Ultramar at Madrid will probably be the only means of eliciting any information on this subject.
I have etc. (signed) G.J. Ricketts,
Copy
H.B.M's. Consulate,
Sir,
24.
Manila, 22th Septr. 1874.
I have the honour to transmit herewith inclosed to your Excellency a copy of a letter from the Postmaster General of Hongkong forwarded to me by His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong No. 45 and dated the 18th of August in which it is affirmed among other things. 1st That two registered letters containing a prize lottery ticket the one addressed to His Excellency Vice Admiral Don P. José Malcampo y Monge Marques de San Rafael etc.etc. Governor General of the Philippine Islands, of value ...