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I feel proud of the fact, that the Tribunals of this City are placed on such a footing that happily it is not at present requisite, as perhaps might have been the case in former times, that the prayers of Petitions should be recommended by illustrious names in order to ensure their being speedily and in due course dealt with by the same Tribunals.
God preserve Your Excellency.
Macau, 14th June, 1867.
(Signed) Jose Maria de Ponte Forte. Governor of Macao and Timor.
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Most Illustrious Sir,
In compliance with the instructions contained in your letter No. 295 dated the 4th Instant, I have the honor to transmit to you the information which, on the object of the same letter, has just been given to me by the Superintendent of the Chinese Emigration.
God preserve you.
Procuratura for the Chinese affairs of the City of Macao, 16th June, 1867.
(Signed) Antonio Marques Percira, Acting Procurador.
(Signed) Gregorio Jose Ribeiro, Secretary to the Government.