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from my official salary at the rate of
50 dollars per month, with the understanding that should any portion of the stolen monies be recovered through the exertions which Mr. Parkes, Her Majesty's Allies Commissioners at Canton is now using in my behalf, the same shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon its receipt here.
In conclusion, I beg to state that under the circumstances mentioned in your letter I have no further intention or desire to memorialize His Grace the Secretary of State for the Colonies to be relieved from the payment of the monies referred to in this letter.
I have …
(Signed)
D. R. Caldwell,
Registrar General.
(Free Copy)
Colonial Secretary.
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