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the Treaty, as soon as they shall receive your the last diedia Company the Recount.

of the Expenditure connected with the Avice Expedition .

The Commissiomas of Audit transmit, with, Heir Heport two Stateni euts indicating the points upore wheth Gurther information is required by them, the first

of which,

warke it, has reference to the Authorities for different Itens of Expenditure included in the Hong Kong Government - account, and the Supervisendent's and Consular Account, and the other, marked 13, and sub divided uite four sections, relates to certain details of the sauce Accounts respecting which more particular explanation: is necessary.

Their Lordships direct that the whole of Statement it, and the trave

4th Sections of Statement 13, be sent in oriquial to the Earl of aberdeen with a copy of this Maiute and of the Reports of the Commiss corices of audit dated 184 February and 1th July 18457, and that his tondship be requested to enforce My Lords how far reach head of lxpenditure in statement. It is supported by proper- Authority", and to cause the 1787 Sections of Statement-13 to be transmitted to for Davis by the earliest opportunity with instructions to cause unmediate reference to be made

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tetannade to the Accounts and flecortes

at Hong Kong,

five as ces ASALLA

and to take such other

way

the required infor

be necessary to perveure

akonci each care),

and to forward the necessary to faccurate. Required information in backewer, a to forward theentebeoffre de cuments and Explanations with the bears possible delay.

Also transmit to Eve. Stephen for Lond Stanley's information a Copy of

auale,

this Muiste and the 22 and 3* Section

Ir of Statement B, in oriquial, that he will move Sond Stanley to forwardd the last mentioned documents to Far: Davis with similar tisha et cons to those above adverted to

Their Loneships attention has been particularly directed to that portion

the Meport of the Commiss wiers of audit. dated 1a Justanut, which letates to a sam

30,000-described in the tecount of Mesirs Dent & C of the late jouit

Age

els in Chaid, as having been paid by them on the 25th January 18412, to Ime Johnston's draft in favor of the Houg Kong Government, but whe ch has nos

been brought to credit in the Acements

of that Gover

lovernment – My Fords descie that an Extract of that hortion of the Report which relates to this question.

be transmitted to Mr. Johuston, and that

he