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TELEGRAM.

From the Secretary of State to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen.

21st January, 1885.

Referring to your telegram of 2nd January, new Guns being provided cost more than eighty thousand pounds sterling.

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Secretary of State to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G.

DOWNING STREET,

SIR,

14th February, 1885.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 3 of the 2nd of January respecting the character of the guns to be provided for the new Defence Works of the Colony; and to inform you that that despatch has been communicated to the Secretary of State for War.

You will have learned from my telegram of the 21st ultimo that Her Majesty's Government have decided to provide new Guns at a cost of more than £80,000.

Governor Sir G. F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G.

I have, &c.,

(Signed) DERBY.

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Governor Sir G. F. Bowen to the Secretary of State.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 31st January, 1885.

MY LORD,

In continuation of my despatch of the 2nd instant respecting, the new Defence Works of Hongkong, I have the honour to forward herewith a copy of a question on the subject asked in the Legislative Council by the Honourable THOMAS JACKSON, one of the Un-official Members :-

The Honourable THOMAS JACKSON, pursuant to notice, asked if it is true that the funds of this Colony are at present being spent upon the construction of a fort in the Liümun Pass, covering the proposed minefield, upon which it is intended to mount old 40-pounder guns which have been obsolete for nearly twenty years, and which would prove utterly useless against modern Ordnance."