proposed trigonometrical survey of Hong Kong.
You will observe that the Director of the Ordnance Survey recommends that the work should be carried out by officers of the R.E. possessing the requisite training, and it is assumed that the whole party, with the exception of the labourers, will consist of R.E.s.
I am also looking to the interest the Sec. of State, the Admiralty, and the Water Office would have in the survey. I am predisposed to ask the Dept. at Woolwich to contribute the regimental pay of the party and providing quarters &