Received
Transmitting the Blue Book of Hongkong for the year 1860.
The Duke of Newcastle
2 Inclosures.
N 82.
Dir Hercules Robinson
N387.
Sir
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hong Kong, 7th June 1861.
It is two Months since I received in draft the Blue Book of this Colony for the past year 1860, but I find on my recent return from leave of absence that owing to pressure of work in the Office it is only now that I am enabled to place it herewith in your Excellency's hands.
To His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson, Knight, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, &c. &c.