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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1..

Lay

1919.

J

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Dreft.

Sir,

Sir L. Carnegie,

Lisbon.

No.

Treaty.

I trensmit to you for your information |

a copy of a letter from the Colonial

Office respecting the proposed repeal of

the Hong Kong "Macao Extradition Ordinance

1881 in the circumstances set forth in

the accompanying despatch from the

Governor of Hong Kong.

2. In accordance with the wish

expressed in paragraph 2 of the Colonial

Office letter, you should enquire as to

the views of the Portuguese Government

on the point raised therein, and report

to me in due course.

3. It will be gathered from the

Governor's despatch that the Ordinance

in question was enacted eleven years

previous to the existence of the

Extradition Treaty between the United

Kingdom

13.