DOWNING STREET, LONDON.
15th October 1881
Reference to your letter of the 19th ultimo authorizing me to engage 25 recruits for the Hong Kong police, I have the honour to state that the Colonial Secretary, in his letter to this Department, requests that the selection may be made "subject to the Governor's remarks in the despatch No. 151 of the 20th September 1880" which were...
The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office...
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