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. 6551
And 24/5776
Sir,
Life Saving
554/176
I am directed
to acknowledge
and
the Board of Trade, of Whitehall Gardens,
[illegible: possibly "Friday"]
Apparatus.
by
50 1876.
the Board of Trade
the receipt of your
letter of
the 29th ultimo, stating that the Secretary of State for the Colonies will undertake the cost of a complete Rocket apparatus to be sent to the Humane Society
Society at Hongkong asking this Board to have one prepared In reply I am to state, for the information of Lord Carnarvon, that the necessary directions have been issued for the preparation of the stores forthwith, and to be delivered to the Peninsular
and Oriental Company for transmission to Hong Kong
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies