To the Right Honourable
The Secretary of State for
the Colonies
London
[Signed] H.G. Thorneycroft, Esq.
Harbour Master
The Acting Colonial Secretary to acknowledge receipt
Copy
The 14th August 1887.
Hongkong
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 1887 August 14
103
I have the honour, by direction of the Governor, to inform you that I have, with His Excellency's consent, inserted the Right Honourable the Secretary of State's address on your despatch to His Lordship of the 19th instant, as requested in your letter No. 275 yesterday.
[Signed] M.D. Joynson
Acting Colonial Secretary
St. G. Thorneycroft, Esq.
Harbour Master
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