72 x 5159
F.O.
Hongkong
5131
44
Hong Kong, 28th January, 1873
Harbour Master's Dept., General Returns for 1872.
Carried Master's Department.
Annual Report and Returns for 1892.
In Arthur & Kennedy's Despatch No. 27 of 14 April 1873.
The Under Sec. of State
MINUTE.
Foreign Office.
Indexed
31 May /73.
May/73. In.
Mer. Meade. 2/6 fring
Mer. Holland.
Mer. Herbert
Mr. Hugessen.
Lord Kimberley.
2 drafts.
1609
Ans
col
3 June 73
by
The
I am directed
Earl of Kimberley to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 21st May respecting the
the Hongkong Govt.
Auction
of lighthouses
on Chinese
territory in the Macao Straits
near the Colony.
2. From a despatch on the same subject received on the same day as your letter, his Lordship
Colony learns that the intention of building these lighthouses on Chinese territory has been abandoned, and it is obvious that he could not have sanctioned
the expenditure of Colonial funds in the manner proposed
by Mr. Hart, but I am to suggest for the consideration...