Perhaps we had better retoun the original enclosures to the despatch as reference to them in this letter.
is made
Idegraph & inform Mehr Samuel.
A further communication on this subject should be addressed to--
The Cuder Secretary of State,
War Office,
and the following number quoted.
Pall Mall,
London, S.W.,
War Office,
Fon, Kay 5/4821.
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RECR
IRES 20 AUG 95,
Pall Mall, S.W.
19th August, 1895.
In reply to your letter of 4th June 1895,
9155/95, I am directed to state for the information of
Mr Chamberlain that the application has been considered
and that the Secretary of State for War is now prepared
to consent to the construction of Petroleum Tanks at Hong
Kong on the site A. B. C. D. on the tracing attached to
the manuscript dated 5th April 1895 signed by Messrs
Leigh and Orange, which is returned herewith on the under-
standing that no extension of the works over the site
C. D. E. F. in the direction of the battery at North
Point can be permitted.
2.
The tanks must be constructed underground in
accordance with the specification extracted from the
proposed Inflammatory Liquids Bill
-
quoted in paragraph
6 of Messrs Leigh and Orange's paper, and it will suffice
if the covering is formed as described in that extract.
3. Lord Lansdowne will not insist upon the con-
struction of a dock or harbour for the reception of a
The Under Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE.
tank
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