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by simply leaving it at the Custom
House.
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ave him no miclagı gave
whatever
to the Grand Secretary
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pond to any
othu
Shinese, but I gave him a letter addrefed to you which I asked him
to deliver; and in that letter, as well as I can recollect, I think I told you that M Pitman would be able to
the latest gossip from Japan and some information respecting the
give you
Opium traffic in the neighbourhood of Anghong.
As to the possibility of war
between China and Japan, the best informed people here say that binisal
Grant prevented it, and that we may
look forward now with confidence to a
prosperous and quiet 1880.
Believe me
Always yours faithfully
J. Pope Stennesy.
(signed)