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No. 109.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received January 16, 1906.)

[Copy to Governor, January 23, 1906, Confidential. L.F.]

SIR,

Foreign Office, January 15, 1906. I AM directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, marked 45029/05, of the 9th instant, respecting the departure from Hong Kong of the crew of the Russian destroyer "Burni," who were interned there.

am to state that Sir E. Grey concurs in the proposal of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to express the appreciation of His Majesty's Government of the nanner in which the internment has been carried out.

I am to suggest, for the consideration of the Earl of Elgin, that the services of Major J. J. O'B. Sexton, 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, in the capacity of Russian interpreter might be brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for India.

I am, &c.,

F. A. CAMPBELL.

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SIR,

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No. 110.

THE EARL OF ELGIN to GOVERNOR SIR M. NATHAN.

Downing Street, January 19, 1906.

I LEARN that arrangements have now been made for the return to Russia of the members of the crew of the Russian destroyer "Burni," who have been interned in the Colony since August, 1904, and I desire to convey to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, their appreciation of the manner in which this internment has been carried out.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

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