ALL COMMUNICATIONS
TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE
CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES.
Sir,
AGENT FOR
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COLONIES
DOWNING STREET, LONDON
17th July 1901.
Hong Kong.
Regn.1253 Appts.
35
23434
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter No.23434 of 10th instant covering a copy of
a despatch dated 4th June 1901 from Sir H. Blake, in which
he complains that the men sent out by us for the Water
Police of Hong Kong, were not recruited from candidates
recommended by the Naval Employment Agency.
In reply I have to enclose copies of a correspondence which we have had with the Colonial Government on
this subject from which you will see that we have already
explained to the Colonial Government the difficulties we experienced in endeavouring to carry out their wishes in
this respect.
As to Col.Govt. n April 701
Govt. to C.A May 701
to Col.Govt
June 701
We made every effort to get men from the Naval
Employment Agency, and in addition to the correspondence,
spoke to Commander Kinder personally on the matter, and as
we reported the result in our letter of 4th April, we do
not understand why Sir H. Blake considers that we committed
a wide departure from his instructions.
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your Obedient Servant
Under Secretary of State,
&c
&c
&c
Colonial Office.
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