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Government House,

HongKong,

Dexart 1899.

I have the honour to inform you that in

obedience to the instructions received from you by telegraph

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on the 3rd. ultimo the troops have been withdrawn from the

upper portion of Shan-Chün Valley and are now encamped within

the borders as delimited by Mr.Stewart Lockhart and Commission-

er Wong.

1.

2. I attach a copy of the instructions given

by me when the occupation was first effected, and also a copy

Enclosure 2.

of a letter received from Major-General Gascoigne,C.M.G., 13 Nor

which shows how well and successfully those instructions have 1899.

been carried out. Major Prendergast, R.E., has shown exception-

al aptitude for dealing with the Chinese.and has carried out

duties sometimes difficult, with great tact and firmness. On

the final removal of the troops, the Elders of the Villages

waited upon him, and the troops marched off amid expressions

of good-will, and regret at their departure. I agree with Major-

General

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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