25. April and were this day referred to me by H is Excellency Major General Whitfield, Lieutenant Governor, I do myself the honor to report.
1. Mr Simpson's objections to the statements made in the printed. report of my tour of inspection of the pastab. Aguaies in China and Jopen, to which his Memorcundum is chiefly enfined. were submitted to His.
Exxcellency Governor Sir Richard
Groves Mac Bonnell in
in my letter of
the 5th December last No375, upon
which His Excellency
to direct mé
pleased
me to inform Mr Simp
" that he considered I had dealt most
forbearingly with that Officer in
"the mano
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management of his duties and " that he apprehended no adventinge " could result to Mr Simpson from
any prolongation of a correspondence such as he trusted might not arise
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again, and therefore I would submit that it is unnecessary for me to re-
re-open
the question as regards that report, 2. The statement that application had been made by Mr Simpson for permission to obliterate the postage stumps on letters pasted at Yokohama before his departure from Many Hong being mullified by the addendum to his Memorandum therefore needs further notice.
3. As regards the alleged
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