forwarded to you;
It is Excellency is of opinion
that it will be more to the advantage
of
the Imperial Government considering the present rate of exchange, that the amount should be disbursed from the Commissariat Chest, than that it should be drawn for by Bill on the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
e Castro,
I have, &c., (Signed) J. d' Almada & Carter
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary,
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Extract from Letter of the Duke
of Newcastle of 5th October, 1863.
"I
am in the first place to inform you
that the Lords Commissioners
of the Treasury have sanctioned the payment to you from Imperial
Funds of the expenses you may
incur
in visiting the Straits Settlements and will also be prepared to
reimburse you for any
loss you may incur from any prolonged absence from Hong Kong on half salary.
(True Extract)
(Signed) J. d'Almada e Castro,
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary
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