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letter should be sept to the Colony, but he

thinks it will be

as in the dragh which is Exnetrved for.

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sufficient to imporm

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Governor that his

Lordship has been in

correspondence with the

Was Office respecting tr Fleming's Despatch and that

The Despatch

appears

ti

misapprehends the meaning

of the Circular.

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Sin W. Robison

Hongking no. 29

MINUTE.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr. Wingfield.

Mr. Bramston.

Mr. Meade.

Sir R. Herbert.

15ẴN-

Baron de Worms.

19

Lord Knutsford. 2.

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Hong Kong W.0. 17812/01

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Sir,

Downing Street,

November 1892-

5 Februar

I have the honour to inform

you that I have been in communication

with the Secretary of State for War on

the subject of Mr Fleming's despatch 4.36

of October 8th 1890, and I would point

ha out that i despatch appears to mis-

apprehend the meaning of the Circular, I June 1000

The disput Jespecially in paragraphs 4 and 6 where

he speaks of any surplus value of sur-

rendered lands being "credited to the

Imperial Government", and of the propo-

the

#t

sal in Circular of June 1800 boing

"a scarcely legitimate way of improving

the Imperial finances". In no case

would any portion of the value of the

lands be credited to the Imperial

Government" nor would Imperial finances

be in any way directly improved or af-

feetod. The credit would be to Colo-

nial funds, which are liable to provid