ito inclosure on this subject which have been received
from the Acting
British
Consul at Canton.
I am at the same time to state to you that Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at Peking was
informed by telegraph on the 12th of September that Sir J. Pope Hennessy was anxiously awaiting the permission promised by him on
the 29th of May, and that a further telegram has been
sent this day to Sir T. Wade requesting that he will state by telegraph that steps have now been taken in the matter, in order that any
instructions that may be considered necessary, may be given to the Governor of
Hong Kong, Sir,
be at once
Your most obedient
humble servant,