1.4250.
Sir,
483 Head Quarter House,
Hongkong, 22nd Nov 1875.
With reference to your letter W. 766, of the 17th inst, I have the honour to request you will be pleased to lay before His Excellency the Administrator the accompanying copy of a Report from the Commanding Royal Engineer referring to the destruction of the Washermen's sheds on W. D. Land therein alluded to.
I have to
(signed) A Bassano, Col. Commdg. Troops.
Cecil C. Smith,
Acting Colonial Secretary.