My Lord,
Government House, Hongkong, 30th July, 1869
In reference to your despatch No.136 of July 1869 relative to the state of the Law in this Colony as to an Alien's right to prosecute here a resident Editor of a newspaper for libel, I have the honor to enclose
The Right Honorable Earl Granville, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State,