Confidential
Sir,
Foreign Office,
13 Feb: ,1897.
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 note, as marked in the margin, concerning the Declaration which it is desired should be made by Foreign Powers having Spheres of Interest in China.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Francis Bertie