It is requested that in any further communication on this subject the under-mentioned letter and number may be quoted, and the reply addressed to
The Under Secretary of State for India,
India Office,
RC8.1619.
do 21249
Whitehall,
S. W.
Sir,
India Office,
263
Whitehall, S. W.
5th November 1880.
21957
REC
REG 11 NOV 80
In reply to your letter of the 6th instant, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to append a statement showing the number of cases of Sunday work in the Bombay Harbour for a series of years :-
Year Cases 1878-79 63 1879-80 80 1880-81 85 1881-82 131 1882-83 X* 1883-84 31 1884-85 51 1885-86 42 1886-87 65 1887-88 67 1888-89 79* "Not counting those for 14 months, the Egyptian expedition" (Order passed July 1882).
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
¥ 90334. 6 rms.~8/90. L. 1639.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
[illegible name]
Law Officers,
Treasury