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842 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 24TH OCT., 1892.

(Translation.)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

MACAO, 20th October, 1892.

SIR,I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's letter of the 18th instant, and to thank you for the information contained therein; and at the same time to express my deepest regret, which the whole l'ortuguese Community of Macao share with me, at the lamentable.

occurrence.

With regard to the offer which I had the honour to make to Your Excellency to send a Gunboat in search of the Mail boat Bokhara it was merely the fulfilment of a duty which devolves, under such sad circumstances, on neighbouring Governments holding friendly intercourse.

To His Excellency

THE GOVERNOR of Hongkong,

&c.,

&c.

I have, &c.,

(Signed),

CUSTODIO M. DE BORJA, Governor.

(Copy.)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, October 24th, 1892.

SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's letter of the 20th instant, and both personally, and in the name of the whole Community of Hongkong, to thank Your Excellency for the kind expression of sympathy and regret conveyed therein with regard to the sad loss of life occasioned by the wreck of the Bokhara.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

With much consideration,

Your Excellency's most obedient Servant,

(Signed), WILLIAM ROBINSON.

To His Excellency

THE GOVERNOR of Macao,

&c.,

Sc.,

&c.

TELEGRAMS.

His Excellency the Governor,

HONGKONG.

The Municipal Council on behalf of the Foreign Community of Shanghai express their deepest sympathy with Colony of Hongkong in the loss it has sustained through the wreck of the Bokhara.

18.10.92.-5.37.

Governor Hongkong to Municipal Council, Shanghai.

Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON on behalf of the Colony of Hongkong thanks the Foreign Community of Shanghai for the expression of sympathy. conveyed by telegram.

The loss sustained is indeed most sad.

The fullest publicity will be given to your message of condolence. 18.10.92.

To Governor of Hongkong,

HONGKONG.

Large meeting yesterday of British and other residents passed resolutions expressing sincere sympathy with sufferers by loss of Bokhara and appointing representative Committee prepared to raise funds to alleviate pecuniary distress caused by the disaster.

24.10.92.-12 Noon.

Robinson to Hannen, Shanghai.

HANNEN.

Community extremely grateful. Influential Committee appointed here meets Thursday. Suggest your Committee should wait.

24.10.92.

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