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FOREIGN OFFICE,
Red 23 JUL 04/274
June 17th, 1904.
r4.
1904.
Sir,
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of your letter (20114) of the 10th instant, in which you forward a copy of a despatch from the Officer administering the Government of Hong-kong enclosing a letter from the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce relative to the question of the effective opening of the Port of Nanning to foreign trade.
I am to transmit to you a copy of a despatch which has recently been received from His Majesty's Minister at Peking on the subject, and I am to suggest that it would appear advisable to await the results of the visit of His Majesty's Consul at Wuchow to Nanning, which is to take place in the course of the summer, before taking any further action in the matter.
I am,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Hespenbell
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.