N
of
22363
60
on arrival.
course account on
to get
I should also like, if possible
an advance on my salary which would I suppose
I suppose commence from the date
of resigning my present appointment,
meet hotel and
contingent expenses.
I have been sufficiently
Hoping I have been
explicit in this and that
my
desire
to catch the out going Mail has not
caused me to omit
any
material
points.
(Signed) B. Vandelur Straghan
True Copy) Kuurm
Colonial Secretary.
Extract from the Minutes of the Executive Council of Hongkong, held
the 13th November, 1866.
Present:
His Excellency Governor Sir Richard
Graves Macdonnell, G.C.B.
The Honorable Major General Smyth, C.B.,
Commanding Her Majesty's Troops.
The Honorable M. S. Mercer, Colonial Secretary.
The Honorable Julian Pauncefote,
Attorney General.
His Excellency then stated that he has