H. M. decision on this Order to the inhabitants of Hong Kong by a Proclamation to be issued in the usual and authentic manner.
Vo64 Executive $4 $584 HongKong Copy Treas. Ans 18: 29 Jepr Trea 9077 23 Goo? The Earl of Elgin 12561. to the Lords of Treasury 26 January, 1860
RE EI 2 JUL 1860 ED 399 Gove
Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th May, 1860.
Lord Duke,
I have the honor to report that in accordance with the instructions of the Port Master General as conveyed in your Grace's Dispatch of the 17th February last, the control of the Hongkong Post Office was assumed by the local Government on the 1st Instant.
This transfer rendered it necessary to rearrange the Establishment here, with a view to place the officers of it...
His Grace The Duke of Newcastle,