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REGE 12 SEP 81
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My Lord,
Government House,
Hong Kong, 28 July, 1881.
Adverting to
my despatch
No. 17 of the 29th of April reporting
that
I had referred to Sir Thomas Wade, Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, the question raised by M. Consul Hewlett of Canton
Right Honourable
the Earl of Kimberley,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,