(Signed) P. C. de Costa
Secretary
Council Chamber
18th instant
466
Hongkong, 18th December 1874
Dir.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, and in accordance with it, we beg to lay before you our views on the Steamer Ordinance which was read for the first time on the 18th instant, and have respectfully to request that you will bring them under the notice of His Excellency The Governor and the Legislative Council.
On the following grounds
The Honorable
J. Gardiner Austin Gould
Colonial Secretary
1076-HK & SD 2454