Sir:-
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34382 FOREIGN OFFICE.
I Rece
REGS 30 OCT 12
10th October,
1912.
168
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit
to you herewith to be laid before the Board of Trade a
copy of a lotter from the Imperial Merchant Service
Guild advocating the establishment, in the interests
of navigation, of a light in the vicinity of the Paracels
Reef, China Sea. A letter from the Colonial Office
discussing the question of the ownership of the reef
is also enclosed.
Sir E. Grey would be glad to be furnished with
the opinion of the Board as to the necessity for the
proposed light, and, if it is required, as to what
authority should be responsible for its provision.
I am ac.
Secretary
to the Board of Trude.
(Signed)
W. Langley.