My Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Duke of Newcastle, that they have no objection to this expenditure, for which provision will have to be made in the supplementary estimates for 1868.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
[Signature: likely "H. Robinson"]
[Some text appears to be severely corrupted or encoded incorrectly and is thus unintelligible. The above is a reconstruction of the coherent parts.]
Extract from a letter:
No 78 of the 20 November
reporting arrangements made with Mr. Bird for completing the Survey of Beaconsfield Harbour at an expenditure of $1200.
I am to acquaint you that their Lordships have...
Page information is not clearly delineated in the original text, but the content suggests it is from a historical document, likely a letter or dispatch from the Governor of Hongkong.
MINUTE
Filed with reference to Hongkong, No. 78,604 East 1113
The Acting Governor, Hongkong.
[Given the state of the original text, some parts are unrecoverable or require significant guesswork. The above response focuses on the sections that can be reasonably reconstructed.]