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Uusi telegramd

It is requested that in any further communication on this subject the above letters and numbers may be quoted, and the Letter addressed as followe:-

"The Secretary of the Admiralty,

"Whitehall,

Branch" 35pdan

Admiralty, S.W.,

th

51

12 September 190 1

The

sir,

C.0.

With further reference to your letter of the

You

31st January 1901, No. 3861/1901, relating to the

purchase of the Briquette Factory, Marine Lot No. 35,

at Kowloon, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of

the Admiralty to acquaint you for the information of the

Secretary of State for the Colonies that Their Lordships

are now in, a position to proceed with the negotiations

for the property in question, and They would be glad

therefore if the Secretary of State would be so good as

to telegraph to His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong,

authorising him to purchase the property for the Admiralty

at a price not exceeding $2 a square foot.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Hy vansition Treall

Under Secretary of State,

No. 9

COLONIAL OFFICE,

London,

1.1.

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