Copy.
NI.
325
To His Excellency Sir John Francis Davis,
Bart. Governor of Hongkong.
Macao.
22nd August, 1866.
Our Chief Justice forwarded to me the enclosed confidential communication, requesting me to ask of Your Excellency the delivery of Francisco d' Assis Fernandes, Cipriano Antonio Pacheco, and Alexandrino Antonio de Mello, indicted in this Court for the crime of robbery, and who, it is generally stated, are at present living at Hongkong.
I hasten to communicate to Your Excellency this requisition, and trust that Your Excellency will kindly comply with it, should it not go against the regulations of Your Government for similar cases.
I have, &c.
(Signed) Joze Maria Ferreira do Amaral
Governor of Macao.
Free Copy (signed) M. Caine,
Coll. Secretary.