On the 20th instant and as it proceeded in accordance with the suggestions made in your No. 53 of 16th October last, I have the honour to dispatch No. 53 Petition requesting for Her most Gracious Majesty's approval and confirmation.
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I have the honour to be, with the highest respect,
Sir
Your most obedient humble Servant,
W. Caine
Colonial Financial.
FJ 577257
RECEIVED
21 MAR
1859
2922 Chong Wing Government Office, 23 January by
a
Officer Housing
I have the honour to submit for the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, a Memorandum from the Colonial Secretary which emphatically points out the heavy losses inflicted.
Treasury Chambers, 4 April 1859
To
The Right Honorable
Sir Edward B. Lytton, Bart., M.P.,
&c., &c., &c.