389
(44956/15)
more than half the expenditure which will be incurred
on the Registry during at any rate the first year of
its establishment.
Sir E. Grey would therefore suggest for the con-
sideration of Mr. Harcourt that the Governor of Hong
Kong should be invited to reconsider the contribution
at present proposed in the light of the above explana-
It would be understood that any increased con-
tribution, which the Colonial Government may be able
to make, should be open to review at the end of the
tion.
first or of the second year, as circunstances and ex-
perience may show to be desirable.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Maw