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A 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:
M10224
Board of Trade,
Whitehall Gardens,
17th July 1875.
Casualties Certificate.
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of letter of the 30th Instant, forwarding despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, inclosing a Report of a Court of Inquiry held at that Port into the circumstances attending stranding of the S. S. Visting together with Correspondence on the subject.
The Board of Trade observe, that the Report was signed by the Governor under the impression that the finding of the Court was unanimous, when, as it appears, two of the members disagreed herewith. There appears to be a doubt as to the validity of the proceedings, about hitting decision, Sec. 432P
there was no material damage
The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office
and
Caused