the
Head of these Departments and of
organization of the Colonial Secretary's Office should be referred to the Sanitary of State.
(Ind) W. HIV
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Extract
1 from a Despatch from
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Sovernor Sir John Bowring to the Right Honorable Sir Edward 13 Lytton, Bart., I. P., 7.
Government (Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th January, 18.19.
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In support of his assertions that kr. Bridges wielded authority by illegal delegation from the Governor ; " Mr. Anstey makes margint
reference to a memorandum dated 26 thi January 1858, in which the duty and position of
the Colonial Secretary
defined. I enclose copy of
are
that document;
(a circular letter addressed to all the Departments), which I entirely approved
at the time, and which Mr. Mercer assures. me, lays down accurately, in his opinion, the Colonial Secretary's functions and the relation of
that Officer to the various Governmental Departments. In a. subsequent
his letter M. Anstey assumes the
part of