28.
recommend such a
a petition nor hold
out any prospect of its being acceded to:
I have ter
(Signed) M. J. Mercer,
(Five copy)
Colonial Secretary
(Copy)
M 35
No5.
Registrar General's Office, Victoria, Hong Kong,
Sir,
31st May, 1860.
29.
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your
letter No 470 of the 26th
instant, calling upon
me to pay into the
Colonial Treasury forthwith the money
stolen from my office on the night of
the 20th instant.
I am
It is with much regret that I
am compelled
to state that it is wholly
out of my power to comply with His Excellency's requisition for the immediate
The Honble The Colonial Secretary
etc.