and
I readily defer to the
opinion which he
expressed.
At the
time,
for
it
has
might be expedient
Your Grace to ascertain
whether when the revision of the Treaty of Tientsin takes place, and supposing the proceedings afford room for such a discussion, it might not be politic to induce the Chinese
Government to insert a clause to the
effect that the Island in question
shall at least not be ceded to any
other Foreign Power.
I have wo
Molland
I have the honor to be,
My Lord Duke,
Your Grace's most obedient humble servant,
Richard Graves MacDonnell
Governor.
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int regretting well the Chinese fort as to the cession of Lema Island,
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as
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