§ The Treasurer of the Household (Captain Guest) reported His Majesty's answer to the Address of the 31st day of July last, as followeth:—
§ I thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address.
§ I join most sincerely in your expression of deep regret at the melancholy tidings of the death of My illustrious ally and friend His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and I shall without fail communicate to His Majesty the present Emperor your message of profound sympathy with the Imperial Family and the Government and people of Japan in the loss which they have sustained.