(Copy:) HONGKONG.
No. 241.
SIR,
DOWNING STREET,
27th October, 1890.
I am directed by the Secretary of State to transmit to you for your information with reference to your despatch No. 327 of the 10th ultimo the documents specified in the annexed Schedule, on the subject of the Military Contribution.
I have, &c.,
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
(Copy.)
40,248/235.
SIR,
(Signed,)
R. G. W. HERBERT.
Date.
Description of Document.
22 October
Letter from War Office.
25
Do.
War Office to Colonial Office.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, S. W.
22nd October, 1890.
With reference to your letter of the 23rd of May last, and the reply from this Office of the 14th July, I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to request that you will be good enough to inform him how the question of the increased Contribution to be paid by Hongkong now stands with the Colony.
Mr. Secretary STANHOPE is anxious to have this information at an early date, as it affects the account of Army Expenditure for the current financial year.
It appears from your letter of the 23rd of May that the full proposed Con- tribution of £40,000 has been voted for the current calendar year, and it is presumed, after the explanations given in the letter from this Office of the 14th July, that the contribution at that rate will be duly paid.
I have, &c.,
(Signed,)
H. G. DEEDES.
The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
(Copy.)
Colonial Office to War Office.
DOWNING STREET,
25th October, 1890.
SIR,
In reply to your letter (40,248/235) of the 22nd instant respecting the Hong- kong Military Contribution, I am directed by Lord KNUTSFORD to request you to refer Mr. Secretary STANHOPE to the letter from this Department of the same date, enclosing copy of a despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong on the subject.
I am to add that Mr. STANHOPE is correct in presuming that the contribution of £40,000 will be duly paid for the current calendar year.
(Signed,)
I am, &c.,
JOHN BRAMSTON
The Under Secretary of State
War Office.