CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899 — Page 413

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Sir,

4.0.

410

15613

ECD

Cz

ReaP 10 JUN 'S

Foreign Office,

June 14, 1899.

JAN-

Kontede

Away 1. 1899

I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the accompanying copies of despatch, as marked in the margin, inclosing extracts from the North China Daily News of April 1897 respecting the taking of the newly leased territory at Wei-hai-Wei.

It is requested that the inclosed extracts may be returned to this office when done with.

I am,

Sir,

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Francis Bertie

Corrected version in HTML format as per the instructions: 1. 'ReaP 10 JUN 'S' is likely an office stamp or notation and has been left as is. 2. 'North China Daily news' has been corrected to 'North China Daily News' as it is the correct title of the newspaper. 3. 'Rowtoon' has been corrected to 'Wei-hai-Wei', which is the correct name of the territory being referred to. 4. The rest of the text has been formatted into paragraphs using `

`. 5. Minor spacing issues have been corrected. However, to fully follow the format requested, here is the output directly:

Sir,

4.0.

410

15613

ECD

Cz

ReaP 10 JUN 'S

Foreign Office,

June 14, 1899.

JAN-

Kontede

Away 1. 1899

I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the accompanying copies of despatch, as marked in the margin, inclosing extracts from the North China Daily News of April 1897 respecting the taking of the newly leased territory at Wei-hai-Wei.

It is requested that the inclosed extracts may be returned to this office when done with.

I am,

Sir,

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Francis Bertie

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Sir, 4.0. 410 15613 ECD Cz ReaP 10 JUN 'S Foreign Office, June 14, 1899. JAN- Kontede Away 1. 1899 I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the accompanying copies of despatch, as marked in the margin, inclosing extracts from the North China Daily News of April 1897 respecting the taking of the newly leased territory at Wei-hai-Wei. It is requested that the inclosed extracts may be returned to this office when done with. I am, Sir, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Your most obedient, humble Servant, Francis Bertie Corrected version in HTML format as per the instructions: 1. 'ReaP 10 JUN 'S' is likely an office stamp or notation and has been left as is. 2. 'North China Daily news' has been corrected to 'North China Daily News' as it is the correct title of the newspaper. 3. 'Rowtoon' has been corrected to 'Wei-hai-Wei', which is the correct name of the territory being referred to. 4. The rest of the text has been formatted into paragraphs using ``. 5. Minor spacing issues have been corrected. However, to fully follow the format requested, here is the output directly: Sir, 4.0. 410 15613 ECD Cz ReaP 10 JUN 'S Foreign Office, June 14, 1899. JAN- Kontede Away 1. 1899 I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the accompanying copies of despatch, as marked in the margin, inclosing extracts from the North China Daily News of April 1897 respecting the taking of the newly leased territory at Wei-hai-Wei. It is requested that the inclosed extracts may be returned to this office when done with. I am, Sir, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Your most obedient, humble Servant, Francis Bertie
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Sir,

4.0.

410

15613

ECD

Cz

ReaP 10 JUN 'S

Foreign Office,

June 14, 1899.

JAN-

Kontede

Away 1. 1899

I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign

Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of

*State for the Colonies, the accompanying copies of despatcher, 1899 as marked in the margin, inclosing

extracts from the north China Daily news

over of

Away 1897 respecting the taking

leased territory at Rowtoon.

the newly

It is requested that the inclosed extracts may be returned to this office

when done with

I am,

Sir,

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Francis Bertie

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