Matter & concide that you have acted judiciously in requesting the British Minister to obtain a general sanction for the receipt of the Whampoa D. & Co. payments in Imperial Customs at Whampoa, as well as Canton.
RECEIVED
C:O DEC 20 1866
Government House, Hongkong, 24th October, 1866.
My Lord,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, on the 18th instant, of your Lordship's Despatches as follows:
Originals.
Nos 26 to 29, - the last of 6th September, 1866
Separate - Do. of 30th August, - 5th September
The Right Honorable
The Earl of Carnarvon
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State