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(Copy) H.13138.
FOREIGN OFFICE,
No.41286/12.
10th October, 1912.
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Sir,
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 letter from the Imperial Merchant Service Guild
advocating the establishment in the interests of naviga-
tion, of a light in the vicinity of the Paracels Reef,
China Sea.
A letter from the Colonial Office dis-
cussing 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.
The Secretary
to the Board of Trade.
I am, etc.,
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(Sgd) W. LANGLEY.
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