Tear 7084. Hongkong
395
for the cause which was pursued, it would appear that the Imperial Grant in 1858 was obtained with no sufficient necessity, and that it would have been more correct not to draw the money of has not to draw it All sums without Applying for fresh instructions, when it was found that the Events did not Correspond with the expectations which had elicited. A Consent to grant this Assistance Than
er. A. Haniston J. wellist-
Merivale.
8 3 Aug 4 3 wide of Rewenette 5. fie. to th 10 Any : 1859. auswer to " your letter of the 14. ult Accompanied by a report from the Board of Audit relative to the amount drawn from the Treasury Chest at Hong Kong in 1858 on account of its. Parliamentary Grant,! I am directed by the Duke of Newcastle to acquaint you that no special report on this subject has been received from the Governor