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Any 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. :-
M. 6159
34. 4574
24/5/96
76.
Ser
1676
Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens,
26th April 1876.
Life Saving Apparatus
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I am directed by the Board of Trade
to acknowledge the receipt of your
of
of
the Bar Instant, transmitting
au
letter
a
copy
application from the Secretary of
the Humane Society, Hong Kong, for the
supply of a rocket life saving-apparatus.
In
reply
I am to state, for the
information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the Board of Trade
have no power to pay for Life saving
Apparatus, except on the Coast of the
United Kingdom. The Board of Trade will however, be willing
The Under Secretary
of State Colonial Office
to undertake