C. O.
Mr. Caine.
Mr. Calder
Mr.
Mr. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
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Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Sir G. Grindle.
Permt. US. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
4.31.
2.4
82759/31 Hong Kong.
For Private Secretary's signature.
Downing Street,
April, 1931.
60
DRAFT.
SIR DOUGLAS NEWTON, K.B.5., I.P.
3 drafts.
(36)
Dear Sir Douglas Newton,
With reference to my
(41) letter of the 1st of April,
math.P. met be expected to read `H. ofl. debates, to we need not ར་བ་ ཡཁག པ་ཨན་མནས before this reply
was given
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I am desired by Lord Passfield
to inform you that the reply to
the enquiries made in the
letter enclosed in yours of the
31st of March is as follows.
The history of the measures
taken recently to deal with the
question of Mui Tsai in Hong
Hong was given by Lord Passfield
in his reply to the Earl of
w Rett⋅oft.
Kinnoull Kinnoull on the 26th of March.
As regards the reference quoted
to the adoption of young girls,
it should be explained that the
practice known as Nui Tsai,
although