A
C. O.
#
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
#
to be worn.
to name
"These medals will be
the right breast?
3
be n
ne
necessary
worn on
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
Copy
dir.
Enclosure 2. 0007
REGE 21 APR 85)
468
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
My
in
preserving
the