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22, Billiter Street,
London, E.C.

7th January, 1901.

C. 9.

Sir,

38722
-D
$94
O JAN 01
620

We beg to thank you for your letter of the 5th instant advising us that Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, subject to the concurrence of H.M. Governor of Hong Kong, is prepared to agree that, under the exceptional circumstances of the case, the Lease to be granted to us of the Quarry Bay Marine Lot No. 2 Extension shall be for a period of nine hundred and ninety-nine years on the condition that the land is used for the proposed Dock, to which condition, we of course unhesitatingly agree.

We are, Sir,
Your obedient Servants,
Johnston & Co.

Charles P. Lucas, Esq., C.B.,
Assistant Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, Whitehall, S.W.

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22, Billiter Street, London, E.C. 7th January, 1901. C. 9. Sir, 38722 -D $94 O JAN 01 620 We beg to thank you for your letter of the 5th instant advising us that Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, subject to the concurrence of H.M. Governor of Hong Kong, is prepared to agree that, under the exceptional circumstances of the case, the Lease to be granted to us of the Quarry Bay Marine Lot No. 2 Extension shall be for a period of nine hundred and ninety-nine years on the condition that the land is used for the proposed Dock, to which condition, we of course unhesitatingly agree. We are, Sir, Your obedient Servants, Johnston & Co. Charles P. Lucas, Esq., C.B., Assistant Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, Whitehall, S.W.

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22, Billiter Street, London, W.0. 7th January, 1901. C. 9. sir, 38722 -D $94 O JAN OI 620 We bag to thank you for your letter of the 5th instant advising us that Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, subject to the concurrence of H.M. Governor of HongKong, is prepared to agree that, under the exceptional circumstances of the case, the Lease to be granted to us of the Quarry Bay Marine Lot No. 2 Extension shall be for a period of nine-hundred and ninety- nine years on the condition that the land is used for the proposed Dock, to which condition, we of course unhesitatingly agree. We are, Sir, Your obedient Servants, Johviswore shoes Charles P.Lucas, Esq; C.B., Assistant Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, Whitehall, S.#.

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22, Billiter Street,

London, W.0.

7th January, 1901.

C. 9.

sir,

38722

-D

$94

O JAN OI

620

We bag to thank you for your letter of the 5th instant

advising us that Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, subject to the

concurrence of H.M. Governor of HongKong, is prepared to agree

that, under the exceptional circumstances of the case, the Lease to be granted to us of the Quarry Bay Marine Lot No. 2

Extension shall be for a period of nine-hundred and ninety-

nine years on the condition that the land is used for the

proposed Dock, to which condition, we of course unhesitatingly

agree.

We are, Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

Johviswore shoes

Charles P.Lucas, Esq; C.B.,

Assistant Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office, Whitehall, S.#.

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