For my print out to you, that you had the same opportunities that were afforded to all others of renewing your property at the time as well as in ... and subsequently sending statement of your losses that as you failed to do the latter, you must abide the consequences of your own neglect since it is totally out of the power of Sir Henry Pottinger to look into or revise any of the measures taken on that occasion by his predecessor. (Signed) Richard Woosnam, Acting Secretary.
True Copy. NB. Johnston
No J H qu Liv.
I have 43 Sub 149 Macao, 21. February 1843.
received and laid before Sir H. Pottinger's yours Letter of the 22. Instant and am desired in reply to inform that His Excellency neither from the further explanation you have offered to change his former opinion, nor has he any intention whatever of revising any of the acts of Captain Ellich, with the object of rectifying the mistakes and oversights of yourself or your Agents.
With respect to your alleged Mr. S. Trist...