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Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to--

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY

(MARINE DEPARTMENT),

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL GARDENS, 8.W.

And the following letter and number should be quoted in the communication, and marked plainly on the outside of the envelope, via,1--

M20946

W

Sir,

Board of Trade

(Marine Department),

Whitehall Gardens, ¡S.W.,

23 January

Inquiries.

188

REGP 24 JAN 95

I am directed by the Board of Grade

to return Mr. Welson's letter of the 26th __ September last, and the Copy of the Hong

97° Hong Daily Press inclosed in it. Mr.

Wilson complains that

no notice has been

taken of the Report of the Court of Inquiry. held into the loss of the "Yot Lei," and the consequent loss of life through the explosion of her boiler, although it was found by the Court that the Government Marine Surveyor, Mr. Brewer, in approving of the shoring

a very grave.

Under Lecerstary

of State, Colonial office

down of the dafety Valve, made error of judgment.

With

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