which I have of necessity Police business, with more loss string than according to their relative distances from Hong Kong and Canton
I have to
(signed) W. M. Deane, Acting Superintendent
(True Copy)
I. G. Austin Colonial Secretary
British Consulate, Canton, 28th December, 1870.
Having referred your despatch No. 1512 of the 28th October, with reference to the practicability of direct communication between the Colonial authorities and the Chinese officials at Kowloon to Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, I have the honor to inform you that I have received a despatch from His Excellency
The Honorable I. Gardiner Austin Colonial Secretary.