CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6]

XVI.

14th. April, 1909.

Sir,

27 MAY 09

In Your Excellency's letter of 8th. April, which I have the honour to acknowledge, Your Excellency repeats the statement made in a former letter that I had desired that the recent correspondence relative to Mr. Seth should be forwarded to the Secretary of State. I have the honour to refer Your Excellency to the concluding portion of paragraph 2 of my letter of 31st. March; and I should be glad if Your Excellency would inform me when I made the request to which Your Excellency alludes.

2.

With regard to the last paragraph of the letter under reply, I have no desire to address the Secretary of State on the matter, and so to avail myself of the provisions of Colonial Regulation 212,

I have etc.,

(Sd.) F. T. Piggott,

Chief Justice.

To

His Excellency

Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkong.

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XVI.

14th. April, 1909.

Sir,

27 MAY 09

In Your Excellency's letter of 8th. April, which I have the honour to acknowledge, Your Excellency repeats the statement made in a former letter that I had desired that the recent correspondence relative to Mr. Seth should be forwarded to the Secretary of State. I have the honour to refer Your Excellency to the concluding portion of paragraph 2 of my letter of 31st. March; and I should be glad if Your Excellency would inform me when I made the request to which Your Excellency alludes.

2.

With regard to the last paragraph of the letter under reply, I have no desire to address the Secretary of State on the matter, and so to avail myself of the provisions of Colonial Regulation 212,

I have etc.,

(Sd.) F. T. Piggott,

Chief Justice.

To

His Excellency

Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkong.