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reason
while
a for handing over these particular sums,
as no receipt,
you produce and admit that you...
receipt from Harbour Master,
did not Samo Course with Regard Revenue received by you, for shipping seamen.. & follow the- to other items of such as Fees
Other matters, at present not explained satisfactorily, will be brought to your notice hereafter. In the meantime I am to repeat that the $1,000 received on the Brothers Licenses must be paid into the Colonial Treasury by the person above named.
I have &c,
(Signed) M. J. Mercer,
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary
Colonial Secretary
(Copy)
Harbour Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong,
29th March, 1860.
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I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter No 260 of Yesterday's date, having reference to certain defalcations that have occurred in this office and calling upon me for the payment of ($1,000) one Thousand Dollars into the Treasury.
In reply I beg to say, that when called upon by you to answer your various queries touching this unpleasant affair I endeavoured to make my responses as plain and straightforward as possible,
The Honorable
M. J. Mercer,
Colonial Secretary.