li
is at present in this coumbly on leave of absence, incloving copy of
a
letter addressed by him to the
Sovernor of Hong kong upon the
subject of the so-called-
trong trong
I am, Sir
Blockade
your most obedient-
humble servant
109
Love, Hotel
Copy
My Lord,
Albemarle Street
17 Jan. 1877
In Art. VII of Section III of the
Agreement signed by
Nil
Or
the
13th Sept. last at Chefoo, I stipulated
that
a
Commission to convict of
a British Coneul, an
officer of the
Hongkong foot, & a Chinese official
of equal rank, should be appointed of removing
to consider some means
the causes of comm
-plaint against
what is popularly known as the
Hongkong Blockade.
I have
The Earl of Derby
The honor to state that