C.O. 1465
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 9th ultimo, transmitting a letter from the Colonial Office with accompaniments relative to the proceedings of the Commission appointed under the Chefoo Convention.
I am to request that you will be good enough to inform the Marquess of Salisbury that Viscount Cross assents to the proposal.
Under Secretary of State
Foreign Office
H.M's Secretary
Whitehall, S.W. 18th Jan. 1887.
24 JAN 17. 197