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Communications on this subject
should be addressed to--
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.,
and the following number quoted.
46951
Downing Street,
October, 9th
1899.
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the (R.ts.2878) 5th instant, and to inform
you that a further communication will be addressed to you as
soon as a report has been received from the Governor of Hong
Kong to whom the question of obtaining statistics relating to the outbreak of plague in that Colony has been referred.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
EDWARD WINGFIELD
Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office