and relatives, and to which Country I could have easily obtained a Passage..
This however was objected to, by the Colonial Surgeon, on the ground that the climate of Peru would probably produce a relapse. It was therefore determined that I should proceed to England, and $100 was advanced by the Executive Council of Hongkong, from the Colonial Funds, to enable me to do so, with the assurance that it would be granted as a Gratuity by The Right Honorable The Earl Grey, as under other circumstances I could not have determined on coming to England, where I have no relatives or friends capable of affording me Assistance, my Parents being dead, and have nothing whatever to look to, for my support: but the Half Salary which was to be allowed me, during my 18 month's leave..
In the full expectation that this Sum ($100) would not be deducted from my Half Salary, I have already incurred