and escaped my notice under
the auspices of Lindsay &
business.
Copy of my
letter to Mr Inglis informing
him that he has received the appointment.
I have this day received, by the Mail from China, from
the Acting Colonial Secretary under date Hongkong
30th January 1864 acknowledgement of
my
letter(s)
to the Governor, dated the 25th Nov and 10th December last & informing me that the Report of the Surveyor General
as to
sites available for a Mint
has been transmitted to His
Grace the Secretary of State = "..."
I have the honor to be
Your
Excellency's
most obedient Servant.
The Master
of Mint of Hongkong.
170
PS. On calling at the Crown Agent's to receive my pay for
the last quarter in accordance
with my letter of the 9th instant,
I was
informed, they waited
instructions as to an agreement to be signed by me
I beg
not to infer there is to
be
any change
in the conditions under which I entered this service?