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Enclosure 2.
70.
sir,
"Alacrity" at Hongkong,
11th. March, 1908.
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With reference to Your Excellency's letter No. 2658/1907 of the 17th. February, 1908, relative to the care of the Naval Graves in the Happy Valley Cemeteries, I have
the honour to inform you that no communication has reached me
from the Admiralty relative to the maintenance of these Graves
by the Colonial Government, but I assume that it is their
Lordships' intention to bear the expense if the Colonial
Government will undertake their upkeep.
It appears therefore a question as to
whether the Colonial Goverment or the Naval Authorities shall
superintend the work, the funds being provided by the Admiralty.
There is a small sum in the hands of the
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Chaplain of the "Tamar" the balance of a fund raised some years ago by private subscription, but I am adverse to calling for further private subscriptions from individual Officers, and from Ships' Companies, as I consider that the expense of such
repairs should more properly be borne by the Country in whose
service the Officers and Men have died.
I have etc.,
(Sd.) A. W. Moore,
Admiral.
His Excellency
Sir Frederick D. Lugard, K.O.M.G., C.B.? D.S.0.,
Hongkong.
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