in charge of the Italian Cogent.
With reference to @) Ayres report that he told the Chancellor that the should be sent have, I beg
woman
to state that she, having been declared in her senses, and in full possession of her faculties, declining to go home, this Consulate had no power whatsoever to force her to leave the Colony, she being utterly destitute.
It is with much regret that I have to decline the responsibility of meeting the expenses incurred by Delia Zelinska, but I am most willing to hand to Her Majesty's Government the Deposit receipt for her money held by the Bank, provided that this Consulate is not called upon for any further expenditure on her behalf.
I have &c.,
En Mi Grote,
Acting Consul General (Austria-Hungary)
(Copy)
No. 241.
Enclosure 5.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 15th February, 1887.
Adverting to your letter No. 10254 of the 8th instant, respecting the Hospital expenses of Julia Zelinska (alias Tobiastaphic), I am directed by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government to inform you that the Asylum is not intended as a permanent residence for Lunatics who are hopeless of recovery; that such patients are sent to their native country.
I am further to state that it is part of the duty of the British Government to send to her native country, or to maintain in Hospital, &c.
Aw. Grote, Esq.,
Acting Consul General for Austria-Hungary.