To
Council
Of
the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for trade their stated that the expenditure in question is within the terms of and might be defrayed from, the Vote for the Relief of Distressed British Seamen, yet,
Looking
to the circumstance of the
Ship "Part of Harwich" being
registered as
belonging to Hongkong,
as well as to the fact that three of the Seamen relieved were not
British Seamen, my Lords continue to be of opinion that the amount
Should properly be charged upon the
local
Local Revenue of Hongkong;
I return herewith the Original Papers which were transmitted with
Sam
your letter.
Sir
Your Obedient Servant
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