all our liabilities and current expenses ought to have been covered with the exception of the September Quarter's Military Contribution, the amount of which will be remitted when the subsidiary Coinage arrives.
This latter deficiency is caused by your purchase of $60,000 worth of Silver 10 cent pieces, instead of $30,000 worth as proposed for the first supply.
I have rc.
(Signed) W. H. Rennie,
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The Crown Agents
MINUTE & 3. Aston
Lord Carnarvon
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Acting Colonial Secretary
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for the Acting Colonial Secretary:
Aneu ? 11276 Gentlemen
23 Nov. 1866
I am directed by the Earl of Carnarvon to inform you that he has received from the Governor of Hong Kong a copy of the letter addressed by you to the Acting Col' Secretary on the 26 July reporting the state of your account with the Colony, together with a copy of
In Rennie's