13 March Mi Sopr
21th October, 1844.
Victoria, Hongkong,
Governor
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N.55
Lord Stanley
4 Enclosures.
Received
and explanatory of
Reporting return to Colony,
Ordinances
No 15 and 16, for Hongkong..
558
Davis Sir Governor Davis
Separate
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3. March 19 M&Stephon Hobe LedStanley 20
Lir
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25 Lubiss lb.
By the last Mail
which arrived in
London via Marseilles, on the 8th Inst I received your despatches of
October and November last Numbered from 55 to 68 inclusive
Amongst these Despatches
were several of considerable bulk and especially
that numbered 55 & 45% which inclosed M.S. copies of certain Ordinances and papers laid before your
Council.
The expense of the transmission of documents often of a large size is a