Exclosure A
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Superintendent, Govt Civil Hospital to Colonial Surgeon.
(Copy)
Government Civil Hospital
Hongkong,
17th November, 1886.
C O. 112
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of today's date.
In reply I beg to refer you to what I have already written on this subject.
I enclose a copy of a letter from Dr Jordan of 17th instant, to Acting Colonial Secretary.
It conveys a different impression from what you received from him personally. I may remark that the position of Authorities is entirely changed from what it was when the Colonial Secretary applied to them for assistance on the 5th instant.
Dr. D.B.C. Ayres, Surgeon Major, has returned from leave.
Dr. Ayres, Colonial Surgeon