I think it can be done.
I have no doubt the Chinese would subscribe liberally.
Yours very truly, (signed) W. Keswick.
His Excellency
J. Pope Hennessy, Esq.,
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From M. Keswick to Governor.
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Least Point, 13th September, 1874
My dear Mr. Hennessy.
I thought a few minutes conversation would be better than a note, and I called yesterday at the Lodge but had found you gone out. I had been too much occupied to get up hill until it was late.
I do not think it would be possible to get money enough here to send a cargo of rice to Madras as a contribution from Hong Kong