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Sir,
Your Obedient Servant
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REC 11 APR 30
War Office to Crown Agents.
April 1890.
Gentlemen,
146
With reference to
your letter of 6th February 1890,
and former correspondence relative to fencing required for the defences of Hong Kong, I am directed to acquaint you
that
it is considered preferable to adopt the new steel palisade in place of that originally contemplated: it is desirable, however, to let the question stand over for the present until it is known whether there are funds available to meet the cost.
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