acting Treasurer of the Island during the absence of the
Treasurer, Wellerer.
James
(Copy)
Know all men
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by these presents that
William
we, Joseph Frost Edger, Major Caine, Jacob Phillips, John Burd, and Rebock Julius Frederich Guilhelm Theodor Lorenz Louis Ricnaccker, of Victoria
in the Island of Hongkong,
Gentlemen
Esquires, are held and
firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, "Defender of the Faith", in the several Sums of "Five Hundred Dollars" each of lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for the payment of which five several sums of Five Hundred Dollars, to be well and truly
made, We and each of Us for himself,
bind Ourselves, Our and
each of Our heirs, executors and administrators
firmly by these presents. Sealed with
Our Seals and Dated at Victoria,
this fourteenth day of June
in Hongkong,
One thousand eight hundred and
fifty.
Whereas the above bounden Robert Julius Frederick
Guilhelm Theodor Lorenz Louis Ricnaccker has been appointed Acting Colonial Treasurer in the Treasury of the Island of Hongkong, and whereas bounden Joseph Frost Edger, Major William Caine, Jacob Phillips and John Burd have.