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Sir John Pope Hennessy to Sir Thomas Wade K.C.B.
1.
I am directed by His Excellency the Administrator to inform you that Sir Rutherford Alcock is awaiting instructions from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies before taking any further action in the matter.
(Signed) W. M. Deane.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Xmas.
Minute by the Minister at Peking.
Acting Colonial Secretary's letter to Government House, Hong Kong, 30 November 1881.
Sir,
Adverting to Your Excellency's letter of April last and subsequent correspondence respecting the thirteen Chinese fugitives whose rendition has been claimed by the Chinese Government and ordered long since by Her Majesty's Government,
Sir Thomas Wade K.C.B.
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