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FOREIGN OFFICE PER? 20 SEP 39
September 25th, 1899.
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Sir:-
I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 25038/99 of the 21st instant inclosing a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong relative to piracy on the West River.
Sir H. Blake's despatch 18 returned herewith as requested.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty informed Lord Salisbury on the 22nd ultimo that the Commander-in-Chief on the China Station had ordered Her Majesty's Ship "Tweed" to patrol the West River with Her Majesty's Ship "Sandpiper" and that if further assistance were required for the protection of British interests he proposed to send a torpedo boat as tender to the "Tweed".
Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
Francis Bertie