CO129-107 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [10-12] — Page 6

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REPORT.

In obedience to the Memorandum of His Excellency The Governor under date

the 30th September, 1865, we, the undersigned, proceeded this day at Cleven

o'clock, to the Colonial Treasury, and being there, in concert with the Officer in charge of the Treasury, examined and counted the actual contents of the money chest under the separate charge of the Officer in charge of the Treasury, and we have the honor to report

that we found the amount of

Inventy thousand five hundred and

livenly são Dollars and eight cents.

Mr. Mercer

uphory, 3: Occover 1885.

to

The Rt Hoüble R. Cardwell.

Inclosure.

N146-

Received

the

Quarterly Survey of Treasury chest and Vault-

on the 2nd belober 1865.

*Notes, $17.380.

"

Cash, $3.142.08

$20.82.2.08th and in the string

Vault, Notes $10,000, and Cash $19.000.

which corresponds with that shewn by the Books of the Treasury.

× 3253.90° of this is a Post Office Warrant.

(signed)) W. W. Alexander." (+) Fred. Fort. (.) Shearman G. Bird.

Hongkong,

Colonial Treasury,

Im October 1880): (Ime Copy)

Whlexande

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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