I am to request that you will inform Lord Rosebery that Lord Granville concurs in the answer which it is proposed to return to the officer administering the government of Hong Kong, and which is to the effect that Her Majesty's Government cannot adopt the suggestion.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant.
DRAFT.
Confidential
MINUTE.
Mr. Jowett 12 Man Mr. De Robeck 12
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Sir R. Herbert.
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Mr. Osborne Morgan.
Granville.
Secretary
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the 15 Mar. 86
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegraphic despatch of the 15th February last suggesting that the opportunity of the Burmese Frontier Negotiations should be taken to seek from the Chinese the cession of a portion of the mainland opposite the island of Hong Kong.
The question has been