CO129-302 - Public Offices - 1900 — Page 562

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Sir:

FNINTED

FOR USE

EASTERN No 66

COLONIAL

OF

OFFICE

FOREIGN OFFICE.

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17737

Rear C JUN 00

June 4th, 1900. 553

I have laid before the Marquess of Salisbury

your letter 14030/1900 of the 28th ultimo,

relative

to a request made by the Viceroy of Canton to the or-

ficer Administering the Government of Hongkong that

the Chinese Government may be granted compensation

for the value of the Chinese public buildings in the

leased territory or be permitted to remove the mater-

ial.

Lord Salisbury concure in the reply which Her

Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies pro-

poses to instruct Major General Gascoigne to return

to the Viceroy's request.

I em, de

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

2512

Your most obedient

humble Servant,

Fran

Narcis

the 143

Bertie