My Lord
10 Eaton Place London
522
January 11th 18/15
I have the honour to bring to
I have the
your Lordship's notice that Mr
M. Burgess late the Legal Adviser to the Govt of Hongkong, Mr Mosnam Acting Deputy Colonial Secretary / Captain Duffy A.D.C. to the Governor have not received any salary subsequent to the 30th of March and that they were not relieved from the performance of their respective duties till after Mr Davis took charge of the Govt from me on the 4th of May I have therefore to beg very respectfully that your Lordship will be pleased to give the necessary orders for those gentlemen being paid what is due to them on their furnishing the requisite abstracts and receipts. I trust your Lordship will further pardon me for trespassing
so far on your time as to do an act of Official justice by recording the deep obligation I am under to those Gentlemen for the zeal and alacrity with which they
assisted me in the various and important matters that devolved upon me - to Mr Burgess I may observe I was indebted for the most essential advice and assistance in his capacity of Legal Adviser as well as in the drafting and preparation of the various Ordinances both in the Colonial and Superintendents department.