Lordship is informed that a reply has been received to the letters addressed to the War Office by your Department on the subject.
' and that the telegram has been sent, corresponding instructions will at once be forwarded to Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking.
Lord Salisbury agrees, as regards acquisition of Gap Rock, that existing arrangements should be allowed to continue, and he does not propose to instruct Mr Bar. Dronside to make any communication to the Chinese Government on the subject.
I am to add that the proposal that an Order in Council should be prepared amending that of October 20, 1898, and declaring Kowloon City to be in all respects and ... for
Lordship is informed that
a
reply has been received
to the letters
addressed to
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the War Office by your
Department
the subject.
' and that the telegram has
been sent, corresponding instructions will at once
be forwarded to Her
Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires
at
Peking.
Lord Salisbary
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agrees, as regards
acquisition of Gap Rock,
that existing arrangements
should
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should be allowed to
continue, and he does
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not propose to instruct Mer Bax. Dronside to make
on the
any
communication to the Chinese Government subject.
I am to add that
the proposal that
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Order in Council
should be prepared amending that of
October 20, 1898, and
declaring Kowloon City to be in all respects and
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for
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