(Copy) No 370
Sir,
Surveyor General's office, Victoria, Hongkong,
18th March, 1861.
In accordance with the instructions contained in the letter of His Excellency the Governor of the 14th Instant upon the application of His Excellency Sir Hope Grant for permission to erect temporary Mat Buildings at Kowloon on Napping's Range, I had an interview with the Commanding Royal Engineer, but that officer not considering himself justified without instructions from the General in giving the information I was desirous of obtaining, with a view to enable me to submit the
The Honble M. J. Abercromby, Esq.,
Colonial Secretary