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No Hong Kong Confidential.
1645
It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number may be quoted; and the Letter aidreamed to
The Under Secretary of State for War,
War Office, Pall Mall,
London, (8.W.)
40. 0151
Sir
WAR OFFICE,
28th December 1883
188
With reference to your letters dated 24th September, and. 20th October, 1883 for- B're wording copies of despatches from the
463 Governor of Hong thong on the subject of the
relations between France and China, and
that
to your further letter dated 18th December $199 1883 expressing Lord Derby's deineth's
provision may
be made for the protection
of the Colony without furtha delay either by adopting the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad or
other
uncatures.
ly
which may
taking any be considered adequate to the purpose; is Under Secretary of State. I
Colonial Office:
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PUBLIC RECORD.OFFICE
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