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FOREIGN OFFICE

August 16 1913.

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I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge

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the receipt of your letter No.26198 of the 5th. instant

enclosing a copy of a letter from the Board of Trade with

regard to the question of erecting lighthouses on the Pratas

and Paracels islands.

Sir E. Grey desires to leave the question of the

necessity for these lights to the decision of the Secretary

of State for the Colonies and of the Board of Trade,, but

he will be prepared however, should they desire him to do

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to take the necessary steps to obtain the views of the

other Governments likely to be interested in the matter,

although it appears to him from the opinion expressed by

the Board of Trade that any proposals for sharing the

expense of a scheme of lighting will be unlikely to meet

with a favourable response.

The Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office.

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