N51.
Lieut: Buchterlong I future referre
Sir...
496
Victoria... August 8th, 1843 Vietnia...August
I have laid Your letter of the good Instant with its accompaniments before the Governor..
I say in reply to His Excellency desires me in that he is perfectly sensible of the zeal and efficiency with which You undertook and conducted the duty on which you were deputed to Manilla, namely, That of selecting and purchasing timber for the public use, but, that looking to the facts that you were necessarily relieved from Your immediate duties at this place during Your absence, that your staff Salary, as fixed by the Governor General of India, was continued to you, whilst away from Hong Kong and that Your passage Money and other expenses