that, for there already been communicated to this Dept. by the Governor, but in view of the fact that a way for further action offers itself in the way laid down by the reasons given in your letter, H. Kay for the information contained in your letter No. 399, 881/02 of the 24th Dec. last, containing confirmation of the scheme for ferry running between the British Empire and the Chinese Empire had been abandoned and that H.M.'s Govt. had been asked to consider and report upon the suggestions made in the letter from this Office of the 30th Dec., had been remarked.
Your letter of the 24th Dec., referred to above, no action seemed possible beyond sending a copy of the correspondence confidentially to Sir H. Blake for his information.