1865.
The accounts for
the Silver Bullion and
Metal
amounting
to about
£13000 - will be transmitted
soon as
they
are received.
Jam,
(Signed) Rob: I. Suff
All Letters to be addressed to The Crown Agents for the Colonies.
7102
Copy Govt 13-
B
Copy Govt mis
7102
7036 Hong Kong
Offices of the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
Spring Gardens, London, S.W.,
4th August 1866
RECEIVED
AUG 4 1866
With reference to your
letter
of the 1st instant I have to acquaint you for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon
that unless the claim of the Mint on the Government of Hong Kong for £13,000, adverted to in my letter of the 27 ultimo,
can be withheld from presentation for payment until remittances shall have been received from that Colony, which can hardly be looked for before the end of next month - certainly not before the end of this,
£10,000, which it affects from Mottram's letter to you of the 27...
Colonial Office