18
of
Extract
the
Minutes
of the Executive Council of 2nd Sept. 1886.
His Excellency informs the Council that the Stronglong Government has requested whether this Government be prepared to officially recognise the Foreign Inspectorate either afloat or ... at Hong Kong as competent to grant clearance to the invaders of the Colony when anchored for the purpose of discharging duty receipts within the Colony.
His Excellency states