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SECRET.
Any further communication on this
abject should be addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office,
London, 8 W.,
and the following number quoted.
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War Office,
London, S.W.
21st May, 1897.
Sir,
78/97
dated
I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.Secret Hong Kong, dated 14th April 1897, in which you call attention to the
remarks of the Colonial Defence Committee on the letter, 21st January 1897, from the Foreign Office to the Colonial Office, on the subject of the proposed extension of the bound-
aries of Hong Kong.
In reply I am to inform you that Lord Lansdowne is of opinion that it would be inexpedient to proceed further with
the consideration of this subject at the present time.
Unuer Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
PUBLIC RECORD.OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O.537
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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