Government Offices, Victoria Honghong, 9th September 1859.
11. Lord Duke,
In compliance with the instructions conveyed to me in Draft. Your Grace's Dispatch of the 18th July last, I have this day appointed the new Attorney General Mr Adams to be acting Chief Justice of this Colony.
2. I have thought it right that Mr Green, who has since Mr Smith's departure on leave...
The Duke of Newcastle,
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