Received from Shun hat 255 bags of sugar 22,623 catties &
12 tacle.
Under date 20th of 3rd moon there
dvad an
entry-
Thumkat (took) bought 61 cables
of Opium (Hip) Benares- Might
60
12
2823 taels 4 macc @ 14 per cake
total.
I in J & 622,7-5.
He said he did not know the Kin-
Lung firm.
(signed) C. Osmund,
Registration Clerk.
10th May 1877.
leopy....
From the Registrar General
Page 194
Submitted for the consideration
of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor.
In addition to the Petition
I append a statement made by the Petitioner in answer to
my
enquiries, which in some
respects
does not accord with the Petition.
I also annex
A
Report from one of
my Department whom I instructed
to make
a
personal investigation
into the truth of
the case.
It will be observed that the Petitioner started at night for
Aberdeen and that he failed to
obtain the required clearance from