Any further communication should be addressed to
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
(FINANCE DEPARTMENT),
BOARD OF TRADE,
LONDON, S.W.17.
And the following letter and number should be quoted:
(1139)
F
8318
Telegraphic Address.
BOARD TRADE, FINANCE,
Gov 15916
LONDON.
BOARD OF TRADE,
(FINANCE DEPARTMENT),
79
LONDON, S.W.,
6th October, 1893
C. O.
17023
RECO
(Pest 7093)
I am directed by the Board to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo, regarding the payment of expenses incurred for seamen of the "Haiphong & Hongkong".
With respect to the observations of the Governor of Hong Kong as to the cost of the seamen's passages from Yokohama, I am to state, for the information of the Marquess of Ripon, that Her Majesty's Consul at Kanagawa has explained that the men were sent by an American vessel as there was no opportunity of sending them by a British vessel.
Enclosure: Secretary of State for the Colonial Office.