If your Excellency, should entertain the idea favourably, I would venture to suggest that you might communicate at once with the Secretary of State and obtain His Lordship's sanction to it.
If the general plan of transporting convicts from Hong Kong to your Colony be approved, the details and Conditions may possibly be determined by Lord Carnarvon.
True Copy?
I have &c.
(Signed) John Pope Hennessy
South Governor.
In Forward Colonial Secretary
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Hongkong
Governor
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Mr. Lucas. 24. N
Mr. Bramston 26
Mr. Malcolm.
Mr. Meade Mr. Herbert 26 Mr. Lowther.
Lord Carnarvon, 27
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29. No.77
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch no.117 of the 15th September, relating to the question of transportation of Convicts from Hongkong to Labuan.
The Ceylon colony some years ago made a proposal to the Government for receiving convicts from the Straits and Singapore under certain conditions, and in dealing with the question I...