Despatch of which a copy was sent to the Treasury on the 30th ult. and he has only therefore to request that the Lords of the Treasury will make such further communication to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and to the Officer in charge of the Treasury Chest at Hong Kong as may appear to their Lordships to be necessary.
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REC'd This Hong Kong 406 Leasing Chambers LIVE To Any's misely 3 AUG 1859.
commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you, copy of a Report from the Comptroller of Audit, dated 30 May last, relating to the Account of the Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong for the year 1857, with certain papers taken in audit for in that Account.
H. Merivale
J. ... Copy will be sent to the Duke of Newcastle to instruct the Governor of Hong Kong to report upon the several charges which have not been sanctioned by Her Majesty's Government.
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