DRAFT.
Council off. Hory Kay
the Clerk of the Come 4697
as to character and qualifications Agricultural Dept.
may be submitted to the authorities
by
whom the appointment is to be
made.
Jam, &c. (Aligned) Ch Peel.
Mr.
MINUTE.
Mr. Drummond 31 March
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Sir R. Herbert. Onslow
Lord Pembroke
Mr. Stanhope.
Sir H. T. Holland.
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5 April (87)
I am directed by Secretary Sir H. Holland to acknowledge the receipt of
Your
letter
the 9th of March, in expressing Sir H. Holland's thanks
for the assistance afforded him
in the selection
of a Secretary
for Hongkong,
within
our
reference