M 87 ir, 256 Commissariat, China Hong Kong 2 February 1860.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th August, requesting to be informed whether I am prepared to pay to Sir Hercules Robinson, on the authority of the extract of a letter from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, which you enclose, certain claims connected with His Excellency's recent mission to the Straits Settlements.
The Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.