No. Hong Kong 268
It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above number may be quoted; and the Letter addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State for War,
War Office, Pall Mall, London, (S.W.)
2007. Hong Kong 358
RECEIVED
1/ MAR 1864
16 March 1864
Sir,
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I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th Ultimo and to acquaint you in reply that for the information of the Duke of Newcastle I have no objection, on sanitary grounds, to sanction being given to the Colonial Authorities of Hong Kong to erect a "City Hall" on land facing the Parade ground at that Station, and Lord de Grey would suggest that the site, the west corner of the Parade ground, granted for the same purpose in 1862, which is not now required by the Colonial Authorities,
Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
should