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Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-
The Secretary,
War Office,
London, S.W.,
and the following number quoted.
34125 1 358
War Office, 23 SEP 04
Hong Kong 8/131. (F.W.3.)
22nd
Sir,
London, S.W.
September, 1904.
With reference to your letter dated 1st
700 instant, (30471/1904), relative to military lands at Hong
Kong, I am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint
you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton,
that the offer put forward by the Governor of Hong Kong
in the telegram a copy of which accompanied your letter under reply is not regarded favourably by the Council.
The Army Council agrees with Mr. Secretary
Lyttelton that it is desirable to effect a settlement of
this and other questions which have been so long outstanding; and as it seems probable that the difficulty
of arriving at an understanding is due in great measure to the fact that the situation can only be thoroughly appreciated by inquiry conducted locally, the Council proposes to appoint a specially competent officer to proceed to Hong Kong to investigate the matters at issue and to endeavour, in consultation
with the Governor and the local military authorities, to arrive at some conclusions upon the various the Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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