522
always been welcomed
welcomed by you..
God Preserve Your Excellency.
Macau, 28th March, 1872.
(Signed) Antonio Sergio de Souza,
Vice-Consul.
invited to me.
The well-known manner
Successor principis
of my
from saying
anything as to his personal qualities,
or in regard
to his Services to his
Country; and, therefore, I feel certain
that between him and your Excellency there will continue to
subsist the same
Cordiality and
deference which your Excellency has
His
Excellency
always shown towards
me,
both in
your official Correspondence and personal treatment.
As to myself, I beg to tender to your Excellency my most sincere thanks for the goodwill and Cordial affection with which I have
The Governor of Hong Kong.
(True Translation.) (Signed) L. d'Almada e Castro.