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No. 3.

The SECRETARY OF STATE to the GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF

AUSTRALIA.

(Sent 5.59 p.m., September 24, 1906.)

TELEGRAM.

[Answered by No. 4.]

*

In reply to your telegram of to-day's date, Tahiti, to what action of French Government do you refer in particular ?-ELGIN.

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Reference to previous letter: Colonial Office, No. 35736, October 2.*

Enclosure in No. 6.

Sir F. BERTIE to Sir E. GREY.

TELEGRAM.

Paris, October 19, 1906.

No. 111 Tahiti.-Your Despatch No. 547 of the 10th instant.

M. Bourgeois assures me that withdrawal of troops and administrative reductions are solely due to motives of economy and that there is no question whatever of cession to anyone.-BERTIE.

35736.

No. 4.

The GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA to the SECRETARY OF STATE,

(Received 7.55 a.m., September 28, 1906.)

TELEGRAM.

[Answered by No. 7.]

REFERRING to your telegram of 24th September,† Tahiti, my Ministers advise that complete removal troops and reduced administration causing public much apprehension of possible cession of group.-NORTHCOTE.

35736.

No. 5.

COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.

(See No. 6.)

38774.

No. 7.

The SECRETARY OF STATE to the GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA.

(Sent 6.5 p.m., October 22, 1906.)

TELEGRAM.

[Copy to Foreign Office, October 23, 1906, L.F.] (See No. 12.)

REFERRING to your telegram of September 28th,† Tahiti, French Govern- ment state that withdrawal of troops and administrative reductions are solely due to motives of economy, and that there is no question whatever of cession to anyone.-ELGIN.

SIR,

Downing Street,

October 2, 1906.

WITH reference to your letter of the 2nd January last, I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you, to be laid before Sir E. Grey, the accompanying copy of telegraphic correspondences with the Governor-General of Australia, regarding the possibility of the cession of Tahiti by the French Government.

I am to inquire whether Lord Northcote may be informed that, in the opinion of His Majesty's Government, there is no ground to apprehend such a

cession.

38774.

No. 6.

I am, &c.

C. P. LUCAS.

39752.

No. 8.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received October 29, 1906.)

THE Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned paper.

Foreign Office,

October 27, 1906.

Reference to previous letter: C.O. (35736/06) October 2, 1906, &c.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received October 22, 1906.)

[Answered by L.F. transmitting copy of No. 7.]

THE Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned telegram.

Foreign Office,

October 20, 1906.

• No. 2.

† No. 3.

216/06; not printed.

Nos. 2, 3, and 4.

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Enclosure in No. 8.

(Confidential, M. 9203.)

Admiralty,

SIB,

October 15, 1906.

I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to forward herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, extract from a letter dated 13th August 1906, with two enclosures, from the Commanding Officer of His Majesty's ship "Cambrian," containing an account of his visit to Easter Island and Tahiti.

• No. 5.

† No. 1.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

C.O

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