"this Colony, I recommended Captain Larkins to send his Petition to the Treasury through that Department: this however, it
will be seen,
he has declined to do, and I
therefore think it proper to transmit herewith to Your Lordship,
the
Your Lordship will observe
disposed of in June
that this matter, was
last.
my
- year, upwards of nine months before arrival in this Colony; and the Attorney General who conducted the prosecution has since quitted Hong Kong. Under these circumstances, I find it impossible to offer any opinion on the merits of the
case,
on
which however is
of less
importance, as I understand a full report on the subject has been forwarded to the Post Master General, by the Postal Department of this Colony, in a Despatch dated the 18th of last month.
I have
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I have the honor to be
With the highest respect,
Your Lordships',
Most Obedient,
Humble Servant