Letter

Mr Arrusting

attention. "In consequence of the 235 "language addressed to me

by

"Dr Eitel, in course of a conversation 'I held with him, and which I

"regard as being highly offensive, "and of the statements, which I am

he "informed

made to the members

"of His Majesty's suite, as to the steps "which would be taken by His "Excellency

in the event of His

"Majesty proceeding to East Point, I "felt it my duty at once

to recommend the Governor to alter his arrangements

and accompany

Dr

'Eitel to Government House.

27.

Hongkong

Ports and

return on

Vi

On the 16th April, I left

a

visit to the Levant

Shanghai and, on

the 9th inst, I found

my

no I

my

au

18th April 1881 reply had been received to

communication, but that official letter from had been sent to the acting Consul

Gennal.

28.

Mr Armstiong

From this letter, it appears

that my official dispatch of the 13th April, addressed to the acting Colonial Secretary, had been privately laid before Mr Armstiong

and

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