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The Permanent Committee, Sanitary Board, Hong Kong.
1st Sept.1894.
sir,
The Permanent Committee have the honour to hand you herewith a cert- ificate signed by Dr.Lowson and Dr.Penny testifying to the energy and skill with which Wardmaster Mitchell of the Royal Navy performed the duties entrusted to him in the Plague Hospital of the Colony during the recent severe epidemic.
The Permanent Committee desire in addition to thank Wardmaster Mitch- ell very sincerely and very heartily on behalf of the Hong Kong communi
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for his promptness in volunteering for this very disagreeable and very dangerous work, for the zeal and efficiency he brought to the perform- ance of his duties, and for the uniform steadiness and propriety of his conduct.
The assistance given the Committee by the Volunteers of the Army and Navy has been most valuable and deserves every acknowledgment.
I have the honour to be,Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Jno.James Francis,Q.0.,
Signed,
Chairman