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Victoria, Hongkong,
I
to 78 of 1850.
Inclosure to 2 in-
Desp:
Lit
I
17th August, 1858.
Consequent upon Your Excellency's conversation with me relative to the charge made by the Trustees of St. John's Cathedral, for payment of Commission to myself their Architect, and as Your Excellency appeared to imagine that it was an irregular item in the accounts, (the Architect being at the time Surveyor General, and a paid servant of the Colony), I take the liberty of addressing Your Excellency on the subject, in explanation of my own views regarding it.
When the erection of the Church was first contemplated, Architects were invited to send in designs, and terms or charges for Superintendence, and a Committee was appointed
To His Excellency
Samuel George
Bonham, Esquire, C.B.
etc., etc.,
in reply to Enclosure
of St John's Cathedral,
Secretary to the Trustees
Letter from the Colonial
19th August, 1850.