are
herewith returned.
together with its various enclosures the whole of which
In reply Sam directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to inform you that the tenor of his instructions from Her Majesty's Government regarding the future granting of Land in this Colony are of such a stringent nature as entirely to preclude the possibility of His Excellency's being able to comply with
your request as it is specially provided that all lots of land hereafter to be granted shall be put up to Public Auction.
I have be
(Signed) Richard Wornam.
The Honorable,
Major Caine,
Chief Magistrate de,
Victoria,
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No:125
fir
Victoria,
716
Hong Kong 25 March, 1840
In reply to your letter No: 7/4 of the 19th Instant, I am directed to inform you
that in accordance with
the intimation conveyed in my letter No: 104 of the 8th of November last His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to instruct Mr Stewart, the Treasurer and Financial Secretary to commence the payment to you of your
Civil Salary on the 18th
of March, 1843, namely the date on
which you
ceased to draw your
Indian Military Pay and Allowances.
I have to
(Signed) Richard Wornam
The