services in connexion with the Public Health Ordinance when administering the Government of this Colony, I have the honour to enclose a copy of the reply which His Excellency has sent to the letter in which I conveyed your appreciation of the taste and judgment shown by him in the debates on the Ordinance in question.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
23rd December 1887,
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Jusr Major Joural Cameron, C.M.G. (Copy) No 35.
Sir,
Government Head Quarters,
Hongkong, 20. December, 1887.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's communication No 207/c of the 21st instant and express my very sincere thanks for the kind manner in which the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to speak of my poor services in connection with the passing of the Public Health Ordinance.
His Excellency
Major-General Commanding in China
to Govenor
Sir G. R. Des Vœux, K.C.M.G.
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