No. 68. Miscellaneous.
My Lord,
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I regret Lordship the death of the new Governor of Macao, Senhor Da Cunha, who died on the 6th instant, having only assumed charge of his Government in May. A copy of the official report on his decease, addressed to me by the Council of Government, is enclosed, for Your Lordship's information.
Report were at first current that he had been poisoned, but a post mortem examination having been made, it was ascertained that he had died of chronic gastro-enteritis, from which disease he
The Right Honorable
The Earl Grey,
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