CO129-135 - Public Offices & Others - 1868 — Page 641

Hongkong 32. K

W. Rindley by bie

637

5 Jan 1869

Lum directed

of

Jamali 3/1/69

In Notenison 4/1

Earl Granville to acknowledge

Bedford

The die Badhan 4th of might of gone letter

Sig

of the 31 Welt. suggesting

...

QA

Jon

until the 1 Dear

not relieved of the

Matrices

hard

in

the tough one

Mint

Zon

should be allowed.

Copy puts 5 Jan

&o receive full pay

England

from the day of your arrival in until that date

in addition to the the Gratuit, of

one

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