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Extract from the Minutes of the Executive Council of Hongkong, held on the
13th January 1872.
"Present:"
His Excellency Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, K.C.M.G., &c. &c. His Excellency Major General Whitfield,
Commanding Her Majesty's Forces in China
The Honorable John Gardiner Austin, Colonial Secretary.
The Honorable Thomas Child Hayllar,
Acting Attorney General
The Honorable Cecil Clementi Smith
Registrar General