DRAFT.
Mong Mong.
Confidential.
Sir G. C. Bowen, G.C.M.G.
MINUTE. 22 Jan,
Mr. Johnson 23
Mr. De Robeck 23
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Sir R. Herbert. 25
Mr. Ashley.
Lord Derby. 25.
Confld. Hong Kong.
21401
Sir,
Downing Street,
26 January 1884
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your confidential despatch of the 9th of November last on the subject of the vacations to be enjoyed by the Governors of Hong Kong.
The rule as to the Governors' vacations could not be permanently altered without inconvenience,