they may deny to offer.
XANAVERA
(When 7.0. replies, I will if necessary go into further details of It will be convenient in this matter to deal with Eastern Colonies by themselves) J. W. J. Dec. 1
W. Roundtian has been keeping mine to send on with other replies to Circular, but we had better deal with them separately.
See further 2/12 Straits where 7.0. ask for special information 27203
CPL-28
No. 197
Copy by No. 116
Government House, Hongkong. 8th September, 1897,
I have the honour
Sir,
to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular despatch of the 24th May last transmitting a copy of the Report of the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Delegates