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stated by the Governor of
the
да
Gad "in some
trouble about 18 months since"
felt
Under the circumstances stated we
it but just to the Prisoners to forward their Memorial as they requested recommending them at the same time for a mitigation of Sentence proportionate, in His Excellency The Governor's opinion, to their od behaviour
good.
during the imprisonment they have already
Served under a
Gaol.
tropical sun and in a crowded
We have ten
(signed) Freak Forth, J.P.
(-)
(
R. Me wir head. Reddie. I.P.
Tree copy)
Mitalexande
Acting Colonial Secretary
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(Copy) No W
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong, 4th March, 1862.
Gentlemen,
Having laid
your
letter
of the 300 Instant before His Excellency The Governor, I am directed to inform-
you
that as
your
recommendation of the
Memorial of Sum Ahyou, Cheong
Eep Akkum is only founded
Assow, and.
on the Statement that with one exception
the memorialists have conducted themselves,
well in
prison,
His Excellency does not
consider that a s
sufficient reason for
remitting upwards of two thirds of the
The Honble F. Forth, Egue. I. P.
R. Muirhead Reddie, Expe, I.P.
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