Enclosure 13.
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• Acting German Consul to Acting Colonial Secretary
(Copy)
IN. 393.
Hongkong, 16th July, 1887.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 5th instant, No. 1030, in which you enquire whether I have received any instructions from Berlin respecting the Lunatic Marie Gance. In reply I beg to say that I have received despatches in which it is stated that a Marie Gaver is a native of Winterbach in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg and entitled to German protection: The father, who was a farmer, carrying on business in Eslingen, died there in 1870, whilst the mother is still living at Metz.
The Honourable S. Stewart, &c. &c. &c.
Acting Colonial Secretary