to the fee of the
Oleum Commission Bret
for transmission to
his Lordship.
With reference to the question of the
death rate in Hong
Kong
I am to state
that the rate quoted
in your letter, 28 for
1000, is actually higher than the death
rate for the last
two years, which
stood
at 23 per 1000
in the Reports of the
Registrar General
of Hong Kong,
and
Lord Brassey will
be informed accordingly.