CONFIDENTIAL.
Government House,
Hongkong, 13th July, 1904.
15 AUG 1904
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Confidential Despatch of 6th May relative to the measure of protection to be accorded to Chinese British subjects in China.
2. I transmit for your information copies of British-born Subject Certificates amended in the light of your instructions.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
Officer Administering the Government.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.