from home to take the place of --- the Austin, His Excellency thinks it advisable that everything connected with the Agency should be in your hands, and has accordingly acceded to both the requests made by less Jardine tatheson and bo
I have fo
(Signed) W. H. Alexander.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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Houghong, the tarde, 1863
Dear Sir,
me in what
Will you kindly infoun- Department of the Houghong Government Jam to draw for funds for Emigration
purposes?
As I shall require to make disbursements chiefly in Canton, I proprose to draw
a
at
large
sum (say ten thousand dollars)
once, deposit it with Mess?. Jardine Matheson and Co, and draw it from
them where and when required. In
this
way
I could
give you a Draft
the Cmigration Commissioners
at the same time, if
you
would kindly