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( 16 AUG 04)

FOREIGN OFFICE.

August 16th. 1904.

In reply to your letter 27474. 1904 of the 9th instant,

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I an directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to stato for the

information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies that

it is not apparent from the Governor of Hong Kong's telegram

by whom the application has been made for a licence for the

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steamer Casbah to convey free Chinese emigrants to Peru

or whether the proposal has received the approval of the chinose

Government and the case is therefore on a different footing

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from that of Mexico in 1902.

I am to suggest

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Secretary Lyttelton, that Sir M. Nathan might be instructed

that if he is of opinion that the measure will give

The Under Secretary of State

Colonial office.

dissatisfaction