Person
any
whether it be for libel, Assault, or other Offence,
is not required.
As time is, in a matter of
libel, an element of great importance,
I have most respectfully to submit that I am entitled to
my
letter
of
further delay.
reply
to
the 16th instant, without
I have to (signed) H.G. Thomsett, RPM.
Harbor Master
11:5775
Riditer.
o Acting Colonial Secretary to the Governor
(copy)
1416.
kir
in
letter
498
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th July, 1881.
The Governor has considered
the
your
of the 16th instant in which
you apply for permission to take legal proceedings against the Proprietor of the Hongkong Telegraph for the
publication of
an article,
the 12th of July,
the subject of Chinese
Emigration to Australia and the
mode of passing the Immigrants in Hongkong, the materials of which,
H. G. Thomsett, by R. N.
Harbour Master
etc.
A.