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being sought to complete the transfer or cession without knowledge of most of the stipulation herein contained, it would seem therefore that no time should be lost in laying the matter before the Secretary of State for further information and orders.
(Signed) John D. Moggridge
Colonel CBR.
February 1876
No. 305 January 1876
From the Principal Medical Officer
China Command to
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The Officiating Assistant Military Secretary, Hongkong
Sir,
Hongkong 28th February 1876
With reference to your letter No. 12201 23rd February 1876, requesting me after conferring with the Commanding Royal Engineer, to prepare and transmit to your Office, for submission to the Secretary of State for War, a report as to the probable effect, in my opinion, which the cession to the Colonial Government of a portion of the Military Reserves, right from a Sanitary point of view, would have upon