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Foreign Office
July 16th 1880
Directed by Earl Granville
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ultimo, stating that a copy of the letter from this Office of the 12th ultimo on the subject of the proposals made by the Governor of Hong Kong in settlement of the "Blockade" question, will be communicated to the latter, but requesting that before this is done.
The Under Secretary of State Colonial Office.