Copy No. 174.
Commissariat Officer European Stank ann File 9 Native
My Lord.
368 Government House, Hongkong, April 22nd 1843.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Lordship's letter of the 20th on the subject of the Passage for the Instant Persons named in the Margin to Chusan named in the Margin, and to recommend that they may be sent in St. Mary's Steamer "Vixen", through an application to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir William Parker.
Major General D'Aguilar Shave The Lord Saltoun K.C.B. V.M.M.H. Commanding the Troops China J.