19.042.96
13/20
76
14483
36
TREASURY CHAMBERS,
December
RECEIVED
7 DEC 1876
/
cif..
149
1876.
In reply to your letter of the
30th ult., I am directed
by
the Lords
Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury to state, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that "Their Lordships
have
given
instructions to the
officer in charge of the Treasury Chest, Hongkong, not to press
the claim
for interest
on Military Contribution due
to the
Colonial Government,
by
the
during
the
period for which it was outstanding.
I am, &c.
The Under Secretary,
Colonial Office.
Your obedient Servant,
Lilleston
Foreign Office