Government House, Hongkong, 13 March, 1894.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's despatch No. 18 of the 31st January last and in reply to your query regarding whether the Proclamation of 1866 is still in force, in case we have to act on the lines of the Straits Currency Ordinance of 21st Oct. 1890.
I am to ask by telegraph whether the Proclamation of 15 Sept. 1866 is still in force as follows:
Referring to your despatch No. 50 Sent 5:1 ... is not proclamation of 15 Sept. 1866 still in force E220.4 ... Sug.20/4 C.P.L.20 AM 21/4 Aus boggs ... RECT €464 NFG" IC APR 94, 424 No 50- 1110
The Right Honourable Marquess of Ripon, KG,