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DEPARTMENT OF STATE: 29 DEC 05
WASHINGTON.
December 7th, 1905.
My dear Sir Mortimer:-
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
personal note of the 14th ultimo, transmitting copy
of a confidential report from the Governor of Hong
Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies re-
lating to the relief of destitute or insane American
citizens at Hong Kong.
Following general precedents regarding the
relief of indigent and disabled American citizens, it
appears:
1st. There is no federal provision for relief
except of destitute American seamen.
2nd. Our States maintain charitable institutions
to which destitute foreigners are admitted. In some
instances the State authorities have invoked the
mediation of the State Department to procure the
repatriation of the foreigner by his own Government,
His Excellency
The Right Honourable
Sir H.M.Durand, G.C.M.G.
&c.,
& C.,
&c.
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