A:39.
Commercial.
35 4 cong chong
CEIP
Sis
5 APR 1859.
Government Offices,
Victoria,
191
"Hongkong, 11th January 1859
I have the honor to report
permission given to the American Ship "Hound" to clear for San Francisco from this port with Emigrants,
but without a European Surgeon, it being impossible to procure other than a Chinese Doctor.
On this subject I have
The Right Honorable
Sir Edward B. Lytton, Bart., M.P.
&c