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Government House, Hong Kong, House,
29th June 1848.
--
I am directed by Her Excellency Henry Pottinger
to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of
and
to inform you,
that
the 15th Instant His Excellency regrets he cannot allow you
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temporary occupation of Sand at
--
until that part of the Island has been surveyed
and the arrangements for the Allotment of
Land
John Bowring
Hongkong.