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1. dressed to G. W. Hastings Esq.
Mairman of the Council of this Association has not been received by Mr Hastings, although considerable portions of it have found
Their way into the public press.
At the same time
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I request may be sent a copy of all the correspondence which has taken place between Mr Merry and Mr Whyte formerly chief magistrate of Hong Kong, and which was inadvertently forwarded from this office before a copy had been taken.
I remain,
The Right Honorably Earl Granville,
Your most obedient servant,
Edwin Pears.
Secretary of State for the Colonies, General Register Office.