Copy.
No. 1.
My Lord:-
(Ref 11 JUN )7
BANGKOK.
April 30th, 1897.
288
I have the honour to report that information having been received that bubonic plague exists in the neighbourhood of Swatow, in China, I have at the request of the Siamese Government, thought proper to issue the inclosed Regulation, as a matter of urgency, as provided for in Article 84 section 6 of the Siam Order in Council 1889, in order to prevent the introduction of the disease into Bangkok by passengers entering the port in British vessels.
(Signed)
I have, &C.,
W. J. Archer.
The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,
**C&C.,**