that such half Salary shall be that of Chief Justice as from the 28th of February last
could not suggest any ground for a more favorable decision on either of the points
Repeating my grateful acknowledgments
I have the honor to be
Your very obedient humble Servant
John Smarte
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No 3 Ormonde Terrace Regent's Park
May 17 1866.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your Letter of the 12th instant enclosing
Copy of a dispatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong (Mr Mercer) and an Extract from the London and China Express which last Document
I had been suffering for several weeks from an attack of Bronchitis, and
I received your Letter on Monday evening, on my return from Hastings
Though still far from well I now proceed to avail myself of the opportunity afforded to me for
an explanation, and in doing so I am driven to refer to my own conduct in a way to which self-justification alone reconciles me,
His Excellency acting Governor Mercer correctly states that my name is attached to the Circular as
E. Foster Esqd M.P. Under Secretary of State for the Colonies
Gen.
having seen it; but