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12. I also strongly approve of the proposals made in your telegram of the 3rd of March for the institution of a Society in Hong Kong on the same lines as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in this country, and I should be glad to learn what progress has been made in this direction.
13. It is my intention to lay the correspondence on this subject before Parliament as soon as it reassembles.
I have, etc.
PASSFIELD.