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CONFIDENTI A L.
War Office (for Cox Troops)
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pleart.
With reference to Mr. May's Des-
-patch No. 268 dated the 23rd. June, 1904, I have the
honour to transmit for your information ten copies of the
Report on the Hongkong Volunteer Corps for the year ending
the 31st. March, 1905, which was forwarded to me through
the General Officer Commanding in South China.
2.
With regard to Major-General
Hatton's minute of the 17th. April, I have to inform you
that the equipment for the Troop has arrived and will now
be issued and that the new Headquarters are under cons-
-truction and should be completed early in 1906.
3.
The total strength of the Corps
on June 30th. was 262 against 269 at the date of the Com-
Enclosure 1. cobin
Post)
ber Book
-mandant's Report. The slight falling off is usual during
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the summer months and will be, I trust, more than made up
at
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,
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