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My Lord,
British Legation 431
Peking.
August 22nd., 1922.
-16 of 8-8-22,
I have the honour to transmit herewith copies
of two despatches from His Majesty's Consul at 3wa-
tow reporting upon the visitation of that mort by a
particularly severe typhoon on August 2nd,,accounts ď
which have, I have no doubt, already appeared in the
English newspapers.
The destruction of Chinese life and property
has been truly appalling, the current estimates of
the lives lost ranging between 10,000 and 50,000.
British subjects and foreigners generally, however,
have suffered no fatalities, and comparatively small
material loss. The Consul's and Vice-Consul's
houses at Swatow are reported by Mr. King to have
been damaged, but I do not yet know to what extent.
It appear also that the Consulate grounds and garden
/suffered
Marquess Curson of Kedleston, K.G., 0.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.,
etc..
etc..
POREIGN
etc..
OFFICE.