LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD,
Whitehall, S. W.,
20 February, 1899.
I am directed by the Local Government Board to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, No. 26752/98, enclosing copy of correspondence with the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong, relative to the proposed adhesion of that Colony to the Venice Convention, and I am to transmit to you herewith, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, the accompanying copy of a minute on the subject by Sir Richard Thorne, Medical Officer to the Board.
The newspaper cutting referred to in the last paragraph of Sir R. Thorne's minute is not enclosed herewith as it is not considered necessary for Mr. Chamberlain's information.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, S. W.
Correspondents are requested.-1. To quote the NUMBER, REFERENCE LETTER, and DATE of each letter to which they reply; 2. To form separate letters for communications on different subjects, or relating to different Unions or Parishes; and 3. To use paper of FOOLSCAP size.
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