Government House,
Hong Kong, 3rd July, 1869.
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your Lordship's despatch No. 72 of the 7th May last covering a communication dated 16th April last from the Secretary of the National Association for Promotion of Social Science.
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The Right Honorable,
Earl Granville, K.G.,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State,
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telling any action in this matter until I shall have received further information from you.
Put by!
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Circular despatch No. 135 of the 14th of September as to the Badge for Colonial Guards.
Foreign Office,
Maryland
RECEIVED 427 1889
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