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Colony
Hong Kong.
Req'd 79.9 Appts.
Sir,
50
OFFICE OF THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,
13
DOWNING STREET, LONDON, S.W.
15th Nov'r
1897.
128
20th Aug't: No. 17824
Referring to your letter of the 20th Aug't,
I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of the Secretary
of State, a copy of the Agreement into which we have entered on behalf of
the Government of Hong Kong
with
the men named in the margin
on their
appointment as Police Constables
in that Colony.
J. G. Ritchie
C. J. J. Walt
B'd of Trade.
Passages has been provided for
them
W. G. Gerrard.
J. Noble.
J. Cameron
in the steamship "London"
"Glenavon"
appointed to leave about the 15th of December.
The Agreement have been forwarded to the Colonial
Government.
The Under Secretary of State
for the Colonies.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Matams