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Any further communication should be addressed to
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
(HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,)
BOARD OF TRADE.
LONDON, S.W.
And the following letter and number should
be quoted :-
H
631.
Telegraphic Address.
BOARD TRADE, HARBOUR,
LONDON.
REC?
2166
BEGE 5 FF 87, BOARD OF TRADE,
(HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,)
LONDON, S.W.,
111
4 February, 1897.
"I am directed by the Board of Trade
to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter and the copy despatch from the Acting Governor of Hongkong relative to the proposed construction of a light house on the Kap Shui Mun together with a copy of the reply which it is proposed to send, and to request for the observations of this Department thereon.
In reply, I am to request that you will state to the Secretary of State that the Board of Trade are not aware of all the circumstances in which he proposes to approve the erection of this Light house.
The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.