I have in the mean time, at Mr Thornton's request, authorized the Crown Agents to issue to Mr Wulf his salary from the 1st Aug: during the remainder of his stay in England; and I have called on Mr Thornton to furnish me with an order to his agent in the Colony to refund to the Colonial Government any payment that may have been made to him subsequent to the 31st July, 1863, on account of Mr Thornton's Salary.
RECEIVED
1 OCT
1863
Guernsey,
27th September, 1863.
I have the honor to state that I this day received from my Agent in China, a letter in which he informs me, that he finds on Application that his informant - the Officer acting in the Harbour Department - was Mr...
In Frederick Rogers, Bart.
Under Secretary of State for the Colonies