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PORT OFFICER 
BOMBAY. 
STOW COOL KEEI 1 DRY 
A LETTER OF THANKS FROM H.M.’S INDIAN 
GOVERNMENT. 
We had the honour to receive the commands of the Right Honourable Lord 
George Hamilton, P.C., M.P., Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India in Council, 
to supply 
TWO HUNDRED TONS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS 
for growing in the districts of Northern India threatened with scarcity. The 
urgency of the order demanded delivery in Bombay by a certain date, and only 
nine days could be allowed for selecting, packing, and shipping. We have since 
received the following gratifying notice of His Lordship’s appreciation of our 
services in the matter: — 
[COPY.] 
Gentlemen, 
India Office, Whitehall, S.W. 
17 th November, 1896. 
/ am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 
bth instant, forwarding invoices for the additional seeds shipped by you on account of the Government of India from 
London and Marseilles on the bth instant. 
Lord George Hamilton recognises with satisfaction the facilities and assistance you have received m organising 
these large and unaccustomed shipments from Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Boulogne, the Customs Authorities 
at Folkestone, the Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and the Goods Managers of the South-Eastern 
and Great Eastern Railway Companies. 
LI is Lordship also desires me to convey to you the expression of his appreciation of the promptitude and foresight 
shown by you in successfully carrying out so large a portion of the order of the Government of India, within the very 
limited time allowed for its execution. 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co., 
High Ilolborn. 
I am Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, 
(SignedJ A. GODLEY. 
NOTIC E.- Messrs. Carter despatch single packets of Seeds up to twelve ounces by letter post. 
packages up to eleven pounds by parcel post or carrier; larger orders up to two 
hundred tons or more by rail or steamer. 
