Manual.
(80) C. Romilly Romiley
Ver Corky Gosting po.
50-14 Lept
4841
sung chong ng
RECE
C:0: AUG 30 1866
"Jackson Smale's Chambers
New Square Liveoln's Inn
August 22, 1866
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter dated the 22nd instant, which reached me some days later on my returns from the Country, in which (referring to my Letter of the 17th of March) explaining the circumstances under which I accepted a Testimonial presented to me by the Parsee-Mahomedan Residents in Hong Kong you informed me by instructions from the Earl of Carnarvon that he is unable to sanction my acceptance.
I was not prepared for the determination which you have communicated.
J.J. Elliot Esq.,
Assistant. Under Secretary of State for the Colonies