"The decision to accredit on Ambassador in China is intended as a demonstration of the good-will which my Sovereign and his Government bear towards your Excellency and the National Government of China, and is a mark of the imporlancs which they attach to close ce-operation all that concerns the material their mutual appreciation of the: Importance of their close co-opera tion. "My happiness on the present occasion is greatly enhanced by the pleasure to welcome your Excellency among us as the first British Ambassador in China.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.