In reply quote M 2274 & 17414
Sir,
The Under Secretary of State for the Admiralty, 81
3rd November, 1890.
21585 RECR (PEG 5 NOV 90)
I have laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 12th September in regard to a new survey of Hong Kong which it is proposed to carry out by the Ordnance Survey Department.
...commencing in August next, that the Admiralty and War Department should bear a portion of the cost, the War Office contributing the regimental pay of the Survey, and providing quarters and special clothing, and Admiralty providing passages to and from Hong Kong for the Officers and men of the Survey, and ...
Colonial Office.