Secret.
Saciet No.6.
estoy
No 69.
Foreign Office.
325
August 27. 1896.
Sir,
I laid before the Marquis of Salisbury your letter
of the 20th instant, marked Secret, on the subject
of the proposed extension of the boundaries of the
Colony of Hongkong.
It was intimated in my letter of the 9th of
December last that this matter could not be brought
before the Chinese Government until certain other
questions had been satisfactorily disposed of
•
His Lordship now directs me to state that
the negotiations respecting the Frontier between Burma
and China, and the opening of the West River to trade, are
still pending, and that he is unable as yet to say
how soon it will be possible to proceed with the
application to the Chinese Government which is desired
by Mr Secretary Chamberlain.
I am,
Sir,
nier Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
your most obedient,
humble Servant.
Francis
Bertie
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