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has love some
to the war office from
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Horse Guards
War office.
-2th February 1888.
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whone no
reply
has coure
I would
.
the
With reference
to
your
letter of the rg
with all deference, submit that it is
lot owners
not quite fair to keep the
suspense as to the ultimate so long in
the war office fate of their lands,
should be pressed to
say
whether
it wants
them or not.
(Spied) JM Price 19/4/87
November last, respecting the proposed
acquisition of land at Kowloon, Sam directed
by the Secretary of State for was to acquant
you.
that funds are not available for purchasing the remaining term of Mt Humphrey's lease, but that the colonial government should be
urged not to
building lease or
Braut bein
a
a renewal of his garden lease until the Was Department.
aut
whon-
requirements can be settled some scheme for meeting the same agreed
I
am
to observe that there would be no
objection to
on
A
Le
m? Stumphreys holding the land
Tenancy
yearly arrived at
sal offices Connnauding
Hong trong
I have to
until
a
decision con
(Signed)
Shocock
for tht + 2-
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