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myself relative to a proposal
made by the Viceroy of Canton
& station a Guard boat
at Stungkong, His Lordship's attention having been called by Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies to the
fact that this proposal, which was declined by the Governor,
had been originally suggested by
me to the Viceroy without previous communications
with
the
Governor of Hongkong.
Lord Granville also observes
that in order to avoid
any
appearance of divergence of
opinion between myself and
the Governor of Hongkong, which
much
early have the
effect of weakening the influence
of
both with the Chinese Government
it would be desirable in future