Sirs,
HongKong 17th June 1886.
In reply to the 18th. I have to inform your Communication that up to the present date no instructions have been received from His German Majesty's Government as to the further disposal of the proceeds of Opium confiscated on board the German Steamer Marie, beyond the limits of the jurisdictional waters of the Colony of Hongkong.
Colony of Victoria.
Your obedient Servant,
(52) C.H. Finkel
Her German Majesty's Acting Consul
Messrs Wotton & Deacon
71421.
Solicitors & Notaries
HongKong