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is right in making the claim referred to, and I must ask you to send your application for the Military Contribution through Colonel Bassano.
It is a matter of great regret that there should be any unpleasantness about this, to the Government, trivial matter.
Yours te
(signed) E. H. Smith.
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Control Office Hong Kong
27th April 1875
As the representative of Her Majesty's Treasury at this station, I have the honor to request you will be good enough to pay into the Treasury Chest at this station the Military Contribution for the quarter Ending 31st March last, at the current rate of Exchange with the usual Banker's Certificate.
As the previous
Colonial Secretary
Hong Kong
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