B. the execution of his duties
(Signed)
Cecil C. Smith
Acting Colonial Secretary
Mr Groeneveldt to The Administrator
Enclosure N.4
Strengthong
519
the
20 October 1875
His Excellency J. Gardiner Austin
Administrator
of Hong Kong
Sir,
I have received the letter of the Colonial Secretary of this day W692 and learned from it that the certificate for the Labbotsford was withheld on the ground that some of the passengers made statements to the effect that they were under contracts of service.
As only fifty of the passengers have been examined until now, I take the liberty to request that the rest...