as the document. forwarded as a proof of the identity of William S. Wentworth and William
copy, and therefore not
only a copy,
Watcham is only sufficient.
evidence to
remain on
the Court, and as even
the records of
if
the identity
identity
were held
as proved, Mrs. Watcham as mother of the deceased would only be entitled to one seventh of the residue, as it is believed that the deceased left three brothers and three sisters,
and I am
Now
instructed to let the matter
stand over until
an answer is received to a
letter I had previously
written to Mrs. Wentworth,
and forwarded through Capt. Loyd, R. N.,
a gentleman referred to in the correspondence found
in
the
depositories of the deceased, as a friend
in the confidence of the family.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) Robt. Dundas Bay,
Registrar.
the Double Major bainer Truslosing,
Colonial Secretary.
Copy
Maini
Colonial docutory
Duplicates
No. 56.
Executive.
My Lord,
Victoria, Hongkong,
20th June, 1856.
I regret to have to report to
Your Lordship that disease has of late broken out amongst the Troops
in the garrison
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with such extreme severity that
the sick list of Her Majesty's 54th Regiment, which gave
109
on the 18th
and between
the 16th and the last mentioned date, 7 died,
including sickness amongst also increased from
7
and child. The cases
the Coyton Rifles have
24 to 45 from the 14th
to the 18th of the month.
Under these circumstances I thought it necessary
to convene a special meeting
The Right Honorable The Earl Grey,
&c.,
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MEAV on
the 1th
a abonAN
Ko.,