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Sir:-
C.O.
FOREIGN OFFICE,
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Face ✡ fe? 5 WW 00
July 4th, 1900.
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With reference to your letter of the 28th
ultimo I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury
to inform you that the Portuguese Minister has been
requested to state whether any action has been taken
by his Government with a view to preventing the
exportation of arms from Macao to the provinces of
Kwangtung and Kwangsi.
Monsieur de Soveral has also been informed that
the Authorities at HongKong have issued a new and
more stringent Ordinance on the subject but that
they represent that no measures adopted by them can
be of much value unless similar measures be taken
in Macao to prevent arms passing thence to the
mainland.
I am, Sir,
Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Fancis Bertie