No.
Hong Kong 5 2181
It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number may be quoted; and the Letter addressed to-
TË Under Secretary of State for War,
War Office, Pall Mall,
London, (S.W.)
WAR- OFFICE
**Septemb5185
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Sir
that as
In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 4th ultimo, Mr. Secretary Smith would draw attention to the concluding paragraphs of War Office letter of the 14th March last, Hong Kong 5, which indicated
1993 the Imperial Government had recognized the necessity of providing much more powerful and expensive armament for Hong Kong than was originally intended, so it would doubtless become necessary for the Colonial Government to increase correspondingly the Vote for the works.
measure of defence
The moderate measure
originally made for the harbour of Hong Kong by the Inspector-General of Fortifications in his memorandum of
the force of
circumstances, and the urgent reiterated
the
6th
June 1883 has
a fles
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
representations from the Colony, been
developed
a
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