DRAFT.
The Manager of the
Hongkong Shanghai
Banking Corporation
MINUTE.
Mr. Johnson 23 Oct.
Mr. Lucas 23 Oct.
Mr. Fairfield.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Sir R Meade.
Earl of Selborne.
Mr. Chamberlain,
[Encl. in 19380]
2 Drafts
Oct. 1896
I am directed by
the Secretary of State
Chamberlain to
inform you
that this
Government
was authorized by
Telegram on the 28 ultimo
to release
the China Bonds
held by the Colonial Treasury as part security
Copy to Earl of ...
220270
against the note issue of the Hongkong