statement that he was about to leave Office, and intended to return home, now unite in beseeching His Excellency to retain him.
N. 5. From the Central District is identical with N. 4 except that for the expression "blocked here in you pay 'homes'" is substituted "came from 'The four quarters' (i.e. every quarter) to their homes:"
The total number of seals affixed to these petitions is 918.
(True Precis)
(Sig) I. Mongan,
Assistant Chinese Secretary,
12th February 1859.
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary.
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And 17 May/59
4501 Chong Ong
REC
Sir,
2 MAY 1859.
219
Government Offices, Victoria,
Hongkoy, 4th March, 1859.
RECORD
I have the honour to forward Copy of a letter from Mr. Risholm Anstey to the Colonial Secretary bringing new charges against Mr. Caldwell.
I thought it desirable that you should see Mr. Anstey's letter and I forward Copy of Caldwell's reply.
The Right Honourable
Mr.
Sir Edward B. Lytton, Bart., M.P.,