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Government House, Honghong, 20th May, 1880.
Bir
I have the honour to
acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's
letter
of the 19th instant stating that.
you
do not recognize my right to address
Your Excellency
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the Military
matters
referred to in
my
two letters of the 17th
instant. Your Excelleney adds that the contents of my
Excellency
Major General Donovan,
two letters.
are
totally at
Commanding Her Majesty's Troops,