Ending 37th December 1860. Returns for the quarter
Transmitting quarterly
in
M6. Executive.
2599 chóng chóng.
REC
E.
21 MAR 1861.
37
Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th January 1861.
My Lord Duke,
I have the honour to report that
on the 19th instant
the Peninsula of Kowloon
was formally handed over
by the Chinese authorities to His Excellency The Earl of Elgin, who issued the enclosed
to His Grace The Duke
of Newcastle
Ve. Houstons 14 - Jany. 1849.
Newcastle.