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rent provided. Her Majesty's Government do not sanction your being accommodated with a house at the public expense.
I have, &c. (Signed) Richard Wornam.
(True Copy)
Michaud Woman
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The Honorable
Lis
Government House, Victoria,
Hongkong. January 26th 1884.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter, No. 4 of yesterday's date, regarding the
Lord Saltoun, and by your
Houses
now
occupied by
Staff being placed at your disposal for the
accommodation of Officers of the Garrison
In reply, I beg to inform you,
that I have
no such authority over the Houses in question, as they are either private property or else appertain exclusively to the Military Department, as is shown
by
a Minute which I recorded in Council on the 24th
Instant, and of which I transmitted a copy to
your letter No. 14 of yesterday's date.
I have never received any reply to my
Letter to Lord Saltoun, referred to in that Minute,
Major-General R. Hawker
Commanding the Troops in China
&c. &c.