Hong Kong
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DRAFT.
Governor Sir J. Pope Hennessy
No.44
230
21 April 81
MINUTE.
Mr. Mc. Soden 18 April
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
+ Mr. Meade.
Mr. Herbert.
Mr. Grant Duff.
Lord Kimberley.
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I now hardly know how to point out the
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crucial question while
white papers pour in very great debty hur takes place
Si
1. Have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No 174 of the 31st of October 1880 replying to my predecessor's despatch No34 of the 1st of May 1878 on the subject of pensions, and transmitting the draft of a revised pension minute together with a report by Sir tel.
2. I am unable to discover sufficient reason for the reply's great delay in replying to my predecessor's despatch & I must call attention to the departure from the Colonial Regulation by Dec.