CONFIDENTIAL.

Hongkong.

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22 MAY 05

Government House,

Hongkong, 20th. April, 1905.

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Referring to the 6th. paragraph

of my Confidential Despatch of the 24th. March, 1905, on

the subject of traffic in arms and ammunition between

Hongkong and the mainland of China, I have the honour to

transmit for your information copies of a Despatch from

the Governor of Macao which was handed to me by the

Consul-General for Portugal on the 1st. instant, of a

letter I caused to be addressed on the 12th. instant to

His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Canton, of Mr.

Scott's reply dated the 18th. and of a Despatch I have

this day addressed to the Governor of Macao, the purport

of which is being conveyed to His Britannic Majesty's

Consul-General at Canton.

Enclosure 1.

Enclosure 2

Enclosure 3. Enclosure 4.

2.

Mr. Carnegie, First Secretary of

Legation at Peking who is now here,

informs me that in an

interview he had on the 16th. instant with the Viceroy

of

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,

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