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Any further communication on this
subject should be addressed to--~
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office,
London, S W.,
and the following number quoted.
SECRET.
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War Office,
London, S.W.
6th May, 1898.
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sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to
acknowledge the receipt of your secret letter No.8357/98 of
the 30th ultimo, enclosing a copy of Memorandum No.139 M. by the
Colonial Defence Committee, on the extension of the boundaries
of Hong Kong, and to state chat the recommendations of the
Committee will receive Lord Lansdowne's most careful consider-
ation.
Under Secretary of State,
I have the honor to be,
sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
C
Mtkusk
Colonial Office.