Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office,
Pall Mall,
London, S. W.,
and the following number quoted.
40248/442
sir,
C. O.
13525 REC
Rect 3 AUG 34
War Office,
Pall Mall, S.W.
2nd August, 1894.
368
11356
Treas
TODSY
With reference to the War Office letter of the
29th June last, transmitting a copy of the Report of the
Inter-Departmental Committee on Colonial Military Contri-
butions on the subject of the contribution to be paid by
the Colony of Hong-Kong, I am directed by the Secretary
of State for War to inform you that the Lords Commissione rs
of Her Majesty's Treasury have caused to be forwarded to
this Office a copy of the letter which they addressed
to you on the 26th ultimo, signifying their concurrence
in the recommendation of the Committee that the contri-
bution should remain fixed at £40,000 per annum for the
five years 1894 to 1898, and expressing their unwilling-
ness to depart from the principle that such contributions
should be fixed in sterling.
Mr.Campbell-Bannerman presumes that, should
the Marquis of Ripon also concur in the proposal of the Commit
tee, he will cause the Governor of Hong Kong to be in-
formed of the amount which that Colony will be required
to pay during the period in question.
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Alberta ridentin