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In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No.

and address-

41605/13.

The Under-Secretary of Stato.

Foreign Office.

London,

C.O

34779

FOREIGN OFFICE

October 3

1913.

28754

ttached to

28755

Sir:-

If the athullenes,

With reference to your letter No.28754/1913, I am

directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to inform you that

careful search has been made amongst the records of

this Office with a view to throwing light upon the

discrepancy existing between the terms of the Treaty

of Nanking and the Letters Patent of April 5th 1843,

as regards the boundaries of the colony of Hongkong,

but that no information bearing on the point has been

forthcoming.

1

Sir E. Grey agrees with Mr. Secretary Harcourt

that it is not a matter of great importance and he

concurs in the terms of the reply which it is proposed

to return to Sir F. H. May's despatch.

The map enclosed in your letter is returned here-

with.

e Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Wangley

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