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Captain D'Aguilar.
Assistant Military Secretary de,
Sir,
Victoria,
No: 76
Hongkong February 28 1844.
Sam directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst and to enclose for information of the Honorable Major General D'Aguilar a copy of a letter written this day to the owners of the Houses situated within the ground allotted for Military purposes. The moment replies come to hand, I will again have the honor to address you. In the meantime I am to beg to draw your attention to the request made by you to the Honorable the Major General to instruct the Commissariat Department to withhold the rents of the Houses from the end of this month.
I have &c,
(Signed) Richard W[orl]d[?]
No: 77 The Honorable,
Major Caine,
Chief Magistrate
Victoria,
Feby 29 * 1844
Sam directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday with its accompanying copy of your Magisterial Proceedings (just come to hand) in the case of a charge with dias against the three Parsons named in Marg. intors. for wounding three.
Richard Shea.
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