Foreign Office.
C.O. 253 20063 June 14. 1901.
Sir,
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, 18585/1901, on the subject of a regulation formerly in force in the Colony of Hong Kong which permitted under certain circumstances persons suffering from bubonic plague to leave the Colony.
I am to state that His Lordship concurs in the opinion of Mr Secretary Chamberlain that such removals should be absolutely prohibited.
I am, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant
Under Secretary of State Colonial Office.
F. It Vilei