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London Missionary Society.
Letter from certain Members of the
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Gentlemen,
Government House Victoria
Hong Kongy) 21. August 1885.
I am directed by Sir Henry Pottinger to acknowledge the receipt of your confidential letter of the 18th instant detailing your views and objects, in having assembled in this Colony, and applying for a piece of land.
In reply, His Excellency desires me to inform you, that under the Instructions which he has received from Her Majesty's Government he is precluded from granting any
The Reverend Mr. H. Medhurst
James Legge
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