Hongkong
No 687...
2 qua December 1866
Colonial Secretary
Honorable W. Mercer
to
Acting Deputy Quarter Master
Captain Hartman.
Military Cantonments.
Extension of-
Further correspondence. #to details
as
- unnecessary at present.
Enclosure No. 2
in Governor
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch of 22 Dec 1866.
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Military Secretary's Office,
Hong/Kong, 24th December, 1866.-
In the absence of the D. A. G., I am directed by S.G. per Major General Commanding to acknowledg[e] the receipt of your letter dated 22nd Instant.
The Major General, having referr[ed] to former Correspondence and reports on the subject of the intended alteration of the W. boundary by reclaiming from the sea, cannot admit that...
The Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.
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