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Hongkong No 37 16th June 1877.
Governor John Pope Hennessy, C.M.G.
to
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Carnarvon.
Transmits Copy of Correspondence
with H.M's Consul at Manila respecting the freedom of the Ports of the
Sulu Archipelago.
One Enclosure
25.
Spanish Copy and Translation April 14th 1874.
Sir,
Manila.
April 27th 1877.
I have the honor to transmit to
Your Excellency the Copy and Translation
recently issued by the
Spanish Captain-General of the Philippines regarding the Sulu
Archipelago; as
the contents
may
be of interest to the British Navy, as also to the Trade of the Colony.
To His Excellency,
I have etc.
(Signed) W. Gifford Palgrave
H.M's Consul.
J. Pope Hennessy.
Hongkong
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