acknowledge,
to know that in the
services which you
have
whether to rendered to the
Queen, you
have entitled
yourself not to
lenient
Consideration of your
Measures,
but to the most
cordial approbation of
them, nor do I doubt
that as
Gov. of Hong
Kong you will entitle
yourself
to a
tribute of
despectful applause
well merited
which you
have earned
in the discharge of
their
the momentous duties
which H. M. has been
pleased to confide
I have done
to you
B