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COLENIAL
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OFFICE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 8th. June, 1911.
Sir,
The Unofficial Members of the Legisla-
45
-tive Council have for some weeks past been much exercised over
the question of the Military Contribution paid by this Colony
in respect of its Land Defence. Sir Paul Chater, senior Un-
-official Member on Executive Council, who has proceeded to
England with Mr. H. Keswick as delegate for His Majesty's
Coronation, informed me that he and his colleagues were anxious
to raise the question, since an opportunity might occur for
the delegates while in England to approach you on the subject,
more especially at a time when the Imperial Conference was sit-
-ting and questions of Defence would be discussed. The lionour-
-able Mr. E. Osborne, Member of Council, and Mr. Murray Stewart
who has for some time occupied a temporary seat on the Council
would
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
&C..
LEWIS HARCOURT, E.P.,
&C..
&c...
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