MINUTES.
MINUTËS NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.
Extract from a letter to Sir Paul Chater from the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State, dated 17th July.
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(2) Military Lands. The Duke is sorry to hear that the War Office are not prepared to accept the latest proposals which have been put forward. He is telegraphing the counter proposals of the War Office to the Governor for his observations, and when his reply is received the Duke will do all he can to try and bring about a settlement, which is so badly needed in the interests of Hong Kong.
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