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For Henry Pottinger
30th. April, 1844.
Victoria, Hongkong,
1 enclosure
N°34
Received
at Macao, and the Chinese Authorities on the subject of any rupture or interference, in the event of any dispute between her Majesty's Government and that of Portugal to claim our assistance. Forwarding copy of a Dispatch from Lord Aberdeen, regarding the right N° 75, to the address of Lord Stanley.
1575.
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Will 93 Houghing Government House, Victoria,
RECEIVED
SEP. 11
1844
My Lord,
(Hongkong) April 30th, 1844.
I have received from the Colonial Office, in His Lordship's Despatch N° 18, of the 12th of November last, copy of a letter which had been addressed, by Your Lordship's directions to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, under date the 6th of that month, on the subject of the right of the Portuguese Authorities at Macao to claim our assistance or interposition in the event of their being threatened or attacked by the Government of China.
The matter of that letter has been, of course, made known to...
The Right Honorable
The Earl of Aberdeen, K.T.