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from home to take the place of --- the Austin, His Excellency thinks it advisable that everything connected with the Agency should be in your hands, and has accordingly acceded to both the requests made by less Jardine tatheson and bo

I have fo

(Signed) W. H. Alexander.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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381

Houghong, the tarde, 1863

Dear Sir,

me in what

Will you kindly infoun- Department of the Houghong Government Jam to draw for funds for Emigration

purposes?

As I shall require to make disbursements chiefly in Canton, I proprose to draw

a

at

large

sum (say ten thousand dollars)

once, deposit it with Mess?. Jardine Matheson and Co, and draw it from

them where and when required. In

this

way

I could

give you a Draft

the Cmigration Commissioners

at the same time, if

you

would kindly