11138
R. Hong Kong.
W. H. Remine Esc
MINUTE
1860
DEC M.L.S.
MElliot
SurfRogers MCFortescue
Dakref Newastle
Sir,
In
571
Jee-7
D.S.
reply to your
letter of the 28th Ult:
I am directed by the Duke
of Newcastle to inform
you that the office
of Colonial Secretary at Hongkong is not, so far as the Secy of State
is aware,
likely to become vacant