1843-08-24 · 香港
1843年8月24日,港督砵甸乍任命三人進入行政局及立法局擔任議員,分別為莊士敦(曾擔任香港護理總督)、身兼商務總監中文秘書及傳譯員的馬儒翰,以及總巡理府威廉.堅;此兩局為向港督提供決策諮詢之架構。
On 24 August 1843, Governor Pottinger appointed three persons as members of the Executive Council and Legislative Council, namely Johnston (who had served as Acting Governor of Hong Kong), Morrison, who concurrently served as Chinese Secretary and Interpreter to the Superintendent of Trade, and William Caine, Chief Magistrate; these two councils were structures providing policy advice to the Governor.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事)(香港地方志中心) · p.130