I am to request that you will be good enough to cause a notification to be published in the Government Notification, in accordance with the instructions specified in the Circular, and the amount thereof recorded, the value of the hill tops to be given in exchange being noted as a charge against the sum recorded.
I am to,
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G. Barker A. I. G. for
The Gen. Off. Commdg. Hongkong.
No 113/6.
Gout Honce Hong Kongoro Sept 7 1896
Page 611
In reply to Your Excellency's letter No 3240, of the 24th ultimo,
I have the honour to state that, in view of the definite advice which I have received to the effect that the land in question does not come within the terms of the Colonial Office despatch of the 30th December 1894, I regret that I am unable to depart from the position taken up in my letter No 99/4 of the 6th ultimo.
I shall be obliged if Your Excellency will kindly cause me to be furnished with a copy of the letter from the Colonial Office to His Excellency the Officer Commanding