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Land
Bear
providing for a
preliminary
audit of the consular accounts.
this audit has been found to
be attended with great convenience
both to the public & to the accountants,
... providing the means of readily
obtaining explanation in regard
of doubtful charges in the account.
You will give the requisite instructions to the consuls & Chief Secretary in conformity with what I have stated, in this despatch; a copy of wh: I have transmitted to the Board of
Treasury & to the Colonial office
in order that they may issue
corresponding instructions to the
authorities in Hong Kong, who will
have to assist in
giving Effect to the arrival in that colony
you will enter into communication
with the Colonial auditor for the
purpose of arranging
matters of detail.
as
You will also furnish him with such documents now in the
archives of the Superintendency as may be required for the proper execution of the duties imposed on him under this instruction
I am &c.
(Signed) Malmesbury