Hongkong
p136.
13th October 1866-
Governor,
Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell, K.C.R.,
To
Right Honorable
The Earl of Carnarvon.
Melox 243
On receipt of Sir R. Macdonald's despatch No. 103 in which he anticipated the failure of the Mint swatch & Ingraham suggested a Commission of Enquiry into the working and future prospects of the Mint. Mr. Kinder, by Requisition, suggests non-compliance with ... till report of Commission.
... that he should delay his recommendation until he had received from the Treasury copy of that despatch. I concurred in the foregoing & to doing ... No. 3dm 2 Inclosures.