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destroyed would be very undesirable. In any case even if the scheme is ratified there will be 3 or 4 of these lights, and they must be approximately within, say 200 yards, of the old sites.
I beg to thank Your Excellency for the permission conveyed in paragraph 5 of your letter.
I have etc.,
(Sgd.) C. H. Darling,
Colonel,
Commanding Troops, South China Command.