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No. 220.

Hygkong.

My Lord,

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Government House,

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Hongkong, 29th. June, 1910.

Enclosure 1.

Fonclosure 2.

I have great pleasure in forward-

-ing to Your Lordship the enclosed copy of a minute by the

Harbour Master recommending the grant of the Royal Humane

Society's Medal to Douglas Fowler Tisdale Gibson, a boy

aged 8 years, for rescuing his four-year old sister,

Dorothy Marion Gibson, from drowning.

2.

I forward also herewith in

duplicate the usual form required by the Royal Humane

Society together with statements by Mrs. E. Gibson, Mr.

E. F. Gibson and Lam Kan. The result of inquiries made by

the Captain Superintendent of Police also goes to show

that the little boy did rescue his sister from drowning as

stated, and in these circumstances I have the honour to

endorse the Harbour Master's recommendation that this

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

courageous act in one so young should be rewarded by the

grant

THE EARL OF CREWE,

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