I have the honor to state that Lt. J. Bowring's Proclamation seems to me to be unobjectionable.
I have the honor to be,
Lt.,
Your Obedient Humble Servant,
The Commanding Officer,
14th Feb. 1859.
RECEIVED
9 FEB 1859.
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Immigration Emigration Affairs
8th February 1859.
I have to acknowledge,
Sir,
Your letter of
26th ultimo, enclosing a Dispatch from
Lt. J. Bowring of 15th Jan.
with several enclosures on the subject of an application which had been made to him by
W.P. Gerard, the agent of the West India Colonies, to allow a vessel
with Emigrants bound for British Guiana to clear from Hong Kong instead of Macau.
Herman Merivale, Esq.