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Sir,
253,
(Colonial Secretary's Office), Victoria, Hong Kong,
15th July 1856.
With reference to your letter of the 5th instant, I am directed by The Governor, to point out that His Excellency is subject, in a British Colony temporarily, to British Law, and being vested with jurisdiction which it is his duty to maintain intact;
that neither has any
tiny afgan*
And
James Ranan Esq.,
U. S. Consul.