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the foreign staffs of our various interests total about 260
and the Chinese over 7,000, while it is not too much to say
that locally alone we probably provide the means of liveli-
hood for from 20,000 to 25,000 people.
We are, My Lord,
Ypur obedient servants,
The Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
Whitehall. S.W.1.