I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant and to inform you that the Bronze Medal for the Hongkong Government, therein referred to, are ready for shipment.
The sum of £470.18.4, which has been incurred in the preparation of these Medals, eighteen shillings and four pence, is shown in the enclosed copy.
I have, etc.,
C.Sargeant Lyr.
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