14
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tong Kong
J
1367.
It is requested that in any further com- munication 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.)
Sin,
WAR OFFICE,
14th April
C.O.
6729
539
Beco
\PEG 15 APP 90.
1882.
Referring to your letter of the 14t November 1881, forwarding Copy of a
19474 despatch from the Acting Gorbarr of
Hong Kong dated 3rd October 1887,
Letter from folonel Bossmen
Covering
CM.G, R., on the defence of the Colony in which be
suggests the removal. of the Naval and Military Extablishments at Hong Kong to a more eastward
I am position at Causeway Bay; duested by the Secretary of State for War to Requaint you, for the information of the Earl of Kimberley, that the matter having been refered for the Consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty their Lordships
Thellader Seretary of State Colonial Office
are