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not one
that can
be included in
their accounts with this dept
is solely a matter for Hongkong.
C. 215.
Reply [refers also to an]
letter [General] that M.W. fails
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that this is a case falling
under last part of Circ. of Jan 27.1883, but opening
that it under the first part of that circular the delinquent
should be charged & Consular Fund
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Feb. 17.
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Sir:-
FOREIGN OFFICE,
March 7, 1903.
C.O.
7 MAR 1903
With reference to Mr. Villiers' letter of the
25th of December last, I am directed by the Marquess
of Lansdowne to transmit to you, to be laid before
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, an extract
of a Despatch from His Majesty's Consul General at
San Francisco with regard to the reimbursement of
certain expenses incurred by him in case of extra-
dition from San Francisco to the British Colony of
Hong Kong.
I am to observe that, following the principle
indicated in the letter from this Department of the
27th ultimo, the charge would seem to be one which
should ultimately fall upon the prosecutor in the
case.
An agreement was, moreover, arrived at with
your Department in 1884-that "in special cases where
a Colonial Governor requests a Consular Officer to
send by telegraph information which cannot be con-
vayed...
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The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.