the Sandwich Islands; she was duly registered in the Office of the Colonial Secretary
on the 28th
April 1851, her owner being M=
The Armstrong, and the then
Marter Mr John Stratton. The
vessel returned to this Port om
the 30t of Secember 1851, under the Command of Hiram B.
Aedges",
an American, who had
1
irreceded in her
from
henci_
Mz John Stratton is stated to
have been left on
shore drunk
at the Sandwich Islands.
15. The Martha again left
this Port on the 18th June last,
但
fo 2.
bound to San Francises, Mz
29
Marshall booming her Master berning
on that date, as is chown by
the records in the Colonial
Secretary's Office, a Copy, of which,
together with me
of
the Original
Register, is herewith enccozid
for your information..
ps. 4. I also forward copy of a
1.4. Letter N4,
from the Harbour
Master of Honghong to the
Colonial Secretary, dated the 205 Iuctant, giving cover to an
encloure marked A. received
by Mr Pedder
A
from
Mz Drinker
through whom all the information
Page 30Page 31
1)
4.
contained in Mr Pedder's Letter has been obtained, irrespective of that which has been furnished from the records in the Harbour Master's Icpartment, also accompanying this despatch.
rb.
5. The Instructions marked A. N5 were given on behalf of the stated- Swner Mr Armstrong by Mr Frinker (who is an American
Rawle
the American Firm Trinker fff, residents here] to Captain Hiram B. Hedges (also an American) dated 7th May 1851. These Instructions most clearly define the object of the