which has been ceded to Her Majesty by the Emperor of China, and of
the instructions which I have addressed to them for their guidance in the discharge of the duty appertaining to the office in question.
I shall be obliged if Your Excellency will inform Mr. Cleverly that it is your wish that he should accept the appointment to which I have named him.
I have fea...
(Signed) Elgin & Kincardine
(True copy)
Muir
Colonial Secretary.
(Copy)
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19 January, 1861.
I enclose herewith a letter of appointment, naming you to be Commissioners to investigate the Claims of Chinese to property on Kowloon in terms of the Sixth Article of the Convention of Peking.
So soon as officers shall be appointed to act on behalf of the Chinese Government in this matter,
Daniel Brooke Robertson, Esq., H.M.'s Consul at Canton,
And The Hon'ble Charles St. George Cleverly, Esq., Surveyor General.