) I. Clark Kennedy, Captain
officiating Assistant Adjt General,
Colonial Secretary.