<address>36. Upper Fitzwilliam Street</address> <date> 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> February. 1916. </date>

<salute>Dear Sir Matthew Nathan</salute>

I regret the delay that occurred <lb/> in sending you the statement on the situation <lb/> of the factory & mill workers (women) in Belfast <lb/> at present, — but it was unavoidable.

I have sent you the names & addresses of the <lb/> competent persons who gave me the information, <lb/> so that it will be easy to test the truth of my <pb/>