CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12] — Page 399

In any further communica-
tion on this subject, please quote

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and address letter to---

The Secretary,

Admiralty, Whitehall,

London, S.W.

Admiralty,

19th November

394

1903.

Sir,

C.O

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G23 NOV 03

for

With reference to your letter No.35730/03

of the 7th ultimo, forwarding a despatch from the Governor

of Hong Kong on the subject of the Man-of-War anchorage

at that Port,- I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners

of the Admiralty to request you will inform Mr Secretary

Lyttelton that they are unable to consent to any reduction

of the space set apart for the anchorage of His Majesty's

Ships; but they have instructed the Commander-in-Chief on

the China Station, to whom a copy of this correspondence has

been sent, to consider whether an alteration of the limits of

the anchorage, so as to exclude the shallow water along the shore outside the limits of the Admiralty and War Office land, would meet the case.

Aldwyland,

1902 2.- Should any arrangement of this nature be found to

be practicable, My Lords assume that in that case the

regulations set forth in Colonial Office Despatch No.250

to Sir H. A. Blake will be put in force.

I am

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e Under

Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE,

S. V.

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

C. I. Thomas

LP.- No,