N.487 - Hong Kong, 18th October, 1871
Colonial Secretary (Noble J Gardiner Austin)
to
Surveyor General (L. H. Morrison, Esqr)
Unauthorized monthly Expenditure-
Remarks upon;
with
instructions for
the
future.
Enclosure No 3 in Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch N. 988 of 10 April 1872
Memo: M.640.-
17th January, 1872.
Mr. Austin.
223
C. O. A 3422.
4
A
December 17th - to elicit from the Survey Department
Herewith the form framed for the complete monthly resume of the expenditure of the Public Buildings.
to Mr. Morrison - contrary to the onerous condition you are aware, my most positive orders appear during my absence from the Colony to have taken advantage of the recent lax and indulgent administration of affairs and totally neglected sending in the