No. 2170/I-J.
S. Enclosure No. 23.
From The General Officer Commanding Troops in China,
To His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong.
Head Quarters,
Hongkong, 23rd August, 1901,
409
Your Excellency,
With reference to Your Excellency's letter No. 183/3 dated 22nd instant, I have the honour to request that I may be favoured with a copy of the letter dated 24th July, to the Honourable the Director of Public Works, referred to in the last paragraph of the letter of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Company, which accompanied the letter under reply.
I have etc.,
(sgd.) D. J. L. Brown,
Colonel on the Staff.
for General Officer Commanding Troops in China. (On leave.)