Cong Dong 5
4283
It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number may be quoted; and the Letter addressed to--
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office, Pall Mall,
London, (S.W.)
C.O.
549
23559 IRECP WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL DEC 90
3 Dect
1890.
13436
Sir,
In reference to your letter of the 18th July last, enclosing a copy of a despatch sent to the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong regarding the expenditure on the defences of that Colony; I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to forward to you, for the information of Lord Knutsford, the accompanying copy of a letter from the General Officer Commanding at Hong Kong, and its enclosures; and to ask whether any further instructions have yet been sent to the Colony, and if not to request that the Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Office...