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Enclosure C.0 1.

TELEGRAM

From the Officer Administering the Government, Hongkong, to the Secretary of State, London, dated 21st. April, 1904.

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In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date not true: British Minister at Peking has been informed numbers of men willing to proceed but no contracts have been made pending settlement of regulations with Chinese Government: are they under discussion London or Peking? urge early settlement inasmuch as delay will render emigration new country unpopular. When may reply be expected to my telegram of 9th. April?

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604 Enclosure C.0 1. TELEGRAM From the Officer Administering the Government, Hongkong, to the Secretary of State, London, dated 21st. April, 1904. [illegible text due to OCR errors] In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date not true: British Minister at Peking has been informed numbers of men willing to proceed but no contracts have been made pending settlement of regulations with Chinese Government: are they under discussion London or Peking? urge early settlement inasmuch as delay will render emigration new country unpopular. When may reply be expected to my telegram of 9th. April?
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COPY. 604 Enclosure C.0 1. TELEGRAM From the Officer Administering the Government, hongkong, to the Secretary of State, London, dated 21st. Aoril,1904. Rumpelpost Senseful Brethern Feking Harrassed Lobspound Sphragid Froceed Brownspar Contracts Persuasive Demolished Disabled With London Croundedly Injudicial Catagmatic Misdesert Bedchamber Cr Peking Delay Will Render Emigration New Country Unpopular Pinkroot Rumourful Aqueous In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date not true:British Minister at Peking has been informed numbers of men willing to proceed but no contracts have been made pending settlement of regulations with Chinese Government:are they under discussion London or Peking? urge early settlement inasmuch as delay will render emigration new country unpopular. When may reply be expected to my telegram of 9th. April?
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604

Enclosure

C.0

1.

TELEGRAM

From the Officer Administering the Government, hongkong, to the

Secretary of State, London, dated 21st. Aoril,1904.

Rumpelpost

Senseful

Brethern

Feking

Harrassed

Lobspound

Sphragid

Froceed

Brownspar

Contracts

Persuasive

Demolished

Disabled

With

London Croundedly

Injudicial Catagmatic

Misdesert

Bedchamber

Cr

Peking

Delay

Will

Render

Emigration

New

Country

Unpopular

Pinkroot

Rumourful

Aqueous

In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date not true:British

Minister at Peking has been informed numbers of men willing to proceed

but no contracts have been made pending settlement of regulations with Chinese Government:are they under discussion London or Peking?

urge early settlement inasmuch as delay will render emigration new

country unpopular. When may reply be expected to my telegram of 9th. April?

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