Dear Str,—I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of September 15, received here yesterday, enclose ing bank draft for £115 for the purpose of obtaining comfort for wounded Australasian soldiers.
The draft is being sent on to the High Commissioner for Australia, London, with a request that it paid to the credit of che Australian and New Zealand sections of the British Red Cross Society, for the purpose for which it was donated.
T should like to say on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand troops how very much the action of your community in China, in so generously donating this and the previous amount received for the comfort of the wounded, is appreciated by all ranks; and I shall be glad if you will convey our hanks fo the donors.
Yours sincerely, (8d.) Avex. Goptry, Lient.-General, Commanding A. and N. Z. Army Corps.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.