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T.W.Holderness, Esq.,C.S.I.
Secretary to the Government of India.
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.
Simla the 29th April, 1899.
1
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter No.13 dated the 10th March, 1899, regarding the proposed survey of the territory in Kwang Tung Province leased by Great Britain from China.
2.
In reply, I am to forward a copy of a Note dated the 13th April 1899 by the Surveyor General of India, in which he states what the constitution and cost of a party suited to make the required survey should be. The Government of India will be happy to place such a party at the disposal of His Excellency the Governor of Hong-Kong, if volunteers from the Survey of India can be obtained. The Surveyor-General does not anticipate a difficulty on this point, but this is a contingency which he thinks it desirable to mention.
3.
As regards the pay and allowances which should be granted to the survey officers to be deputed, I am to say