!
i
? Copy to 7.0 for connow wit reference to
that her Chamberlain proposes
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with Lnd Salisbury's concurrive to cinstinct
the D. Al to inform the Viceroy that seeing that
expense greatly in excess
of the
the value of the
Buildings
in
question
was caused of the
residance offered
offered to the occupatio of
new Territory H. M's govt propose to treat the
the
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Government House,
Hongkong,
of the
April, 1900.
value of these buildings
as a set off aganist
the Expeditione in question
to
& do not thughe
pay any compensation of the relee
propose of the buildings
or to allow thane Chrine Gout to pull them doww & remove the materials.
T.C.M. 11/5
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nclosure 17th March 1980.
sir,
With reference to my despatch No.145 of the
14th. of Jume last and to the 2nd. paragraph of your
last and
despatch No.251 of the 31st. October last, I have the
honour to transmit for your consideration the enclosed jextract from a despatch from the Viceroy of Canton rela- ting to the question of giving compensation for the value of the public buildings in the leased territory.
2. In replying to this despatch from the Viceroy, I stated that had received no instructions to make any payment for the public buildings taken over, and that I would refer the matter to the decision of Her Majesty's
Government.
ds
I have the honour to be,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, 14. P.,
&d..
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80.
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tave
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble Servent.
My Gascorne
Major-General
Administering the Government.