RECEIVED
30 NOV 1872
Mr. Hammond
5.90
1130
presents his
Compliments to
Mr. Holland
and, with
reference to the letter from the Colonial
Office of
the instant
the 4
to state, for the information of the
Earl of Kimberley
is directed by Earl Granville
to state that the Queen's Exequatur empowering
Don José Antonio de Levalle to act as
Spanish Consul
in the island of Hongkong
has this day received Her Majesty's Signature.
The Notification of Her Majesty's Approval
of Don José A. de Lavalle's
Appointment will appear in the "Gazette" of
[this day's date]
Foreign Office, November 29. 1872