Hong Kong
No 1 27th January, 1891.
Governor Sir GW Des Vœux, KCMG,
to
The Right Honourable Lord Knutsford, GCMG,
French Missions.
Respecting the term of the lease granted, for a piece of
the
land at Pokfulum.
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"J.W. des Vœux
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Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston
Mr. Meade.
Sir R. Herbert.
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Baron de Worms.
Lord Knutsford.
respecting the terms on which a piece of land at Pokfulum
was granted to the French Missions
The records of this office show that the term of nine years
the years was fixed by Lord Kimberley deliberately and not through inadvertence, and the longer lease should have been given; but as it is,