CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6] — Page 124

Any further communication on isubject should be addressed to--

The Under Secretary of State,

War Office,

Pall Mall,

and the following number quoted.

this

SECRET.

266

Kong

121

London, S. W.

joh October

1900

Sir,

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.18516, Secret, of the 15th instant and its enclosure the Remarks of the Colonial Defence Committee No.247 R., on the Hong Kong defence scheme revised to May, 1900.

In reply I am to state that Lord Lansdowne concurs

in the remarks of the Committee.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your Obedient Servant,

GleetwoodWilson

LA

der Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.