COP T. No. 397.
Sir,
Enclosure No. 9 to Despatch No. 139 of the 10th April, 1903.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th March, 1903.
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I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 949 of the 19th instant, referring to previous correspondence on the subject of the outrage committed by certain German sailors in this Colony, and making further statement in connection therewith.
I am to inform you that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government will in due course forward copies of this correspondence to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
I have etc.;
(sgd.) J. B. Stewart Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
The Imperial German Consul.