CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 387

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384

In any further comtnunication

on this subject, please quote

No.

and address--

31992/11.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

London.

CO 27929

RECE

Rra 26 AUG II

FOREIGN OFFICE

August 25, 1911.

8.26+79

ko Sour

Sir:-

I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign

Affairs to refer to my letter of the 12th instant

respecting the question of direct correspondence

between the Goverment of Hongkong and the Provinciel

authorities of Canton, and to transmit to you for the

1

infomation of Mr. Pecretary Farcourt, copy of a des-

patch on the subject since received from Hits Majesty's

Finister at Pekin.

In view of the observations on the subject of.

correspondence concerning the Canton-Kowloon Reilway

contained in Sir J. Jordan's despatch of July 28th to

Sir F. Lugard, I am directed to express to you Sir F.

Grey's concurrence, without any reservation, in the

instructions which Mr. Harcourt proposed to issue to the

Government of Hongkong as indicated in your letter

of

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.