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Sir,
C.O 742 35719
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 25th. June, 1915.
patches:
With reference to the correspondence noted in
the margin, I have the honour to
inform you that on the authority of
Lord Crewe's pronouncement that it is
undesirable that a mass of official
correspondence should be accumulated
at Government House, a view in which I beg leave to say that I
entirely concur, I have discontinued the practice of keeping
numbered despatches there permanently. It is however a convenience
to have a copy of the despatches for the current year for con-
-venience of reference and I should therefore be glad if the practice of sending 2 copies of numbered despatches can be continu- -ed. The triplicate copies will be burned when no longer required
as above described. The duplicates are attached to the office files. The originals are filed in the Colonial Secretary's Office and are
bound up at the end of each year.
No. 41 of 25th.February, 1909, from
Secretary of State to Governor
2421 No.90 of 6th. April, 1909, from"
Governor to Secretary of State.)
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2.
I desire with your permission to deal in the same way with Confidential Despatches except such as relate to (a) Defence or other questions which are of a secret nature and (b) personal matters e.g. confidential reports on officers.
As the duplicate copies of confidential
despatches are, unless of the nature indicated above, attached to
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P.,
&C.,
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