CO129-383 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 284

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[This Dooumont is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

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[April 18.]

REGE II MYH

SECTION 4.

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(No. 32.)

No. 1.

Sir F. Villiers to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received April 18.)

Lisbon, April 13, 1911.

Sir,

I HAVE the honour to report that, "in view of the approaching renewal of negotiations with China respecting the delimitation of Macao," a commission has been appointed to consider and report upon other matters of importance which concern the colony, such as a treaty of commerce, the Macao to Canton Railway, the opium question, extradition and nationality.

Among the members of the commission are Colonel Freire d'Andrade, lately Governor-General of Mozambique, now Director-General of the Colonies, Sir Joaquim Machado, who went out last year to China as Portuguese Commissioner, and several well-known officials of the foreign and colonial departments.

I have, &c.

F. H. VILLIERS.

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