Enclosure 10.
C. O.
15922
Per 18 SEP 33!
The Colonial Secretary to the Hon J. St. Whitched
No1185-
437
Colonial Secretary's Office.
Hong Kong, 12th August, 1873
Sir,
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter addressed to the Governor's Aide de Camp (and received 9th instant) in which you state that the Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor and consisting of Mr. Chater, yourself, and Mr. May, with the Chief Justice as Chairman, are looking to the part which you have taken in obtaining the appointment of the Retrenchment Committee.
The Honble J. S. Whitehead