Sir,
With reference to your Letter of the 12th instant, I am directed by the Earl of Derby to state to you, for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon, that Her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon will be instructed to request the Portuguese Government to convey to the Governor of Macao the thanks of Her Majesty's Government for the assistance rendered by His Excellency to the Peninsular and Oriental Company Steamer Gwalior on the occasion of that Vessel being wrecked.
Under Secretary of State: Colonial Office
Foreign Office, June 17. 1075.