be addressed to
cretary,"
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Offices, 122, Leadenhall Street,
London, E.C.
545
23499
Race
6th December 1892
73
Sir,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 2nd instant with which you are so good as to enclose copy
of a communication received by the Marquess of Ripon from the
Governor of Hong Kong, in regard to the loss of the "BOKHARA",
together with a reprint of the articles which recently appeared
in the Hong Kong Telegraph* upon the subject.
I am requested by the Directors to beg you will express
their best thanks to the Marquess of Ripon for the papers sent,
and to say that they have written out to their Superintendent in
Hong Kong, desiring him to present a Watch and Chain+ or a
piece of plate, to the Mandarin of Makung, as a mark of their
appreciation of the kindness displayed towards the Shipwrecked
people.
The Under Secretary of State
I am Sir
Your obedient servant
J. Jail
Secretary
Colonial Office
S. W.