Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office,
Pall Mall,
and the following number quoted.
Hong Kong 8/1325.
REC 0.0. 680 PEG 14 JAN 93 194
London, S.W.,
War Office,
Sir,
Pall Mall, S.W.
13th January, 1893.
Gor 2250892 Ire-as 308 93
I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, with reference to the disposal of certain Crown Lands at Hong Kong, at present occupied by the Military Authorities without written title, and in reply, to acquaint you that since the receipt of the same, a copy of the Communication, dated 7th instant, addressed to the Marquess of Ripon by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury on the same subject, has been received by this Department.
Under the terms of that communication, Mr Secretary Campbell-Bannerman presumes that no further action is at present necessary on the letter under acknowledgment.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Another