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account of the Government, it will be His Excellency's duty to bring the matter before his Executive Council according to the Colonial Regulations.
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17 (Esigned) W. T. Mercer, Colonial Secretary.
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Sir,
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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong, 5th August, 1867.
I am directed by His Excellency The Governor to recall your attention to Colonial Secretary's letter A: 54 of the 30th January last, in which Mr. Mercer informed you that His Excellency could not regard as satisfactory your explanation of the retention of the sum of $3,000 in your hands, and the payment of $1000 in lieu of £1000 into —
F. J. Hazeland, Esq.,
Crown Solicitor.