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of
no
objection to the
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appointment.
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On the 7th June a despatch
was received from Sir J. Bowring
dated the 14th of April 1856
also announcing
the
provisional appointment of
Mr Burrows.
On the 14th of June the
Colonial Office again
informed the Foreign Office
that they
were not aware
of
any objection to this appointment
On the 14th of August following
The
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Foreign Office forwarded to this office a note from Monsieur Pombo, the new Granadian minister for Foreign Affairs
requesting that Mr Elias Burrows might be recognized as Consul for that republic
at
Hong Kong, and requesting
to be informed what answer
should be returned to
Monsieur Pombo.
The Colonial
Office on the 25th
of August referred to their letter of 14th of June approving the
appointment, and on the
On the 30th
of August the Foreign Office requested that