Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL GARDENS, S.W.
And the following letter and number should be quoted in the communication, and marked plainly on the outside of the envelope, viz. :—
M 1/423
Sir,
Copy for Colonial Dept. 24 Jan 1872
Received 13 June 1872 = 986
661. Hong Kong Board of Trade
JAN 18 1872
Whitehall Gardens,
January 1872
Distressed Seamen
174
I am directed by the Board of Trade to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a Letter from the Acting Harbour Master at Hong Kong complaining of the conduct of the Master of the Ship "Sarpedon" in leaving behind at that Port one Owen Tierney of the crew named
The Board of Trade informed the Acting Harbour Master in reply
To
The Under Secretary of State.
Colonial Office.
India