You will have the goodness!
to state - Lord Stanley that the Supplementary
Treaty has been submitted to the Law
officers of the Crown, who have not
seen occasion to offer any
observation on the stipulation above referred to; and I am therefore to request that you will submit for Lord Stanley's
consideration whether it will not
be proper to call the special
attention of the Colonial Authorities
at Hong Kong to this provision of
Treaty, in order that measures may
be taken by the Colonial Legislature
for carrying the same into effect.
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The attention of the Chief Superintending
will also be called to the necessity of
communicating with the Chinese Authorities
as to the nature of the Statements and Proofs of
Debts which will be deemed
sufficient by the Colonial Tribunal by which claims of this nature preferred by Chinese against British Subjects shall be investigated.
I am,
Sir,
Your
most obedient
humble servt
Al[exande]r..