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It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number and the Letter addressed may be quoted;
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office, Pall Mall,
London, (S.W.)
Raf 17 FEB 961
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, S.W.,
14th February 1896.
Sir,
With reference to your letter of the 21st ultimo., No: 22050/95., to the effect that a vote of $40,000, for contribution towards Barrack Services at Hong Kong, is included in the Estimates for 1896, received from the Colony, I am directed to request that you will be good enough to inform the Secretary of State for War whether any reply has yet been received from the Colony to the Despatch addressed, Secretary of State, Colonial Office, Downing Street, S.W.