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SCHEDULE of DESPATCHES transmitted by The Governor of Hongkong to The Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Mail Steamer "Orissa" via Southampton, on the 15th December 1863.
No. OF DESPATCH. DATE OF DESPATCH. SUBJECT OF DESPATCH. No. OF INCLOSURES. 202 20th November 1863 Acknowledging His Grace's Despatch No 122 22nd September and remarking on chief Justice Adams Report of an address and gift received from the Chinese Community of Hongkong by him from, None 203/204 23rd November Acknowledging His Grace's Circular of 7th August and forwarding Answers to Enquiries from the Acclimatization Society. 205 24th November Acknowledging His Grace's Circular of 26th August, and forwarding Colonial Surgeon's Reply to Miss Nightingale's paper on Sanitary statistics of Colonial Native Schools and Hospitals. 206 24th November Replying to His Grace's Despatch No 123 of 26th September, on the subject of Mr Thornton's complaint that his son had been stopped in the Colony from the 31st July last. 207 26th November Reporting that Mr Bowen, Clerk of Victoria Gaol, has been appointed to perform the duties of Warden of the Gaol, conjointly with his own as a temporary measure. 208 26th November Acknowledging receipt of His Grace's Despatch No 123 of 26th September 1863. 209/210 27th & 28th November Reporting appointment of Mr dos Santos as Police and Shipping Sub-Collector vice de Souza deceased. Reporting appointment of Police Constable Bradshaw to be the Barrack and Store Sergeant. 211 28th November With reference to His Grace's Despatches of the 26th August and 30th October last, reporting that the Carbines called in from the Hongkong Volunteers have been returned to them from Shanghai. Forwarding Requisition from the Surveyor General for 12½ tons of Coal.RECEIVED 27 JAN 1864