No:1557.
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 15th September, 1899.
I am directed to transmit to you for communication to the Viceroy of Canton, the enclosed copy of the Police Report on the subject of a piracy committed in Chinese Waters.
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Canton.
I have etc,
(Sd) J.H. Stewart Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.