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Sir,
Confidential
79
7986
PE & EAR 00/2
Admirally
12 March 1900.
your letter
• letter of stinstant
With reference to your
M. 5589 forwarding
an extract from a despatch
from the Governor of tongsong with its enclorants, and enquiring if my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty consider it necessary
that a third
be
copy of the Defence Scheme should in future supplied for the use of naval officers on the
their Lordships
China Station, I am directed
by
is
to request you will represent to the secretary of State that they do not consider another copy. required for the purpose in question, as the who is permanently
Commodore,
Hongkong, possesses Commandes in Chief
which can when
offices serving
under decretary of State, "Colonial office
stationed at
one as well as the
on the station, either of necessary on the local
be bent to the raval
ce Committee.
Defence
Jam
Sis
your obedient servant,
Evan Machicfor
YA