Governor's views before concurring in it - and that it appeared also unfortunate that the Viceroy's explanation was not sent to Sir R. Macdonnell.
IV.
And in sending the correspondence to Sir R. Macdonnell I should almost have been disposed to observe that this Government would have felt entitled to urge more strongly on the Foreign Office the expediency of unreserved communication with the Heads of Hongkong Government in their diplomatic offices, but that the tone of Sir R. Macdonnell's communications, and sometimes the claims put forward by him, was such as to render the nature of such communication very embarrassing.
MINUTE
Jan 11, 1869
I directed the Law Officer for the Colonies to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st November on the subject of the erection of Custom Houses by the Chinese Authorities in the vicinity of Hongkong. I am to observe in that no doubt Tentin The Treaty of
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IV.
And in sending the correspondence to Sir R. Macdonnell I should almost have been disposed to observe that this Government would have felt entitled to urge more strongly on the Foreign Office the expediency of unreserved communication with the Heads of Hongkong Government in their diplomatic offices, but that the tone of Sir R. Macdonnell's communications, and sometimes the claims put forward by him, was such as to render the nature of such communication very embarrassing.
MINUTE
Jan 11, 1869
I directed the Law Officer for the Colonies to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st November on the subject of the erection of Custom Houses by the Chinese Authorities in the vicinity of Hongkong. I am to observe in that no doubt Tentin The Treaty of
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