Janus: Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Manuscripts/MS Parkes contains:
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6	Despatches from Parkes: Japan
7	China: Despatches, memoranda and minutes
8	China: Miscellaneous documents
9	China: Pamphlets and newspapers
10	China: Railways, telegraphs and mines
11	Hong Kong: Papers re government and trade
12	Straits Settlements: Financial reports
13	Japan: Papers re business and government
14	Japan: Correspondence
15	Japan: Pamphlets and newspapers
16	Japan: Papers re loans and finance
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Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Title	Hong Kong: Papers re government and trade
Reference	MS Parkes 11
Covering Dates	1843-circa 1883
Extent and Medium	2 bundles

Manuscripts/MS Parkes 11 contains:

Charter of Hong Kong. A copy of the charter of the colony of Hong Kong, dated Westminster, 5 April 1843, preceded by a proclamation made by Sir Henry Pottinger, Victoria, Hong Kong, on 26 June 1843.
2 bifolios (tied).

1843

Hongkong Government Gazette Extraordinary. 'Hongkong Government Gazette Extraordinary', vol. XVIII, no. 16 (Victoria, Hong Kong, 16 April 1872), comprised of two government notifications issued by command of Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Hong Kong, 16 April 1872, and Sir Arthur Kennedy's commission as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong, dated Westminster, 13 February [1872].
1 bifolio.

16 Apr. 1872

Circular re Hong Kong opium trade. A printed circular containing correspondence and related documents concerning aspects of the opium trade in Hong Kong:. Letter from Francis Bulkeley-Johnson, Chairman of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, to Charles Magniac, President of the London Chamber of Commerce, dated Hong Kong, 22 November 1882 (pp. 1-6). Letter from Frederick Stewart, Acting Colonial Secretary, to Francis Bulkeley-Johnson, dated Hong Kong, 16 November 1882 (p. 6). Extract from a report by the Colonial Treasurer and Registrar General [James Russell], 24 October 1882 (p. 7). Henry G. Thomsett, Harbour Master of Hong Kong, to Frederick Stewart, dated Hong Kong, 13 November 1882 (pp. 7-8), with a return furnished by Thomsett of cases brought before the Marine Magistrate between April 1877 and November 1882, dated Hong Kong, 13 November 1882 (p. 8). Return furnished by Walter Meredith Deane, Captain Superintendent of Police, of attacks and seizures by Chinese customs revenue cruisers reported to the Hong Kong police between January 1877 and November 1882, dated 15 November 1882 [Hong Kong] (p. 9).
6 folios (sewn together).

circa 1882

Report on smuggling from Hong Kong. An undated proof, including manuscript corrections, of a 'Report of the Commissioners Appointed by His Excellency W[illiam] H[enry] Marsh, C.M.G., the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong, to Enquire into the Circumstances Attending the Alleged Smuggling from Hongkong into China of Opium and Other Goods, together with an Appendix containing Minutes of Evidence taken before the Commission, Official Correspondence, Returns, &c., &c., &c.' (Hong Kong, 1883). The Commissioners were Sir George Phillippo (Chairman), James Russell, Phineas Ryrie and Francis Bulkeley-Johnson.
81 folios; Fair condition, but fragile and torn in places.

circa 1883

O.H.M.S. envelope. The O.H.M.S. envelope which formerly contained Parkes 11/1-4, undated, labelled on the reverse 'Hong Kong'.
1 envelope.