CO129-396 - Public Offices - 1912 — Page 170

Sir:-

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34382 FOREIGN OFFICE.

I Rece

REGS 30 OCT 12

10th October,

1912.

168

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit

to you herewith to be laid before the Board of Trade a

copy of a lotter from the Imperial Merchant Service

Guild advocating the establishment, in the interests

of navigation, of a light in the vicinity of the Paracels

Reef, China Sea. A letter from the Colonial Office

discussing the question of the ownership of the reef

is also enclosed.

Sir E. Grey would be glad to be furnished with

the opinion of the Board as to the necessity for the

proposed light, and, if it is required, as to what

authority should be responsible for its provision.

I am ac.

Secretary

to the Board of Trude.

(Signed)

W. Langley.