Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 21st October, 1865.
I have placed before the Acting Governor your letter of the 19th instant in which you express your regret at having incurred the censure of the Government for your misconduct in leaving the service without permission, and from the effects of which, namely the withholding of your pay, you pray for relief.
His Excellency, taking into consideration the expression of regret on your part, is not desirous of inflicting upon you, in addition to loss of employment, the punishment of ...
John H. Hawey,
Oriental Hotel.