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to be somewhat at variance with the
Queens Regulations.
Saragraph 49 Section 3 ofster Majestip Regulations says:-
The Envoy Extravidinary and Minister " Plenipotentiary is entitled to be saluted.
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"with the number of gaus specified
against his rank; but he is entitled
"to the compliment only when within
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the nation to which
precincts "he is accredited"-
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my arrival in
Before my
Hongkong
: And that bis Crowns Wade, Her Secjesty's Envoy Extrandinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperon of Thina was received in Hongkong with an
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Guard of hours and inlete though he
was not at the time within the precincts
of
the nation to which he was accredited.
I understand that this was done on
the ground that Hongkong clore to China
3.
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very
Similar honors for the came
reason were paid to the Expancre
"""" Simister accrented to Court of St James';
I tv and to the Chinese Minister when be
haped through Houghout on his way to Europe in 1876.
4.
Acting on there precedents
I authorized salutes to the various revoys and Ministers Plenipotentiary to or from the Court of Seking that landed.