is requested that in any further communication this subject the under-mentioned letter and her may be quoted, and the reply addressed to- The Under Secretary of State for India,
India Office,
Whitehall,
R.S.2193.
S.W.
2. Copies
India Office,
9
17439 RECP Whitehall 10 UG 07
London, S. W.
August 1897.
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Sir,
With reference to my letter, dated the 20th July 1897, reporting that Dr. J. Lowson of the Colonial Service was returning home from Plague duty in India, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to say that he expects to receive hereafter specific reports regarding the good work done by this officer. Copy of such reports will be forwarded to the Colonial Office when they are received.
Meanwhile Lord George Hamilton directs me to state that he has heard from India very favourable accounts of the good work done by this officer, and of the benefit derived from his knowledge and experience of Plague treatment at Hong Kong. His work was arduous and at times dangerous, and His Lordship desires that his acknowledgments may be conveyed to Dr. Lowson, and to the Colonial Office for lending his services.
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient Servant,
Sir
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Y 1081.
5 rms-1/97. I. 157.