CO129-287 - Public Offices & Others - 1898 — Page 43

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Any further communication on this

subject should be addressed to--~

The Under Secretary of State,

War Office,

London, S W.,

and the following number quoted.

SECRET.

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in the concluding sertane.

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C. P. Z

War Office,

London, S.W.

6th May, 1898.

40

sir,

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to

acknowledge the receipt of your secret letter No.8357/98 of

the 30th ultimo, enclosing a copy of Memorandum No.139 M. by the

Colonial Defence Committee, on the extension of the boundaries

of Hong Kong, and to state chat the recommendations of the

Committee will receive Lord Lansdowne's most careful consider-

ation.

Under Secretary of State,

I have the honor to be,

sir,

Your Obedient Servant,

C

Mtkusk

Colonial Office.