4 Sept?
573 Hong Kong
P. STA. Miscellaneous
REC
23 JUN 1864
My Lord Duke,
Stoughton,
187
27th April, 1864-
I regret to have to announce that on the 21st instant 100 Chinese Convicts effected their escape from Stone Cutters Island.
I forward Copies of the only reports which I have as yet received on the subject, from the Superintendent of the Jail, and the Captain Superintendent of Police.
His Grace
The Duke of Newcastle, K.G.