CO129-379 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [8-9] — Page 240

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RIGHT HONOURABLE,

I have the honour to enclose copies

of the correspondence as per schedule annexed, which

has taken place between H.E. Major General Anderson C.B.

General Officer Commanding and myself and which has been forwarded by him to the Army Council, I shall

be glad to receive any instructions in the matter

should you consider that any alteration in the pro-

cedure which has always obtained in this Colony is

necessary. The correspondence is I think self-explana-

tory, but I will briefly recall to your mind the

circumstances referred to and explain the origin

of the present reference.

2.

On my return to Hongkong from leave

(November 1st, 1910) I found that a Japanese Shipping

and Coaling Company, the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, had

approached the officer administering the Government

with a view to obtaining the lease of a very large

Marine Lot as a storage for coal. After consulting

the Commodore and H. E. the Admiral Commander in thief

I wrote fully to you in my despatch secret of December

6th,

1910, and eventually I received your telegram

of April à 20th, 1911, informing me that the Admiralty

had no objection to such a lease provided that a right

of pre-

LEWIS V. HARCOURT. M.P.

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES.

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