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of No. 34 Bryanston Square, we received your letter of the
22nd June enclosing copies of the telegrams which had passed
subsequent to the despatch of your telegram of the 2nd May.
We now learned that in a telegram from the Secretary of
State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hongkong, sent
on the 17th May, it had been stated that :-
"When the Hospital is extended
"Extension will be named after the Colony."
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We saw that Hongkong had then enquired :-
"When will Extension be commenced and what
"will the approximate coat be."
and that the following reply had been sent on the 29th May:-
"Additional accommodation will be taken as "soon as contribution is assured. No capital "expenditure except for extra equipment. Cost "of upkeep will be regulated according to funds
"made available."
We realised that it was subsequent to this, namely on the
15th June, that your Committee made their offer definite
and that they had done so on the strength of the three
promises thus made on behalf of the Hospital Committee.
We inferred that you had understood the War Office to
undertake (1) that additional accommodation would be
provided