Sir,
Supreme Court, Hongkong,
20th February 1876.
201
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of Saturday the 5th instant, and in reply, I beg to inform you that I am prepared to accept the Office of Registrar of the Supreme Court on such salary and conditions as may be fixed by Her Majesty's Secretary of State, trusting that, when the salary is fixed, it will be such as to enable me to maintain the position with credit and respectability.
And,
The Honorable
J. Gardner Austin,
Colonial Secretary.