Hongkong, loth June, 1893.
Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 1431 of the 9th instant, and to thank you for so readily and effectively assisting in the work of erecting & monument to the memory of those who were lost with the Bokhara.' The relatives of the deceased will no doubt be very grateful for your kind ce-operation.—I have the honour tw be, Sir, your obedient Servant, Wiszam Rowixsox, Governor.
Commodore H, Bury Palliser, Government House, Hongkong, 15th June, 1893.
—I have the honour to request Your xcelleney to be s0 goo as to state to the sung-li Yann that this Government is much obliged to the Chintai at the Pesead the further services he has rendered in counection with the erection on Sand Island of the monument to the memory of those who perisheil in the wreck of the Bokhara, Such friendly acts are calculated to increase the amicable relations subsisting between Great Britain and China.
enclose for Your Excellency's information 4 copy of w letter from Capt. Fawkes, of HLM.S, Mercury, on the subject—I huve the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, Witzam Romtxsox, Governor.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.