Extract from Minutes of the
Executive Council of Hong Kong, held on the 21st June, 1867.
"Present.
"His Excellency Governor Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell, K.C.S.I.
"The Brigadier Major General Eyre,
Commanding Her Majesty's Troops
"The Honorable Henry John Ball,
C.B.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
"The Honorable Julian Pauncefote
Attorney General.
"The Council meets this day at 3 P.M.
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