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Rea 16 CEB 10,

TELEGRAM. The Governor of HongKong to the Secretary of State

for the Colonies.

(Received Colonial Office 6.35 a.m.16th February, 1910)

Gov/3638

Gov/28723/04

I am

Your cipher telegram February 11th.

informed that the Foreign Office base their withdrawal

upon the Hung murder case 1904 in which neither

murderer nor victim was a British subject. In the

present case both are claimed to be British subjects.

I considered this explanation advisable before carry-

ing out your instructions which involve admission

that inhabitants of new territories are Chinese

subjects. See despatch July 18th 1904. I await

confirmation of instructions.

LUGARD.