No 230
Sie 525
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Victoria, Hong Kong,
12th August 1854.
Captain Watkins R.N. having assumed by appointment the duties of Harbor Master, I am directed by the Honorable the Acting Governor to express his acknowledgment of the Zeal and assiduity with which since the departure of the late Mr Pedder you have conducted the business of that Department:
I have the honor to be,
(Signed) W. S. Mercer
Secretary
To R. Brichell Esqr Chief Clerk,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Harbor Master's Department.