C.SO A 1308.
Yeday 18th April, 1872. (Received, 21 May, 1875.)
FO. Adams Esqre H. B. Ms. Charge d'Affaires Governor
to
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell K. C. M. G., C.B.
Consular Prisoners
from Hongkong.
Application for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the maintenance in Victoria Gaol.
During 1870 and 1874 will be referred to Earl Granville...
Enclosure in Bovenia, Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy's Dispatch No. 12 of 8.4.72,
1872.
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The Under Sec. of State
MINUTE. Foreign Office
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Mr. Meade.
Mr. Holland.
Mr. Herbert. Mr. Hugessen.
Lord Kimberley.
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Hongkong
July 10
Sir,
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10 July 1872.
I am directed by the Governor to be laid before Earl Granville, a copy of a despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong, enclosing a copy of correspondence that took place between the Charge d'Affaires at Peking and H. B. Ms. Consul at Tientsin respecting the payment of a sum due to the Hongkong Government for the maintenance in Victoria Gaol of certain prisoners sentenced in Her Majesty's Consular courts in China.
Lord Kimberley would be glad to know what instructions have been issued for the repayment