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FREED
REC 24 MAR 06.
His Majesty's Consulate-General, Canton, 38th. November, 1905,
sir,
In reply to your letter No. 224, I now beg to
enciose copies of correspondence with the Viceroy, from which you will see that His Excellency maintains that, on the evidence of
Chou Tung Sheng's accountant, the coal is the actual property of
Chou Tung Sheng.
Le Colonial Secretary,
hongkong.
I have etc.,
(So.) James Scott,
Consul-General.