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Mr. Lucas.
Mr. Graham.
Sir J. Bramston.
Mr. Wingfield.
Earl of Selborne.
Mr. Chamberlain.
Hongkong
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December 297
Sir,
I am directed by Seely Chamberlain. But I request your Excellency to inform the Marquess of Lansdowne that the Hongkong Military Contribution for 1898 is estimated at $426,976, being 17½ per cent of the Revenue (less Land Sales) which is estimated to amount to $2,439,867.