CO129-387 - Individuals - 1911 — Page 189

Enclosure8

5 ROYAL AVENUE

CHELSEA.

1911 MAY 14.

182

sir,

C O 10745

I have the honour to approach you, under the

following circumstances, with the confident assurance that I

shall receive justice, and my case a reconsideration.

2. Nearly three weeks ago I received a

letter from the Crown Agents for the Colonies, (copy attached,

marked A), calling upon me to pay them the sum of £68, 118, 10.,

and referring me to a letter addressed to me from the Govern-

-ment of Hongkong, on the subject, which letter I had not

received. At this time I was in France, but about to leave

for home the following day.

3. On arrival in London, I called upon the

Crown Agents, who were unable to give me any information on

the subject beyond that contained in their letter, but they

showed me a copy of that addressed to me from Hongkong, which

threw no further light upon the matter. This last, (copy

attached, marked R), the arrival of which I have been awaiting, before addressing you, reached me last night.

4. I presume that the correspondence above