083/3834.
The
General Officer Commanding,
Hong Kong.
Draft.
510
13
War Office,
London, S.W.
April, 1901.
Sir,
I am directed by the
Commander-in-Chief to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the
10th November last, relative to the
position of the Governor of Hong Kong
as regards yourself as General
Officer Commanding the Troops, and
to inform you in reply that the
position of a Governor of a Colony
is clearly laid down in pages 334-5
of the Regulations in the Colonial
Office List. Your view of your
respective positions is accurate.
With regard to the position
of the Governor should he attend the
meetings of the Committee for the
consideration of the Annual
Military Estimates, I am to inform
you that the direct interest of the
Colonial Government in the Military
Estimates having been removed by the
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