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Vistoria, Hongkong, 13th February, 1855.

As the correspondence arising

lithe of the 22 January

out of my

I

Last to The Right Honorable

The Seoutary of State for the Colonies is being transmitted

Mail

Home by the outgoing Muit, "I avail myself of the permission accorded me His Excellency The Governor

by

The Monorable

W.J. Bridges, D.C.L.

Acting Colonial Lecutary.

&c.

le

tc.

KRA

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to embody herein the Statements

on

in writing which I laid before You on "Treasurer's litter #9 of 29th parisal of the botanial

January, and I beg that the

Same may

be considered as

part of my

Instant

litter of the 3rd

the statements to which

I allude are the following, and I extract them from the paper which I had the honor to

submit to you, and subsequently to Wis hxcellency The Governor; namely:

"I beg respectfully to observe " that the advice which Mr.