Communications on this subject should be addressed to--
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
COLONIAL OFFICE,
DOWNING STREET,
LONDON, S.W.,
and the following Number quoted. 25203/97.
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Gentlemen,
3rd December, 1897.
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I am directed by Mr Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd ultimo respecting the registered package which was lost between Queensland and Hong Kong, and I am to inform you that the Hong Kong Government have already done all that they are required to do under Article VIII Subsection I, D 3 of the Postal Convention of 1891, and Mr Chamberlain regrets that he can add nothing to his previous letters on this subject.
I am,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
SSRS MCILWRAITH, McEACHARN & CO