RESTRICTED and Confidential.
TREC
C. O.
33539
Pro 7 SEP 03
Foreign Office,
September 5, 1903.
277
Sir,
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of your Confidential letter 32714/1003 of the 2nd instant, enclosing a copy of a telegram from the Governor of Hongkong relative to the suggestion which has been made to him that His Majesty's Government should acquire an island in Amoy Harbour in exchange for a grant of land in Hongkong.
Lord Lansdowne would suggest that Sir H. Blake should be informed that His Majesty's Government cannot entertain the idea.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.