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FOREIGN OFFICE,
October 7th, 1902.
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Sir:-
I laid before the Marquess of Lansdowne your
letter of the 19th ultimo enclosing a copy of a des-
patch from the Officer administering the Government
of Hong Kong, in which he enquires whether free
emigration of Chinese Coolies may now be permitted
from that Colony to Mexico.
I am directed by His Lordship to say that, in
view of the terms of Prince Ching's Note to Sir Ernest
Satow of the 5th of July, there appears to be no ob-
jection to permitting such emigration in future.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Francis Bertie
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.