relative to the
elative
Military
Contributin
that following, together with copy of a letter
from
the China Association
and
subject.
the same
His Excellency understands
that it will be
observed that the
Enclosed despatch
crossed the despatch to
the Governor of
the Colony
7th of March, copy of
which
was communicated to Stanhope
in the letter from this Dept. of that date.
3. We are told by Krystof and
understands that
half of
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the amount
of the contributions voted by the Hongkong Legislative Council for 1890
lapsed owing to the Military authorities
having made no demand for the full amount
before the end of that year.
I was proposed to inform confidentially the Governor that he "regrets that the Colony did
All this is partly the fault of the W.O.
I
not