Sir:-
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FOREIGN OFFICE,
May **1903.
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I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 8832 of the 8th instant respecting the claim of Mr. Bennett, His Majesty's Consul General at San Francisco against the Government of Hongkong for the refund of the cost of telegrams in connection with the extradition of Jets.
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His lordship understands that in the opinion of Mr. Chamberlain the case is not one of those exceptional claims referred to in your letter of December 30th, 1882, which should be accepted by the Hongkong Government, but that it should come under the general rule that the cost of telegrams sent by Consular officers to Colonial Governments should be defrayed from the Vote for Consular services.
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I am to refer you to the letter from this Department of February 3rd last in which it was explained
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.