Retiring Colonial bentay,
& M J. W. Mitchell
The Acting Joint Magistrate
She
By Lr.
In Letter to Colonial Office 7 July /69.
Mr. Ryrie's Despatch to Sec. Govt. 18 July by L
Annex & No. 123.
But
9139
RECEIVED
SEP 18
1867
+ Chief Clerk
Government House,
Hong Kong, 20th July, 1867.
My Lord Duke,
I have the honor to report
that Mr. Varden's having resigned
his seat in the Legislative Council, in consequence of the embarrassing financial condition of the Firm, whose head he has been for more
His Grace
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State