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RECEIVES
17-FEB
1837eign Office
February 16. 1877.
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I am directed by the Earl of Derby
to transmit to
you, to be laid before the
Earl of Carnarvon, the accompanying despatches from Her Inajesty's minister
in
Japan, together with their inclosures
relative to the Bonin islands, and to the steps taken by him to protect the rights
of
British subjects residing
and I
021
them.
avve
to state to
you
that Lord
Derby
Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office