In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No. 55144/12.
and address
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
.00
Sir:-
of de Louismares! Changhos)
bec. 26, 1912.
London.
REC?
REGE 3 JAN 13
FOREIGN OFFICE
Jamiary
2
1913.
27
With reference to your letter No.37175/1909,
Heads.
regarding the removal to England of a prisoner named
Ioberts, confined in the Straits Settlements, under the
Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1884, I am directed by
Secretary Sir F. Grey to transmit to you herewith copy
of a telegram which has been received from His
Pajesty's Consul-General at Shanghai, relative to a
female prisoner named Monteith now in prison at
Hongkong.
I am to request that you will be good enough to
make the necessary arrangements with the Governor of
Hongkong for the woman's transfer to the United
Kingdom.
Subject to the sanction of the Treasury the ex-
penses of Monteith's journey will be borne by this
Office, and a letter has been addressed to the Fome
Office asking if that Department will be prepared to
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
undertake