contracted to pay when the prospects of H. Koup appeared to be much more encouraging - If Thailand had been sold outright the top might have been written off and forgotten, but the rent will be a perpetual grievance - and it is not human nature to acquiesce in anything without remonstrance. Although therefore the Court's decision may settle the matter for the moment, it must be expected that it will come up again before long. Fully 9/5
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My Lord,
Government House, Hong Kong, 20th March, 1876
With reference to my Despatch No. 13 of the 18th December last, enclosing a copy of the Crown Rent Commissioner's Report, I have now the honor to inform
The Right Honorable
The Earl of Carnarvon,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State