.2.
H.B.M. Consulate General,
Canton,
21st, January 1919.
Sirt
With reference to Your Excellency's despatch No. 3 of the 17th instant, I have the honour to forward herewith translation of a despatch which I have received from the Military Governor of Canton in reply to the communication which I addressed to him in regard to the case of the Chinese Gunboat "Kwang Lee".
I have, &c.,
(Signed) J.H. Jamieson,
Consul-General.
His Excellency,
Claud Severn, C.M.G.,
Officer Administering the Government,
Hongkong.