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Nictoria, Honghong, 7th November 1865.
I have the honour to make the
following explanation with reference to your
Minute
ow
my
letter N° 20 of 3rd instant,
herewith returned.
When I asked His Excellency's -
Authority to re-engage
Ion akú I was under
the impression that it was necessary
to refer only
to his Sulary, as such
such- meaning thereby the
amount là be paid him under the item in
the Estimates entitled "Salaries". "Teachers
of English"
The Heonorable
W. H. Alexander, Esquire
Acting Colonial Seentary,