Sat
Registry
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Kindly ask Admiralty in person note for another copy of the plan accompanying this letter, as the plan previously sent has been forwarded to the Govt. I mark the note Downing G. W. J at once.
Done to EW617
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C
and address letter to--
'The Secretary,
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Admiralty, Whitehall,
London, S. W.
Admiralty,
8 June 1899.
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UNS
Drawing No.
Sir,
With reference to the recent acquisition of land at Kowloon by the British Government, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request that the Secretary of State for the Colonies will be so good as to cause that portion of the land and anchorage indicated on the attached Chart to be, so far as the Colonial Government has the power, reserved to the Admiralty for Naval purposes.
Under Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE,
Whitehall, S.W.
L.P.-No. 7
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Even Macpherson