1.
No
16.
Sir.
77
C.
12233
IREC
Rre 24 FLB 19
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 14th. January, 1918.
51919.
Enclosure 1.
With reference to your Circular Despatch
of the 26th. June last, and in continuation of Sir Henry
May's Despatch No. 241 of the 24th August, I have the
honour to forward the endosed copy of a report by Mr. R. V. Weymouth, who is working with Sir C. P. Chater in prospecting for minerals in the Colony. I enclose also
a copy of a minute by the Goverment Analyst.
2. The principal known mineral deposit in the Colony consists of some 5,000,000 tons of magnetite of the highest quality, which in the absence of cheap fuel for smelting cannot at present be worked at a
profit.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
dartevem
Officer Administering the Government.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P.,
&c.,
&c...