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Gentlemen,

Enclosure 9.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong 14th. May, 1918,

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As to the question of legal authority,

the ships have bem requisitioned on behalf of, and under

instructions from, His Majesty's Government, who have instructed this Government to superintend their management. In these circumstances this Government must refer you to His Majesty's Government on the point of the legal authority for the requisitioning.

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I am etc.,

(Bd.) Claud Severn,

Colonial Secretary.

Messrs. Deacon, Looker, Deacon and Marston.