Copy
C. O.
1
Tseng's application.
I am Su
most obedient
humble sewant.
My Lord,
Chinese Legation
July
Agu? 422
266
In consequence of the inconvenience which has long been felt to arise from the absence of any efficient channel of Communication between the Chinese Authorities at Canton and the Gost of Hong Kong, the Imperial Goot have
their for some time had under Consideration the subject of the appointment a Chinese Consul to that portion of
of a
Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, and having now come to the conclusion
China, the
that, in the interests of Chin presence of
place
Such an
has become
R
Officer at that
pressing recessity,
the Tsung-li - Jamen has instructed me to communicate with the with the
being appointed. Considering the geographical position of Hong Kong
Hong Kong and the large
object to one
the Earl Granville R.S.
el-
el
number
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