26.
of
the
to place the whole prevent correspondence & before the Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies.
I have, &c.,
(signed) Wm Mercer
Colonial Secretary.
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong, 1914 December 14th,
No. 19. C.
For S. G. W. Bowring, L.L.B.
To His Excellency
J.C.:
We have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Excellency's reply, dated 6th instant December, through the Colonial Secretary to our letter of the 12th instant and we perceive that it is the intention of your Excellency to forward copies of the Correspondence home