Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 31st October, 1886,
With reference to my letter No. 01789
of the 29th instant on the subject of the
British lorcha "Waverley"'s seizure
on the 10th instant, I have the
honour, by direction of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, to request that
you will be good enough to send copies of the correspondence,
Chinese as well as English, to Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, in order
that Sir John Walsham may take such steps in the matter as he may consider necessary.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Frederick Stewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
C. Alabaster, Esquire,
H. B. Consul,
Canton.