CO129-325 - Public Offices & Others - 1904 — Page 80

We had better also tel. 57.2.

by

Mit S. N. apperses this conse

Bh.

So proceed Atonce

ABL

24/10

201

In any further communicat

tion on this subject, please quote

M

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01486

and address letter to-

The Secretary,

Admiralty, Whitehall,

London, S.W

FOR USE

EATER

No.

معية

Tmediate & Confidential

Admiralty,

79

21st October 1904.

C. O.

iralty to

15-10-04 ering C-in-C

Sir,

56474

18 24 JL. 04

I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of

the Admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of

the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of corres-

Xponde

pondence, as noted in the margin relative to the, internment

ha (0.854) of the Russian Torpedo Boat Destroyer "Burni", and in 15-8-04 with-

its enclosures.

.toAdmiralty 0-10-04.

particular to the question of the disposal of the arms

surrendered by the crew to the Commander-in-Chief on the

China Station.

2.- My Lords would be glad to be informed at your earliest

convenience whether Mr Lyttelton concurs in the suggestion,

approved by Lord Lansdowne in his letter of the 20th

instant, enclosed, that these arms should be sent to Hong

Kong for custody by the Colonial Authorities until the con-

clusion of the war.

I am,

The Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office

L.P.--No. 8.

sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Eva

Yome Machejor.