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It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number may be quoted; and the Letter addressed to...
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office,
Pall Mall, London,
(S.W.)
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, S.W.
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15 Novembed 1845.
With reference to your letter of the 11. October 1895, 17633/95. forwarding a letter from a Netherland Petroleum Company affecting against the decision that their petroleum tanks at Hongkong should be constructed underground; and Engliering whether Lord Lansdowne
to deseris, ow military grounds, insist upon the tanks being underground; I am directed to acquaint you for the information of the decretary of State for the Colonies that Lord Lansdowne finds no reason in the papers, which are returned, to justify a reversal of the decision already gwein.
Mave the honor to be.
Ser. edient Procent
Tallader Secretary Montaleffice
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