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Victoria, Hongkong, 8th October, 1849.
Most Excellent Sirs,
: I have the honour to
acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellencies' Despatch No. 79 of the
3rd Instant with its enclosures,
relative to the refusal of the Chinese Imperial Commissioner to make an unconditional surrender of the head and hand of your late respected Governor; and I take this opportunity of forwarding, for the information of Your Excellencies, copy of a
communication
that I addressed to the Commissioner,
The Right Reverend Dom Jeronimo, Bishop of Mari, Aris Honor Joaquim Antonio de Moraes Carneiro, Major Ludgero Joaquim de Faria Nogueira Neves,
and other Members of the Council in charge of the Government of Macao.