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and its whole discipline
demoralized by the noise he made and the tricks he played;
It appearing there
for
were
more
moreover that
facilities in Hongkong satisfactory and
economical treatment than he could obtain here, and more
ready
means of transport thence home
should it appear necessary
I moved the Attorney General to apply to the Supreme
Court to order his removal to the Colony
and as already reported
he
was sent down by Air Edmund Hornby's order under charge of
the Captain of assisted by
a
the "Acantha",
who had
obtained considerable influence
over
him while in the Gaol. The Relatives of Reddie appear to be
resident in America, and there is I have ascertained a
$300 standing
in his name
in the National Bank
of
Virginia
at Richmond U.S. but
has been taken of
no notice
of a letter I wrote to his brother in answer
to one
which reached me addressed to Reddie
from which I learnt these last particulars
regarding him.
(Signed)
(True Copies)
B. Alabaster,
Vice Consul.
Acting Colonial Secretary.