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FOREIGN OFFICE.

September - 1905.

نسان

I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to ac-

knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th. ulti-

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mo (28046/1905) respecting the ammunition at Hongkong

which was seized on board the Steamship Tung Chau";

and to state that His Lordship concurs in the reply

which Mr. Secretary Lyttelton proposes to return to the

request of the War Office that a portion of the amuni-

tion may be handed over to that Department.

he Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

F&Vilies.