Extract from the Minutes of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, held April 1873.
Present at the Board:
His Excellency Governor Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B..
General Whitfeild,
His Excellency Major General Commanding Her Majesty's Troops.
The Honorable Charles Smith,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
The Honorable Julian Pauncefote,
Attorney General.
The Council meets this day at