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Sir:-
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
September - 1905.
نسان
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th. ulti-
we
mo (28046/1905) respecting the ammunition at Hongkong
which was seized on board the Steamship Tung Chau";
and to state that His Lordship concurs in the reply
which Mr. Secretary Lyttelton proposes to return to the
request of the War Office that a portion of the amuni-
tion may be handed over to that Department.
he Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
F&Vilies.