Ichustous sanction could not be
recognised, and I was
afterwards
ordered
to suspend my operations in the ground. And in reply to a letter written by me detailing the above facts, I was informed that with Reference to your claim, as "based on the fact of the trousers having been effected under sanction of "The Head of the Government I am
desired to intimate to you that the "confirmation of such acts must still
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for Ordnance purposes. Soon afterwards I returned to England, having learnt from my Agents here, that they had been unable to obtain redress from Sir John Davis, who had become Governor of Hongkong. I memorialized Lord Stanley on the subject; and the matter has since been the subject of reference backwards and forwards, and is in abeyance at the present time.
When Sir George Grey became Colonial Secretary, I requested an interview with the Under Secretary, Dr. ... , on the subject; and I obtained an interview with Mr. Hawes, which I did. In reply I received a letter from Mr. Wodehouse of date July 11, 1845, which led me to infer that the Surveyor would either be restored to me or I would receive compensation, should it be required after perusing the documents and going carefully into the case. Mr. Wodehouse expressed himself to the following effect, to the accuracy of which I pledge myself. This appears to be "Hard case, for you have a very ... story