CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879 — Page 193

Aware that the Ruler to

which

you refer

have been

Communicated to the Authorities

of Canton, or that those

Authorities have indicated

any

disposition to accept them,

am

directed

by His Lordship

to inform you that the Rules

in question were framed by Sir B. Robertson, the Governor of Stong Kong

and the Viceroy

189

and

of Canton Conjointly were agreed to by all of them, the latter stating to Sir B. Robertson that he would

send them to his

for approval.

I am further

- Sovernment

to obsewe

that these Rules contain no Proposal, as Sir Michael

Hicks Beach would appear to

suppose they do, that Junks

of

arriving at Stonghong without

a