any further communication
on is subject, please quote
No. F 7022/117/10
and address—
not to any person by name,
but to-
T
Under-Secretary of State."
Foreign Office,
London, S. W. 1.
Sir,
RE
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
25th January, 1929.
52727/28
Copy Gov
I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to refer to your letter No.52727/28 of the 21st December last on the subject of the proposed amendment to the Hongkong Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1899 and to transmit the enclosed copy of a despatch to Peking asking for
the observations of His Majesty's Minister and the Acting British Consul General at Canton on the draft
bill enclosed in your letter under reference.
2. A copy of this correspondence is being sent to the
Admiralty and the Board of Trade.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
F.Aswim. Coonorin
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.