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occupation, even may although such ports have been already declared open to general traffic...
Which I have the honor to communicate
Domingo Moriones Manila April 14th 1874-
Minute by A. S. The Governor-
Refer to the Attorney General, who will be good enough to say whether the exception of certain ports as announced in this decree, 14th April 1874, is consistent with the arrangements laid down in Lord Carnarvon's Despatch, 31 December 1876.
(Signed) J. Pope Hennessy 10th June 1877.