2603.
It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number may be quoted; and the Letter addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State for War, War Office,
Pall Mall, London,
(S.W.)
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT,
WAR OFFICE,
4th September 1880.
C. 0.
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Sir,
In further reference to your letters of 17th and 29th ultimo, relative to the differences existing in the relations between the Governor of Hong Kong and Major General Commanding the Troops, I am directed to transmit to you, for Lord Kimberley's information, a draft of a Letter which His Royal Highness The Field Marshal Commanding in Chief has been pleased to address to Major General Donovan, embodying his views on the matters in dispute between the Governor and the General Officer Commanding. Although...