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Officer, or soldier entitled to receive a "medal, it should be sent, together " with a statement of the act of bravery " performed to the Adjutant-General, in order that the recipients may be registered, and the authority issued for the distinction

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to be worn.

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I was under the impression that these decorations could not be

conferred by a private person, but only by a Sovereign, Government Corporation or Dociety.

I have to (Signed) W. M. Drane, Captain Superintendent of Police

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Enclosure 2. 0007

REGE 21 APR 85)

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Magistracy, HongKong,

16th March, 1885.

I have the honour to acknowledge

the receipt of your letter N: 201 of the 30? instant which pressure of business has prevented me from answering before, and in reply I have to state: that Mr Belilios has founded a 1 fund of two thousand dollars of which Mr A. P. McEwen and I are the trustees,:

for the furtherance of female education in the Colony, and for the recognition of deeds of bravery in saving life - whether at sea, at fires,

Hon: W. H. Marsh, C.m.G., Colonial Secretary,

VeVe Ve

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