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9th September 1819.
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directed by the Marquis of
Salebing to acknowledge the recept of your letter of the 8th ulto in regard to the question of Salutes to Foreign Envoys at Hong Kong and I
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to request that you will inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
His Fordship is of opinion
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in reply that
that it would
be inexpedient to discontinue those salutes
the
China
case of 14 cll Ministers accredited to
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Japan and of the Chinese & Japanese Ministers accudited to Great Britain although
the practice hitherts followed may not be
warranted by the Regulations Lord Salisbury
considers it desirable
that if any change in
is to be made it should not
this practice is to take effect until
the term of office of the
The Secretary
Admiralty
present