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Leeuh 224/78

Committee Room,

Whitehall

29 July 1878.

I am desired by the Committer

Colonial Defence to acknowledge the

Eceipt of your

letter marked senet a

a

Confidential of the 17th rest", covering despatch from this Excellency the Gporrna. of Hong Kong relative to the possibility of Wittliging Hong Kong

as a

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recruiting ground

for raising Chinese for the Lucer's service.

I am to state, for the information of Secretary Sir Michael Hicks Beach, that they are of opinion th? the proposition made by His Excellency appears to them well- conthy of consideration for the reasons stated in the 2nd paragraph on page 15 of their The Under Secretary of State

for the Colonies.