From:
W.R.H Merk C.S.I, Acting Chief Secretary,
Government of the Punjab
To:
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Chief of Qadian,
Dated 21st March 1900, Lahore
Dear Sir! I have been instructed to inform you that the British Government of India has accepted with pleasure your congratulations on the British victories secured in South Africa.
Yours most obediently,
W. Merk, Acting Chief Secretary,
Government of the Punjab
1 Retranslated from the Urdu. The original could not be found.[Publisher]