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REGO 3 AUG 9!
Acting Colonial Secretary, Hongkong,
to Colonial Secretary, Sydney, ASM,
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong 22nd June, 1881.
1. Having laid before Governor Sir John Pope Hennessy your telegram of the 20th April I was directed by His Excellency to telegraph in reply that the information you required would be transmitted to you and that His Excellency's Government was carefully considering the matter.
The Colonial Secretary,
Sydney.