rendered at stated regular periods; and that it will be more convenient that such payments should be made directly by the Treasurer, thereby keeping him at all times cognizant of the expenditure, than that they should continue to be paid by your office. It will therefore, in future, be unnecessary for you to pay directly any other than the sums due from day to day for hire of Coolies, or for the minor and casual expenses of your Office.
RECOMMENDATION FOR ADVANCE ON ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AMOUNT SPECIFICATION OF WORK AMT. OF CONTRACT STATE OF WORK ALREADY ADVANCED ADVANCE RECOMMENDEDHONGKONG
Approved
Sir,
Please to pay the above mentioned advance of Contractor for the Work Specified to account. I have reduced your draft to $1000, which I have paid into the hands of your Cashier.
I enclose a form of "Recommendation for advances to Contractors" which it should be well that you may adopt, in sending such contractors.
To
The Secretary and Treasurer
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG,
Printed at the Office of the GOVERNMENT OF CHINA.
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