CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4] — Page 22

Government House, Hong Kong, 13th March, 1857.

My Lord,

I have the honor to submit in reply to Your Lordship's Despatch No. 476 of 7 January last, instructing me to pay £5,000 into the Commissariat Chest to replace £5,000 drawn from Her Majesty's Treasury.

The Right Honorable The Earl of Carnarvon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State,

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