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on the day named for the perambulation I did not go round the boundary Russell.
"The War Department make no new claim, and it is probable that without reference to the perambulation reports, the Secretary of State for War has ample means in England for proving that the Boundary in question was finally settled in 1833, but should it be necessary
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there is no doubt that reference would be made to them and any other document required as well as to the officers who made the perambulations of the boundaries.
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(Signed) J. M. Sorell
Lent. Coll. and CRE.
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Royal Engineers Office Hongkong 23rd 24 May 1886
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the 21st instant on the letter from Colonial Secretary dated 18th May 1866. herewith returned, I Enclose a copy of a letter from the Commanding Royal Engineer to Commandant dated 11th April 1865 by which it will be seen that the usual annual perambulation of the War Department Boundary took place on the 20th April 1865. With the Assistant Military Secretary
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