Harbor Master to Messrs Edward Schellhass & Co
Enclosure No. 8.
Gentlemen,
Starboard Department,
Hongkong. 22nd October, 1875.
I have the honour to inform you, in reply to your application for a certificate to enable the British Steam ship "Abbotsford", Official No. 62987, to proceed from Hongkong to Acheen in Sumatra with Chinese Passengers, that under the provisions of Section VIII of Schedule E of Ordinance No.5 of 1874, I am unable to grant you the certificate
Messrs Eduard Schellhass & Co