CO129-094 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [11-10]

The fitting course would seem to be to recall your informal notices and issue fresh ones in accordance with the Government Notification.

Sir,

I have had the honor to receive your letter No 1240 of the 16th Instant in reply to mine No55 of the 13th Instant. To say that I was surprised at its contents would but imperfectly convey what I felt upon its perusal and painful as it is to refer to it, I owe it to my character and position to point out where I conceive the Acting Governor has misapprehended my meaning as well as my explanations upon Mr Pannefote's letter of the 8th Instant.

The Honorable
The Acting Colonial Secretary

Copy
20 Treasury, Hong Kong
19th October, 1863.

I have &c:
(Signed) W. H. Alexander.
Acting Colonial Secretary.

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