CO129-079 - Public Offices - 1860

Sir,

With reference to your letter of the 20th inst., forwarding Estimates for the Erection of a Signal Staff and Station on Victoria Peak, at an expense of £258. 18. 6d., and for the Construction of a Bellower to the Bellstein Fortress, or at an expense of £493. 9. 0d.,

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Governor of Hongkong, that they have sanctioned the said estimates.

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January Chambers, 30 March 1860.

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Sir,

With reference to your letter of the 20th inst., forwarding Estimates for the Erection of a Signal Staff and Station on Victoria Peak, at an expense of £258. 18. 6d., and for the Construction of a Bellower to the Bellstein Fortress, or at an expense of £493. 9. 0d.,

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Governor of Hongkong, that they have sanctioned the said estimates.

30 March 1860.

The final output is

January Chambers, 30 March 1860.

Sir,

With reference to your letter of the 20th inst., forwarding Estimates for the Erection of a Signal Staff and Station on Victoria Peak, at an expense of £258. 18. 6d., and for the Construction of a Bellower to the Bellstein Fortress, or at an expense of £493. 9. 0d.,

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Governor of Hongkong, that they have sanctioned the said estimates.

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