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deeded to such
An
mary
unless its value
be replaced by those who
mansions for the bene
are
for the benefit sought, the expense
of which should not apparently be defrayed from the General Rates.
It would moreover be
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His Excellency
Bank Buildings,
Hongkong, 8 November, 1866.
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, C.M., Governor of Hongkong.
necessary to
purchase carts, horses, and
harness
and
it is
therefore to his Excellency
to hire drivers.
If
expedient that he should await further
explanation from the Memorialist as to
these proposals.
I have …
(signed) W.S. Mitchell,
Colonial Secretary.
I gladly avail myself of Your Excellency's permission again to bring
under
your
notice the subject of the memorial dated 29th August requesting that the Queen's Road and Praya may
be watered during the present dry weather.
I …
Man
expressly with
a
view to
meet any financial difficulty which might …