Canton, 16th January, 1870.
I have the honour to solicit the usual Government endorsement to set of bills, No. ___ of this date, for (£800=) eight hundred pounds sterling, being estimated amount of expenditure for the three months November, December and January (Say £4410) and ___ amount of advised drafts on this Office in favour of returned emigrants (£1,600, say £360).
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(Signed) Thea Sampson, Emigration Agent.
The Honble J Gardiner Austin,
Colonial Secretary,
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Signature ... for Colonial Secretary.