CO129-477 - Public Offices - 1922 — Page 432

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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..

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