- furnished with the instances, in order - that I may take proper steps to prevent the recurrence of such improprieties.
I have for
(Dignus) J. Hope Grant,
Lieut: General and
Commander of
the Forces.
(True Copy)
Menurut
Colonial Secretary
Copy)
No 142.
333
Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, 12th March, 1861.
I have the honor to acknowledge
Your Excellency's reply of yesterday to my
Complaint made in letter No 134 of the 8th
instant.
As regards the occupation of Napier's Range by the Military Authorities at the
time
of my assumption of the administration of Kowloon, a date answering to that of the
cession to which I have referred in
my letter to Your Excellency, I must be
His Excellency Lieut. General Sir H. Grant
A. C. B.
Commander of the Forces.