Admiralty
#695.
Invoice
09/10467
54
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hong Kong
Victoria, Hong Kong
10th August 1868
Application having been made through the Secretary of State for £21,000 worth of Postage Stamps for the use of this Colony, I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to request that you will have the goodness to disburse the above sum from the funds at your disposal belonging to this Government.
I have the honour to be,
(Signed) H. S. Mercer, Colonial Secretary
The Agent General for Crown Colonies,
London.