CO129-436 - Acting Governor Claud Sever & Governor Sir May & Public Offices - 1916 [11-12] — Page 301

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 13th. December, 1916.

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In continuation of my Confidential Despatch of the 21st. September, I have the honour to transmit a copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Consul-General Jamieson to Mr. Alston, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking,which explains the present situation in the Kwangtung Province.

I may add that the poorer classes of refugees

have for the most part returned to the Province but that many of the well to do still remain and I hope that the Colony will prove sufficiently attractive to them to induce them to make it their permanent residence.

I have the honour to be,

sir.

Your most obedient,

humble servant,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, H.P.

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