Department, for the required period of four months.
Signed)
R. G. M. D.
14th August, 1867.
True Copy
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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Extract from the Minutes of the Executive Council of Hongkong, held on the 15th of August, 1867.
Present:
His Excellency Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, K.C.B. The Honorable Colonel Gawler, Commandant of the Garrison. The Honorable Cecil C. Smith, Acting Colonial Secretary. The Honorable Henry John Ball, Acting Attorney General.
The Council meets this day at 3.30 P.M., by special Summons.