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now do myself the horror to transmit you a copy of a letter which I have received from the Packet-Agent there, to the effect that his application was intended to be for Two Coolies at $6 a month each, and I shall be glad under the circumstances, to be favoured with His Excellency The Governor's amended authority for this expenditure, the minute in question, only authorizes an outlay of $6 a month for both the Coolies asked for, an error which arose from the incorrect wording of Mr. Walsh's letter to me.
(Signed.) F. W. Mitchell, Postmaster General.
(Copy)
No.13.
Packet Agency
Kanagawa, September 14th 1864
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Despatches #516, 517, and 521 of the 26th and 27th ult., together with a supply of printed forms. With reference to your dispatch No. 521, I beg to inform you that the sum stated in my requisition for the services of Two Coolies is $6 a month.
F. W. Mitchell, Esqre., H.M's Postmaster General, Hongkong.