I feel satisfied that he would do credit to his appointment.
(Signed)
M. I. Mercer
Colonial Secretary.
No 195.
RECEIVED
19 SEP 1859.
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Colonial Offices, Victoria Hongkong, 19th July, 1859.
I have the honor to acknowledge your Circular of 17th July last and to inform you that in obedience to your instructions Her Majesty's Proclamation respecting neutrality in the present European War has been officially published in the Government Gazette
The Right Honorable
Sir Edward B Lytton, Bart, M.P.