POREIGN OFFICE.
Rece
March 3rd, 1900."
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Sir:-
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I have laid before the Marquess of Salisbury
your letter 4031/1900 of the 17th ultimo, relative
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to the queation whether any payment should be made
to the Chinese Government on account of the public
buildings taken over in the recently acquired terri-
tory in the neighbourhood of Hongkong.
Lord Salisbury is of opinion that it is not ne-
cessary for Her Majesty's Government to make any
offer of the value of the buildings taken over, and
that, in the event of any claim being put forward
hereafter by the Chinese Government in respect of the
buildings either in the Hongkong extension or at
Wei-hai-wei, the matter might be further considered.
Under Secretary of
Colonial Office.
State,
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I am,
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Francis Bertie
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