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Magazines being quite full there is no place in the Colony
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Powder and ... curr rrov in which it can be safely stored, it cannot after arrival be exported except under very exceptional circumstances, to enquire whether some means could not be taken.
by Your Government either by Proclamation, Notification or otherwise to warn Shippers not to send Gunpowder to this Colony, and to point out to them the risk, inconvenience and even loss that is incurred by Ships arriving in Hongkong with such cargo on board.
I have, &c
(Signed) W.H. Alexander
Acting Colonial Secretary
(True Copy)
Mt Alexander
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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