22672
CONFIDENTIAL
Foreign Office,
August 24
1899.
21702
To the Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Sir,
With reference to your letter of the 15th instant,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, the accompanying copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at
Peking.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Francis Bertie