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No.
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HONGKONG.
DESPATCH RESPECTING THE CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S JUBILEE.
Presented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government,
on the 19th September, 1887.
HONGKONG.
No. 144.
SIR,
DOWNING STREET.
10th August, 1887.
I have had the honour to lay before the QUEEN your Despatch, No. 223 of the 22nd of June, and I am commanded to convey to you Her Majesty's gracious approval of the proposal to postpone the special celebration of the Jubilee in Hongkong to the 9th of November next.
You will have learned from my telegram of the 23rd of June that Her Majesty received with much pleasure the loyal telegrams referred to in your Despatch under acknowledgment.
I have the honour to be,
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant.
H. T. HOLLAND.