Implicate.
553
Financial.
My Lord,
23
Vectoria, Hongkong, 15th May, 1847
I have the honor to transmit herewith
official letter from the Military Department; containing the terms on which the buildings, originally erected by Sr Henry Pottinger for the accommodation of Civil Servants, have
been transferred for the use
of the Troops
The erection during the last three
of sufficient dwellings
years. now enables the Civil
Officers of the Colony to provide themates with accommodation . The annual rent to be paid into the Colonial Treasury is 1600 Dollars,
£335. 6. 8, the original sum reported
or
in
my Despatch No. 51 of August 16th 1864. A specific Military advantage.
The Right Honorable,
The Earl Grey,
te,
Je
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