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FOREIGN OFFICE.
C. O.
8353
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Tre 16 MAR GO 471
March 14th, 1900.
nfidential.
Sir:-
I laid before the Marquess of Salisbury your
Secret
7199/1900
letter
of the 8th instant transmitting a
copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong en
the subject of the protection of the Basle Mission
Station at Li Long.
I am to inform you that Lord Salisbury concurs
in the proposal of the Secretary of State for the
Colonies to approve Sir H. Blake's action in regard
to this matter, as reported in his despatch.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant,
Fancis Bartie