CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900 — Page 125

In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

14587

1. August.

1900

sir,

C. J.

27776

RECO

REGE 25 AUG 0023

TREASURY CHAMBERS,

24. August 1900.

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her

Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you herewith a copy

of a letter from the Foreign Office in reply to an

inquiry made by the Board of Customs as to whether Hong Kong and Wei-hai-Wei are to be regarded as British

Possessions for the purpose of the Proclamation

prohibiting the export of arms and ammunition to China,

and I am to request that you will move Mr Secretary

Chamberlain to favour this Board with such information

as he is in a position to furnish in regard to the case

of Hong Kong referred to in paragraph 2 of the letter.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

In

Nancis Nowot

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