CO129-395 - Public Offices - 1912 — Page 139

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In any further communication

on this subject, pieuse quote

No.

9959/12.

and address

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

Lundou.

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FOREIGN OFFICE

137

March 2 Yo12

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Sir:-

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£.0.

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With reference to your letters Nos.3046 and 5723

of February 13th. and March 6th. respectively, I am

directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to state, in reply,

that he concurs in Mr. Harcourt's view that New Letters

Patent should not be issued, and that the prerogative

of pardon should be exercised in respect of persons

imprisoned at Hongkong under sentences imposed by His

Majesty's Courts in China, by the Secretary of State

for Foreign Affairs. This would be in accordance with

the China Order in Council, 1904, and the principle

embodied in the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act of 1884.

I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Wangley

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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