My Lord,
We have the honor to acknowledge Your Lordship's commands signified in Mr. Hammond's letter of the 22nd May last, stating that he was directed by Your Lordship to transmit to us, together with the other papers enclosed in his letter of the 17th May, a further letter from the Colonial Office, and its enclosures, respecting the establishment of Opium Tax Stations on the China Coast in the neighbourhood of Hongkong.
In obedience to Your Lordship's commands, we have taken the papers into our consideration and have the honor to report that with regard to the question raised in Earl Granville's letter to Your Lordship of the 20th May,
Temple July 5, 1869.
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My Lord,
We have the honor to acknowledge Your Lordship's commands signified in Mr. Hammond's letter of the 22nd May last, stating that he was directed by Your Lordship to transmit to us, together with the other papers enclosed in his letter of the 17th May, a further letter from the Colonial Office, and its enclosures, respecting the establishment of Opium Tax Stations on the China Coast in the neighbourhood of Hongkong.
In obedience to Your Lordship's commands, we have taken the papers into our consideration and have the honor to report that with regard to the question raised in Earl Granville's letter to Your Lordship of the 20th May,
Temple July 5, 1869.